The 1959 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as the national championships in outdoor track and field for the United States.
The men's edition was held at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado, and it took place 19–20 June. The women's meet was held separately at John Adams Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on 27-28 June.
The men's championships were held at high altitude, and about 8,000 spectators attended the final day. Charlie Tidwell ran the world record for 220 yards hurdles around a turn. The women's meet served as the qualifiers for athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games. It was the only time the 60 metres, often held indoors today, was held at the USA Outdoor Championships.
Results
Men 100 m Ray Norton 10.5 Robert Poynter 10.5 William Woodhouse 10.6 200 m Ray Norton 20.8 Vance Robinson 21.0 Lester Carney 21.2 400 m Edward Southern 46.1 46.4 Jack Yerman 46.6 800 m Tom Murphy 1:47.9 Jerome Walters 1:48.5 Ernest Cunliffe 1:50.0 1500 m Dyrol Burleson 3:47.5 Jim Grelle 3:48.4 Ed Moran 3:48.9 5000 m William Dellinger 14:47.6 Lew Stieglitz 14:48.8 Max Truex 14:50.2 10000 m Max Truex 31:22.4 31:35.5 Bob Soth 32:12.6 Marathon John J. Kelley 2:21:54.4 James Green 2:29:51.0 Anthony Sapienza 2:36:14.0 110 m hurdles Lee Calhoun 14.0 Hayes Jones 14.0 Elias Gilbert 14.1 200 m hurdles Charles Tidwell 22.6 400 m hurdles Dick Howard 50.7 Glenn Davis 50.9 Joshua Culbreath 51.7 3000 m steeplechase Philip Coleman 9:19.3 George Young 9:36.7 Charles Jones 9:38.5 3000 m walk Eliott Denman 13:52.2 High jump Charles Dumas 2.06 m Errol Williams 2.00 m Robert Gardner 2.00 m Pole vault Donald Bragg 4.65 m Ron Morris 4.65 m Jim Graham 4.65 m Long jump Gregory Bell 7.95 m Joel Wiley 7.91 m Irvin Roberson 7.78 m Triple jump Ira Davis 15.40 m Herman Stokes 15.31 m Bill Sharpe 15.21 m Shot put Parry O'Brien 18.95 m Dave Davis 18.41 m Dallas Long 18.32 m Discus throw Alfred Oerter 56.82 m Parry O'Brien 55.10 m Richard Cochran 55.07 m Hammer throw Hal Connolly 66.09 m 63.56 m Robert Backus 60.12 m Javelin throw Albert Cantello 75.21 m Buster Quist 72.59 m Philip Conley 71.88 m Weight throw for distance Bob Backus Pentathlon Dixon Farmer 3196 pts All-around decathlon Tom Pagani 7874 pts Decathlon 7549 pts David Edstrom 7544 pts Mike Herman 6760 pts
Women 60 m Isabell Daniels 7.6 Barbara Jones 7.6 Martha Hudson 7.6 100 m Wilma Rudolph 12.1 Lucinda Williams 12.1 Barbara Jones 12.3 200 m Isabell Daniels 24.1 Lucinda Williams 24.4 Wilma Rudolph 24.4 400 m Kim Polson 59.0 Rose Lovelace 59.3 Isabelle Gonzalez 59.7 800 m Grace Butcher 2:21.2 Lillian Greene 2:23.0 Florence McArdle 2:24.3 80 m hurdles Shirley Crowder 11.7 Barbara Mueller 11.7 JoAnn Terry 11.8 High jump 1.62 m Ann Roniger 1.60 m Rose Robinson 1.57 m Long jump Margaret Matthews 5.90 m Anna Lois Smith 5.83 m Willye White 5.73 m Shot put Earlene Brown 14.14 m Sharon Shepherd 12.89 m Wanda Wejzgrowicz 12.19 m Discus throw Earlene Brown 46.84 m Pamela Kurrell 41.49 m 41.02 m Javelin throw Marjorie Larney 46.57 m Amelia Wershoven 46.23 m 41.81 m Women's pentathlon Ann Roniger 4075 pts Barbara Mueller 3996 pts 3680 pts
See also List of USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners (men) List of USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners (women)
References
Results