The 1940 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 Ratcliffe Stadium in Fresno, California, and it took place 28–29 June. The women's meet was held separately at Carey Stadium in Ocean City, New Jersey, on 7 July.
At the men's championships, Dutch Warmerdam set a world record in the pole vault, becoming the second person in history to jump over . The women's competition was marked by the debut of Jean Lane, who won the 50 m and 100 m.
The women's events were to be used as the Olympic trials for the 1940 Summer Olympics before they were canceled due to World War II.
Results
Men 100 m Harold Davis 10.3 Norwood Ewell 10.4 Billy Brown 10.6 200 m straight Harold Davis 20.4 Norwood Ewell 20.8 Leo Tarrant 21.3 400 m Grover Klemmer 47.0 Charles Belcher Cliff Bourland 800 m Charles Beetham 1:51.1 Campbell Kane Edward Burrowes 1500 m Walter Mehl 3:47.9 Glenn Cunningham 3:48.0 Paul Moore 3:48.5 5000 m Gregory Rice 14:33.4 Donald Lash Robert Madrid 10000 m Donald Lash 32:29.2 Lou Gregory James Rafferty Marathon 2:34:06.2 Lou Gregory 2:35:10.0 Leslie Pawson 2:40:05.0 110 m hurdles Fred Wolcott 13.9 Edward Dugger 14.0 Joe Batiste 14.1 400 m hurdles Carl McBain 51.6 Roy Cochran 52.1 Harry March 52.2 3000 m steeplechase Joseph McCluskey 9:16.6 Forrest Efaw George DeGeorge High jump Lester Steers 2.05 m Adam Berry 1.97 m Humbert Smith 1.94 m Pole vault Cornelius Warmerdam 4.60 m Kenneth Dills 4.37 m Bernard Deacon 4.11 m Long jump Billy Brown 7.65 m Pat Turner 7.52 m Frank Freeman 7.12 m Triple jump Billy Brown 15.31 m Hiney Kent 14.59 m Ray Atzet 14.45 m Shot put Alfred Blozis 16.77 m Uell Stanley Anderson 15.93 m Herbert Michael 15.85 m Discus throw Philip Fox 51.93 m Alfred Blozis 49.39 m Archie Harris 49.13 m Hammer throw Stanley Johnson 55.66 m Robert Bennett 55.59 m Chester Cruikshank 53.73 m Javelin throw Boyd Brown 68.01 m Lowell Todd 66.34 m Nick Vulmanic 65.74 m Decathlon William Watson 7523 pts Lee Todd 6941 pts Joe Scott 6702 pts 200 m hurdles Fred Wolcott 22.6 3000 m walk Otto Kotraba 13:52.0 Pentathlon Harry March 2981 pts Weight throw for distance Henry Dreyer 10.82 m
Women 50 m Jean Lane 6.6 Lucy Newell Jeanette Jones 100 m Jean Lane 12.0 Lula Mae Hymes 200 m 26.1 Olive Hasenfus Edna Gustavson 80 m hurdles Sybil Cooper 13.1 Nancy Cowperthwaite Lillie Purifoy High jump Alice Coachman 1.50 m Gerda Gottlieb Betty Henning Long jump 5.37 m Lucy Newell Betty Charters Shot put (8 lb) Catherine Fellmeth 11.67 m Ramona Harris Discus throw Catherine Fellmeth 35.02 m Evelyn Taylor Javelin throw Dorothy Dodson 38.43 m Miriam Melton Marie Sostar Baseball throw Angela Mica
See also List of USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners (men) List of USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners (women)
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