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1934 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 1934 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.

1934 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates29–30 June (men)
Host cityMilwaukee, Wisconsin (men)
VenueMarquette Stadium (men)
← 1933
1935 →

The men's edition was held at Marquette Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it took place 29–30 June. The women's meet was originally scheduled to be held in San Francisco, but the organizers withdrew due to financial reasons, making the 1934 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships the only women's track and field national championships that year.[1]

The men's championships were described as the greatest AAU championships ever, both at the time by Milwaukee media and in retrospect by Track & Field News. In the 1500 m, both Bill Bonthron and Glenn Cunningham broke the world record. Jack Torrance also set the shot put world record and Glenn Hardin broke the 400 m hurdles record. About 17,000 spectators attended.[2]

Results

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m Ralph Metcalfe 10.4 Jesse Owens 10.4 e Eulace Peacock
200 m Ralph Metcalfe 21.3 Foy Draper Charles Parsons
400 m Ivan Fuqua 47.4 Howard Green Howard Jones
800 m Benjamin Eastman 1:50.4 Elton Brown 1:51.0 Charles Hornbostel
1500 m William Bonthron 3:48.8 Glenn Cunningham 3:48.9 Gene Venzke 3:50.5
5000 m Frank Crowley 15:18.6 John Follows Joseph Mangan
10,000 m Eino Pentti 33:34.2 Thomas McDonough Lou Gregory
Marathon   David Komonen (CAN) 2:43:26.6 Melvin Porter 2:48:04.0 William Steiner 2:49:45.0
110 m hurdles Percy Beard 14.6 Philip Good Sam Allen
400 m hurdles Glenn Hardin 51.8 Edgar Ablowich Robert Evans
3000 m steeplechase Harold Manning 9:13.1 Joseph McCluskey 9:14.2 e Eino Pentti
High jump Walter Marty 2.05 m none awarded George Spitz 2.02 m
Cornelius Johnson
Pole vault Wirt Thompson 4.25 m none awarded none awarded
Keith Brown
William Graber
Long jump Jesse Owens 7.82 m Robert Clark 7.32 m John Brooks 7.33 m
Triple jump Dudley Wilkins 14.68 m Nathan Blair 14.46 m Solomon Furth 14.33 m
Shot put Jack Torrance 16.90 m John Lyman 16.70 m George Theodoratus 16.30 m
Discus throw Robert Jones 47.52 m Gordon Dunn 47.03 m Henri LaBorde 46.63 m
Hammer throw Donald Favor 49.83 m Peter Zaremba 49.62 m Gantt Miller 49.51 m
Javelin throw Ralston LeGore 66.08 m John Mottram 63.91 m Lee Bartlett 63.85 m
Decathlon Robert Clark 7966.05 pts Joseph Hall 7488.89 pts Richard Baldry 7411.18 pts
200 m hurdles[3] Philip Good 24.5
Pentathlon[3] Eulace Peacock 3258 pts
Weight throw for distance[3] Clark Haskins 10.70 m

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Sites & Dates Of The U.S. National Women's Championships". Track & Field News. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Sites/Dates Of The U.S. Men's Nationals, 1876–2023". Track & Field News. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Podiums for usa track and field championships: 1934 usa track and field championships". Athletics Podium [d].
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