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National National championships · since 1876

1979 USA Track & Field Championships

Walnut, CA, United States of America 15–17 Jun 1979

events: 42
medals awarded: 42
nations on the podium: 1
world records: 0

Podiums

Sprints

100m

wind +1.2

James Sanford 10.07

Sprints

200m

wind +1.8

Dwayne Evans 20.27

Sprints

400m

Willie Smith (1956) 45.10

Middle & long

800m

James Robinson 1:45.82

Middle & long

1500m

Steve Scott 3:36.40

Middle & long

5000m

Matthew Centrowitz Sr 13:40.8

Middle & long

10,000m

Craig Virgin AR 27:39.4

Road

Marathon

Tom Antczak (1951) Houston-TX, 20.01.1979 2:15:28 SC

Middle & long

3000m steeplechase

Henry Marsh 8:33.1

Hurdles

110m hurdles

wind +1.5

Renaldo Nehemiah 13.19

Hurdles

400m hurdles

Edwin Moses 47.89

Jumps

High jump

Franklin Jacobs 2.26

Jumps

Pole vault

Mike Tully 5.50

Jumps

Long jump

wind +5.0

Larry Myricks 8.28

Jumps

Triple jump

wind +3.7

Ron Livers 17.56

Throws

Shot put

Dave Laut 21.11

Throws

Discus throw

Mac Wilkins 70.66

Throws

Hammer throw

Boris Djerassi OC winner: Scott Neilson (CAN) 72.06 68.73 OC

Throws

Javelin throw

Duncan Atwood 81.86

Race walks

5000m race walk

Dan O'Connor 21:46.6

Race walks

20 km race walk

Neal Pyke Walnut-CA, 17.06.1979 1:27:11

Race walks

50 km race walk

Marco Evoniuk 4:10:33

Combined

Decathlon

Bobby Coffman 8154

Cross country

Alberto Salazar Raleigh-NC, 24.11.1979 30:27 10k

Medal table

1 nations · 42 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	United States of America USA	42	0	0	42

Records set

3 AR

AR Craig Virgin 10,000m · Men 27:39.4
AR Debbie LaPlante 100m hurdles · Women 12.86
AR Maren Seidler Shot put · Women 19.09