Regional Regional championships · since 1958

1959 USA vs USSR Series

Philadelphia, United States of America 18–19 Jul 1959

events: 32
medals awarded: 93
nations on the podium: 2
world record: 1

Podiums

Sprints

100m

Ray Norton 10.3

Robert Poynter 10.3

Leonid Bartenev 10.5

Sprints

200m

Ray Norton MR 20.7

Vance Robinson 21.2

Leonid Bartenev 21.3

Sprints

400m

Eddie Southern 46.2

David Mills 47.2

Ardalion Ignatyev 47.4

Middle & long

800m

Tom Murphy MR 1:48.5

Jerome Walters 1:48.7

Vasiliy Savinkov 1:49.8

Middle & long

1500m

Dyrol Burleson 3:49.4

Jim Grelle 3:49.4

Yevgeny Momotkov 3:50.3

Middle & long

5000m

Aleksandr Artinyuk MR 14:17.8

Pyotr Bolotnikov 14:18.0

Bill Dellinger 14:48.8

Middle & long

10,000m

Aleksey Desyatchikov 31:40.6

Hubert Parnakivi 32:49.6

Max Truex 33:13.4

Middle & long

3000m steeplechase

Semyon Rzhishchin 8:51.6

Vladimir Yevdokimov 8:52.7

Phil Coleman 9:16.7

Hurdles

110m hurdles

Hayes Jones MR 13.6

Lee Calhoun 13.7

Anatoliy Mikhailov 13.9

Hurdles

400m hurdles

Josh Culbreath 50.5

Dick Howard 51.1

Yuriy Lituyev 51.7

Jumps

High jump

Robert Shavlakadze 2.06

Errol Williams 2.06

Igor Kashkarov 2.06

Jumps

Pole vault

Don Bragg MR 4.64

Vladimir Bulatov NR 4.64

Igor Petrenko 4.42

Jumps

Long jump

Greg Bell MR 8.10

Igor Ter-Ovanesyan 7.86

Joel Wiley 7.57

Jumps

Triple jump

Konstantin Tsygankov 15.95

Ira Davis NR 15.90

Oleg Fedoseyev 15.63

Throws

Shot put

Parry O'Brien WR 19.27

Dave Davis 18.87

Vartan Ovsepyan 17.67

Throws

Discus throw

Al Oerter MR 57.53

Vladimir Lyakhov 54.96

Otto Grigalka 54.82

Throws

Hammer throw

Vasiliy Rudenkov 66.76

Harold Connolly 66.01

Mikhail Krivonosov 62.94

Throws

Javelin throw

Al Cantello MR 79.99

Viktor Tsybulenko 78.66

Vladimir Kuznetsov 76.36

Race walks

20 km race walk

Vladimir Golubnichiy 1:38:21 20,2

Anatoliy Vedyakov 1:39:39 38,4

Rudolf Haluza 1:41:58 57,8

Combined

Decathlon

Vasiliy Kuznetsov MR 8350

Dave Edstrom 7599

Mike Herman 7026

Relays

4x100m

United States of America

Robert Poynter Hayes Jones Vance Robinson Ray Norton

39.8

Soviet Union

Edvin Ozolin Leonid Bartenev Yuriy Konovalov Vadim Arkhipchuk

40.0

Relays

4x400m

United States of America

David Mills Tom Murphy Jack Yerman Eddie Southern

3:07.0

Soviet Union

Konstantin Grachev Arnold Matsulevych Valentin Rakhmanov Ardalion Ignatyev

3:10.8

Medal table

2 nations · 93 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	Soviet Union URS	16	16	18	50
2	United States of America USA	16	16	11	43

Records set

1 WR · 16 MR

WR Parry O'Brien Shot put · Men 19.27
MR Ray Norton 200m · Men 20.7
MR Tom Murphy 800m · Men 1:48.5
MR Aleksandr Artinyuk 5000m · Men 14:17.8
MR Hayes Jones 110m hurdles · Men 13.6
MR Don Bragg Pole vault · Men 4.64
MR Greg Bell Long jump · Men 8.10
MR Al Oerter Discus throw · Men 57.53
MR Al Cantello Javelin throw · Men 79.99
MR Vasiliy Kuznetsov Decathlon · Men 8350
MR Lucinda Williams 200m · Women 23.4
MR Lyudmila Shevtsova 800m · Women 2:11.3
MR Taisiya Chenchik High jump · Women 1.77
MR Vera Krepkina Long jump · Women 6.17
MR Tamara Press Shot put · Women 16.94
MR Nina Ponomaryova Discus throw · Women 55.21
MR Birute Kalediene Javelin throw · Women 55.37