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Regional Regional championships · since 1958

1969 USA vs USSR Series

Los Angeles, United States of America 18–19 Jul 1969

events: 35
medals awarded: 101
nations on the podium: 2
world records: 0

Podiums

Sprints

100m

1

John Carlos 10.3

2

Ivory Crockett 10.3

3

Vladislav Sapeya 10.4

Sprints

200m

1

John Carlos MR 20.3

2

Thomas Randolph 20.8

3

Nikolay Ivanov 21.4

Sprints

400m

1

Lee Evans MR 45.3

2

Tommy Turner 45.4

3

Aleksandr Bratchikov 46.6

Middle & long

800m

1

Juris Luzins 1:46.7

2

Felix Johnson 1:47.4

3

Mikhail Zhelobovskiy 1:47.8

Middle & long

1500m

1

Marty Liquori 3:40.1

2

Mikhail Zhelobovskiy 3:40.4

3

John Mason 3:44.2

Middle & long

5000m

1

Rashid Sharafetdinov 13:58.8

2

Ivan Shopsha 14:00.0

3

Gerry Lindgren 14:02.1

Middle & long

10,000m

1

Nikolay Sviridov 28:49.8

2

Jack Bacheler 28:58.0

3

Stepan Baidyuk 29:22.4

Winner: Ron Clarke (AUS) 28:35.2

Middle & long

3000m steeplechase

1

Aleksandr Morozov NRMR 8:26.0

2

Mike Manley 8:35.1

3

Lazar Naroditskiy 8:51.8

Hurdles

110m hurdles

1

Willie Davenport 13.5

2

Leon Coleman 13.6

3

Viktor Balikhin 14.1

Hurdles

400m hurdles

1

Nick Lee 49.7

2

Ralph Mann 50.3

3

Vyacheslav Skomorokhov 50.3

Jumps

High jump

1

Valentin Gavrilov 2.21

2

Otis Burrell 2.14

3

Valeriy Skvortsov 2.10

Jumps

Pole vault

1

Bob Seagren MR 5.35

2

John Pennel 5.10

3

Gennadiy Bliznetsov 5.10

Jumps

Long jump

1

Stan Whitley 8.14

2

Igor Ter-Ovanesyan 8.12

3

Tonu Lepik 7.83

Jumps

Triple jump

1

Viktor Saneyev MR 16.91

2

Nikolay Dudkin 16.44

3

John Craft 15.33

Throws

Shot put

1

Karl Salb 19.71

2

Eduard Gushchin 19.38

3

Brian Oldfield 19.09

Throws

Discus throw

1

Vladimir Lyakhov MR 61.60

2

Jay Silvester 61.04

3

Jon Cole 60.00

Throws

Hammer throw

1

Anatoliy Bondarchuk MR 72.36

2

Romuald Klim 72.36

3

George Frenn 68.86

Throws

Javelin throw

1

Janis Lusis 83.53

2

Roger Collins 81.74

3

Janis Donins 80.74

Race walks

20 km race walk

1

Vladimir Golubnichiy MR 1:32:11

2

Ron Laird 1:32:27

3

Mykola Smaga 1:32:52

Winner: Paul Nihill (GBR) 1:31:50

Combined

Decathlon

1

Bill Toomey 7938

2

Viktor Chelnokov 7652

3

Janis Lanka 7594

Relays

4x100m

1

United States of America

Ivory Crockett Thomas Randolph Mel Gray John Carlos

39.5

2

Soviet Union

Mikhail Lebedev (1950) Yevgeny Sinyayev Nikolay Ivanov Vladislav Sapeya

40.1

Winner: Commonwealth Team 39.4

Relays

4x400m

1

United States of America

Jim Kemp Tommy Turner Larry James Lee Evans

MR 3:03.1

2

Soviet Union

Aleksandr Konnikov Boris Savchuk Yuri Zorin Aleksandr Bratchikov

3:07.1

Medal table

2 nations · 101 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	United States of America USA	21	18	10	49
2	Soviet Union URS	14	17	21	52

Records set

12 MR

MR John Carlos 200m · Men 20.3
MR Lee Evans 400m · Men 45.3
MR Aleksandr Morozov 3000m steeplechase · Men 8:26.0
MR Bob Seagren Pole vault · Men 5.35
MR Viktor Saneyev Triple jump · Men 16.91
MR Vladimir Lyakhov Discus throw · Men 61.60
MR Anatoliy Bondarchuk Hammer throw · Men 72.36
MR Vladimir Golubnichiy 20 km race walk · Men 1:32:11
MR United States of America 4x400m · Men 3:03.1
MR Madeline Manning 800m · Women 2:03.8
MR= Valentina Kozyr High jump · Women 1.77
MR Nadezhda Chizhova Shot put · Women 18.95

About this edition

In this edition, the Commonwealth Selection was included the contest. However, US team match scores calculated against Soviet Union and Commonwealth Team seperately. All the events contested by six athletes, two from each. The scores given as 5-3-2-1 in the series.