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1939 Lincoln, NE

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  • 1 High jump Men USA Les Steers 2.04
  • 1 High jump Women USA Alice Coachman OG 1.57
  • 1 Pole vault Men USA George Varoff 4.37
  • 1 Long jump Men USA William Lacefield (1917) 7.76 w
  • 1 Long jump Women USA Lula Mae Hymes (1917) 5.52 OC note
  • 1 Triple jump Men USA Herschel Neil (1914) 14.56
  • 1 Shot put Men USA Lilburn Williams (1917) 16.33
  • 1 Shot put Women USA Catherine Rutherford-Fellmeth (1908) 12.54
  • 1 Discus throw Men USA Phil Levy-Fox (1913) 52.54
  • 1 Discus throw Women USA Catherine Rutherford-Fellmeth (1908) 34.63
  • 1 Hammer throw Men USA Chester Cruickshank (1902) 53.07
  • 1 Javelin throw Men USA Boyd Brown (1918) 65.80
  • 1 Javelin throw Women USA Dorothy Dodson (1919) 39.62
  • 1 56-pound weight throw Men USA Stanley Johnson (1918) 10.53
  • 1 3000m race walk Men USA Otto Kotraba 14:04.7
  • 1 20 km race walk Men USA John Deni 1:49:56 CR note
  • 1 50 km race walk Men USA Ernest Crosbie 5:19:34
  • 1 Decathlon Men USA Joe Scott (1916) 6671
  • 1 Pentathlon Men USA John Borican 2947
  • 1 Cross country Men USA Donald Lash (1912) 3226 10k note

1938 Buffalo, NY

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  • 1 50m Women USA Claire Isicson (1921) 6.6
  • 1 100m Women USA Lula Mae Hymes (1917) 12.4
  • 1 100m Men USA Ben Johnson (1914) 10.7
  • 1 200m Women USA Fanny Vitale (1921) 26.7
  • 1 200m Men USA Mack Robinson 21.3
  • 1 400m Men USA Ray Malott (1917) 47.6
  • 1 800m Men USA Howard Borck (1914) 1:51.5
  • 1 1500m Men USA Glenn Cunningham 3:52.5
  • 1 5000m Men USA Greg Rice (1916) 15:15.0
  • 1 10,000m Men USA Eino Pentti (1906) 32:15.6
  • 1 Marathon Men USA Pat Dengis 2:39:39 note
  • 1 3000m steeplechase Men USA Joe McCluskey 9:23.3
  • 1 80m hurdles Women USA Marie Cottrell (1920) 13.0
  • 1 110m hurdles Men USA Fred Wolcott (1917) 14.3
  • 1 200m hurdles Men USA Fred Wolcott (1917) 23.6
  • 1 400m hurdles Men USA Jack Patterson (1912) 52.8
  • 1 High jump Women USA Margarete Bergman (1914) 1.57
  • 1 High jump Men USA Melvin Walker (1914) 2.00
  • 1 Pole vault Men USA Cornelius Warmerdam (1915) 4.41
  • 1 Long jump Men USA William Lacefield (1917) 7.62
  • 1 Long jump Women USA Lula Mae Hymes (1917) 5.23
  • 1 Triple jump Men USA Herschel Neil (1914) 14.77
  • 1 Shot put Men USA Francis Ryan (1917) 15.89
  • 1 Shot put Women USA Catherine Rutherford-Fellmeth (1908) 11.73
  • 1 Discus throw Women USA Catherine Rutherford-Fellmeth (1908) 38.41
  • 1 Discus throw Men USA Peter Zagar (1910) 50.98
  • 1 Hammer throw Men USA Irving Folsworthy (1914) 54.63
  • 1 Javelin throw Women USA Rose Auerbach (1915) 37.05
  • 1 Javelin throw Men USA Nick Vukmanic (1918) 66.64
  • 1 56-pound weight throw Men USA Louis Lepis 10.70
  • 1 3000m race walk Men USA Harry Cieman 13:39.9
  • 1 20 km race walk Men USA John Rahkonen 1:51:57 note
  • 1 50 km race walk Men USA Leo Schnepel 5:18:51
  • 1 Decathlon Men USA Joe Scott (1916) 6486
  • 1 Pentathlon Men USA John Borican 3304
  • 1 Cross country Men USA Donald Lash (1912) 3433 10k note

1937 Milwaukee, WI

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  • 1 50m Women USA Claire Isicson (1921) 6.8
  • 1 100m Men USA Perrin Walker (1912) 10.7
  • 1 100m Women USA Claire Isicson (1921) 12.8
  • 1 200m Men USA Jack Weiershauser (1915) 20.9
  • 1 200m Women USA Gertrude Johnson (1917) 26.0
  • 1 400m Men USA Ray Malott (1917) 47.1
  • 1 800m Men USA John Woodruff OG 1:50.0
  • 1 1500m Men USA Glenn Cunningham 3:51.8
  • 1 5000m Men USA Joe McCluskey 15:04.1 CR
  • 1 10,000m Men USA Eino Pentti (1906) 32:02.0
  • 1 Marathon Men USA Melvin Porter 2:44:22 note
  • 1 3000m steeplechase Men USA Floyd Lochner (1912) 9:26.6
  • 1 80m hurdles Women USA Cora Gaines (1917) 12.8
  • 1 110m hurdles Men USA Allan Tolmich (1917) 14.5
  • 1 200m hurdles Men USA Allan Tolmich (1917) 23.3
  • 1 400m hurdles Men USA Jack Patterson (1912) 52.3
  • 1 High jump Men USA Dave Albritton 2.05
  • 1 High jump Women USA Margarete Bergman (1914) 1.51
  • 1 Pole vault Men USA William Sefton (1915) 4.46
  • 1 Long jump Women USA Lula Mae Hymes (1917) 5.40
  • 1 Long jump Men USA Kermit King (1911) 7.66
  • 1 Triple jump Men USA Billy Brown (1918) 15.12
  • 1 Shot put Men USA James Reynolds (1915) 15.73
  • 1 Shot put Women USA Margarete Bergman (1914) 11.45
  • 1 Discus throw Men USA Phil Levy (1913) 49.85
  • 1 Discus throw Women USA Elizabeth Lindsay (1919) 32.89
  • 1 Hammer throw Men USA Irving Folsworthy (1914) 52.93
  • 1 Javelin throw Women USA Rose Auerbach (1915) 37.63
  • 1 Javelin throw Men USA William Reitz (1916) 68.51 CR
  • 1 56-pound weight throw Men USA Louis Lepis 10.24
  • 1 3000m race walk Men USA Max Beutel 14:15.0 2mi
  • 1 50 km race walk Men USA Albert Mangan 5:00:03
  • 1 Pentathlon Men USA Eulace Peacock 3030
  • 1 Cross country Men USA Donald Lash (1912) 3257 10k note

1936 Princeton, NJ

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  • 1 50m Women USA Ivy Wilson (1918) 6.7
  • 1 100m Women USA Helen Stephens OG 11.7
  • 1 100m Men USA Jesse Owens OG 10.4 CR=
  • 1 200m Men USA Ralph Metcalfe OG 21.2
  • 1 200m Women USA Beverly Hobbs (1913) 26.6
  • 1 400m Men USA Harold Smallwood (1915) 47.3
  • 1 800m Men USA Charles Beetham 1:50.3
  • 1 1500m Men USA Glenn Cunningham 3:54.2
  • 1 5000m Men USA Donald Lash (1914) 15:04.8
  • 1 10,000m Men USA Donald Lash (1914) 31:06.9 AR
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