1937 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
{{short description|American athletics championship event}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox Athletics Championships
| Name = 1937 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
| Stadium image = 200px
| Size =
| Host city = Milwaukee, Wisconsin (men)
Trenton, New Jersey (women)
| Dates = 2–3 July (men)
25 September (women)
| Stadium = Marquette Stadium (men)
Trenton High School (women)
| Athletes participating =
| Events =
| Previous = 1936
| Next = 1938
}}
The 1937 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.
The men's edition was held at Marquette Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it took place 2–3 July. The women's meet was held separately at Trenton High School in Trenton, New Jersey, on 25 September.
The men's championships marked the first time (other than the 1936 United States Olympic trials) that the meet was held over two days.{{cite web |title=Sites/Dates Of The U.S. Men's Nationals, 1876–2023 |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/sites-of-the-national-mens-championships/ |website=Track & Field News |access-date=4 December 2024 |date=19 October 2020}} In the women's competition, the 16-year-old athlete Claire Isicson, described as "unknown", won the 50 m and 100 m and finished 4th in the long jump.{{cite web |title=Sites & Dates Of The U.S. National Women's Championships |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/sites-dates-of-the-national-womens-championships/ |website=Track & Field News |access-date=4 December 2024}}
Results
=Men=
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} | |||
| 100 m | 10.7 | inches behind
| Ray Dean | 1 yd behind 2nd |
| 200 m | 20.9 | | Norwood Ewell | |
| 400 m | 47.1 | 5 yards behind | 1 ft behind 2nd |
| 800 m | 1:50.0 | 1:50.5 {{AthAbbr|e}} | 1:50.8 {{AthAbbr|e}} |
| 1500 m | 3:51.8 | 3:54.0 | |
| 5000 m | 15:04.1 | 150 yards behind | |
| 10,000 m | 32:02.0 | | John A. Kelley | |
| Marathon | 2:44.22 | 2:46.36
| {{flai|James Bartlett|CAN}} | 2:47.09 |
| 110 m hurdles | 14.5 | | Forrest Towns | |
| 400 m hurdles | 52.3 | 52.5 {{AthAbbr|e}} | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | 9:26.6 | | Walter Stone | |
| rowspan=2| High jump
|rowspan=2| David Albritton | rowspan=2| 2.05 m | rowspan=2| 2.00 m
|rowspan=2 colspan=2| none awarded | |
| rowspan=1| Melvin Walker | |||
| Pole vault | 4.46 m | 4.46 m | 4.46 m |
| Long jump | 7.66 m | 7.55 m | 7.34 m |
| Triple jump | 15.12 m | 14.90 m | 14.83 m |
| Shot put | 15.73 m | 15.34 m | 15.28 m |
| Discus throw | 49.85 m | 49.82 m | 48.62 m |
| Hammer throw | 52.93 m | 50.79 m | 50.00 m |
| Javelin throw | 68.51 m | 67.08 m | 65.93 m |
| 200 m hurdles | 23.3
| | | | |
| 3000 m walk | 14:15.0
| | | | |
| Pentathlon | 3030 pts
| | | | |
| Weight throw for distance | 10.24 m
| | | |
=Women=
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} | |||
| 50 m | 6.8 | | Josephina Warren | |
| 100 m | 12.8 | | Esther Dennis | |
| 200 m | 26.0 | | Rose Cea | |
| 80 m hurdles | 12.8 | | Anna Lebo | |
| rowspan=2| High jump
|rowspan=2| Margarete Bergman | rowspan=2| 1.51 m
|rowspan=2| Cora Gaines | rowspan=2| 1.48 m | rowspan=2| 1.36 m |
| rowspan=1| Lucile Harris | |||
| Long jump | 5.40 m | 5.28 m | 5.15 m |
| Shot put | 11.45 m | 11.40 m
| {{flai|Florence Blasch|POL}} | 10.80 m |
| Discus throw | 32.89 m | 32.28 m | 30.68 m |
| Javelin throw | 37.63 m | 33.09 m
| {{flai|Florence Blasch|POL}} | 32.22 m |
| Baseball throw
| Rose Cea | {{tf2|249|8.25}}
| | | |
See also
References
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{{cite web |title=USATF Outdoor Champions |website=USA Track & Field |url=https://www.usatf.org/resources/statistics/usatf-champions/usatf-outdoor-champions |access-date=4 December 2024}}
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; Results
- {{cite web |title=U.S. National Championships History 1876–2023: Results by Event |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/u-s-national-championships-history/ |website=Track & Field News |access-date=4 December 2024}}
- {{cite web |title=Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1937 Men, Track |url=http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1937&Gender=M&TF=T&P=F&By=Y&Count= |website=trackfield.brinkster.net |access-date=4 December 2024}}
- {{cite web |title=Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1937 Men, Field |url=http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1937&Gender=M&TF=F&P=F&By=Y&Count= |website=trackfield.brinkster.net |access-date=4 December 2024}}
- {{cite web |title=Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1937 Women, Track |url=http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1937&Gender=W&TF=T&P=F&By=Y&Count= |website=trackfield.brinkster.net |access-date=4 December 2024}}
- {{cite web |title=Track and Field Statistics: USA National Championship 1937 Women, Field |url=http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1937&Gender=W&TF=F&P=F&By=Y&Count= |website=trackfield.brinkster.net |access-date=4 December 2024}}
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