1945 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
{{short description|American athletics championship event}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox Athletics Championships
| Name = 1945 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
| Stadium image = 200px
| Size =
| Host city = New York City, New York (men)
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (women)
| Dates = 29–30 June (men)
30 June (women)
| Stadium = Downing Stadium (men)
Fager Field (women)
| Athletes participating =
| Events =
| Previous = 1944
| Next = 1946
}}
The 1945 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 Downing Stadium in New York City, New York, and it took place 29–30 June. The women's meet was held separately at Fager Field in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 30 June.
At the men's championships, Barney Ewell broke the meeting record in the 100 m.{{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, Tuskegee Institute won its second consecutive team title.{{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=
=Women=
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} | |||
| 50 m | 6.5 | | Rowena Harrison | |
| 100 m | 12.0
| {{flai|Stanislawa Walasiewicz|POL}} | | Jean Lowe | |
| 200 m
| {{flai|Stanislawa Walasiewicz|POL}} | 26.6 | | Gwendolyn Taylor | |
| 80 m hurdles | 12.5 | | Marie Wingo | |
| rowspan=2| High jump
|rowspan=2| Alice Coachman | rowspan=2| 1.52 m | rowspan=2| 1.37 m
|rowspan=2 colspan=2| none awarded | |
| rowspan=1| Nancy Cowperthwaite | |||
| Long jump
| {{flai|Stanislawa Walasiewicz|POL}} | 5.56 m | 5.42 m | 4.93 m |
| Shot put (8 lb)
| {{flai|Frances Gorn-Sobczak|POL}} | 11.52 m | 10.95 m | 10.88 m |
| Discus throw
| {{flai|Frances Gorn-Sobczak|POL}} | 31.41 m | 30.15 m | 29.94 m |
| Javelin throw | 38.05 m | 35.02 m | 32.98 m |
| Baseball throw | {{tf2|237|9}}
| | | |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
; 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 1945 Men, Track |url=http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1945&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 1945 Men, Field |url=http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1945&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 1945 Women, Track |url=http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1945&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 1945 Women, Field |url=http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USATournaments.asp?TourCode=N&Year=1945&Gender=W&TF=F&P=F&By=Y&Count= |website=trackfield.brinkster.net |access-date=4 December 2024}}
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