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{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name = 1972 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
|Logo = 
|Size = 
|Host city =[[Seattle, Washington]]<br>[[Canton, Ohio]],<br>United States
|Dates = June 16–18
|Stadium = [[Husky Stadium]]<br>Citizens Field
|Athletes participating = 
|Events = 
|Previous               = [[1971 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|1971]]
|Next                   = [[1973 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|1973]]
}}
[[File:2009-0919-HuskyStadium.jpg|thumb|240px|Husky Stadium]]
The Men's '''1972 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships''' took place between June 16–18 at [[Husky Stadium]] on the campus of [[University of Washington]] in [[Seattle, Washington]]. It is the only time this championship has been held in the state of Washington.  The Women's Championships took place at Citizens Field in [[Canton, Ohio]].  The meet was organized by the [[Amateur Athletic Union]].

==Results==

===Men track events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|[[100 meters]]
| [[Robert Taylor (sprinter, born 1948)|Robert Taylor]] || 10.2
| [[Delano Meriwether]] || 10.3
| [[Herb Washington]] || 10.3
|-
|[[200 meters]]
| [[Chuck Smith (sprinter)|Chuck Smith]] || 20.7
| [[David Jenkins (athlete)|David Jenkins]]<br>{{GBR}}<br>[[Al Hearvey]] || 20.8<br><br>21.1
| [[Dennis Walker (athlete)|Dennis Walker]] || 21.1
|-
|[[400 meters]]
| [[Lee Evans (sprinter)|Lee Evans]] || 45.0
| [[Vincent Matthews (athlete)|Vince Matthews]] || 45.1
| [[Fred Newhouse]] || 45.3
|-
|[[800 meters]]
| [[David Wottle]] || 1.47.3
| [[Rick Wohlhuter]] || 1.47.5
| [[Rick Brown (athlete)|Rick Brown]] || 1.47.6
|-
|[[1500 meters]]
| [[Jerome Howe]] || 3.38.2
| [[Howell Michael]] || 3.38.3
| [[Bob Maplestone]]<br>{{flagu|Wales}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bob Maplestone (1996) - Eastern Washington University Athletics Hall of Fame |url=https://goeags.com/honors/eastern-washington-university-athletics-hall-of-fame/bob-maplestone/41 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Eastern Washington University Athletics |language=en}}</ref><br>[[Bruce Fischer (athlete)|Bruce Fischer]] || 3.39.7<br><br>3.40.0
|-
|[[5000 meters]]
| [[Michael Keogh (athlete)|Mike Keogh]]<br>{{IRL}}<br>[[Richard Buerkle]] || 13.51.8<br><br>13.54.8
| [[Peter Duffy (athlete)|Peter Duffy]]<br>{{IRL}}<br>[[Jay Mason]] || 13.55.8<br><br>13.56.2
| [[Jim Johnson (runner)|Jim Johnson]] || 13.59.8
|-
|[[10000 meters]]
| [[Gregory Fredericks]] || 28.08.0 '''[[United States records in track and field|NR]]'''
| [[Frank Shorter]] || 28.12.0
| [[Tom Laris]] || 28.12.6
|-
|[[Marathon]]
| [[Edmund Norris]] || 2.24.42.8
| [[John Vitale (runner)|John Vitale]] || 2.25.30.0
| [[Bob Fitts]] || 2.26.23.0
|-
|[[110 meters hurdles]]
| [[Rod Milburn]] || 13.4 '''=[[USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships#Records|CR]]m'''
| [[Willie Davenport]] || 13.6
| [[Thomas Hill (athlete)|Thomas Hill]] || 13.6
|-
|[[400 meters hurdles]]
| [[Dick Bruggeman]] || 50.0
| [[Jim Bolding]] || 50.0
| [[Bob Cassleman]] || 50.3
|-
|[[3000 meters steeplechase]]
| [[Jim Dare]] || 8.33.8
| [[Steve Savage]] || 8.34.8
| [[Cliff Clark]] || 8.36.4	
|-
|[[5000 meters racewalk]]
| [[Larry Young (racewalker)|Larry Young]] || 21:39.8
| [[Bill Ranney]] || 22:29.8
| [[Todd Skully]] || 22:33.8
|}

===Men field events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|[[High jump]]
| [[Barry Schur]] || {{T&Fcalc|2.18}}
| [[GENE WHITE (ATHLETE)|Gene White]] || {{T&Fcalc|2.18}}
| [[Dennis Adama]]<BR>[[Ron Jourdan]] || {{T&Fcalc|2.13}}
|-
|[[Pole vault]]
| [[David Roberts (pole vaulter)|Dave Roberts]] || {{T&Fcalc|5.49}}'''[[USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships#Records|CR]]'''
| [[Jack Ernst (athlete)|Jack Ernst]] || {{T&Fcalc|5.18}}
| [[Buddy Williamson]] || {{T&Fcalc|5.18}}
|-
|[[Long jump]]
| [[Arnie Robinson]] || {{T&Fcalc|8.07}}
| [[Jacques Pani]]<br>{{FRA}}<br>[[James McAlister]] || {{T&Fcalc|8.02}}w<br><br>{{T&Fcalc|7.61}}
| [[Ronnie Coleman (American football)|Ron Coleman]] || {{T&Fcalc|7.56}}w
|-
|[[Triple jump]]
| [[John Craft]] || {{T&Fcalc|16.71}}w
| [[Art Walker (triple jumper)|Art Walker]] || {{T&Fcalc|16.45}}
| [[Milan Tiff]] || {{T&Fcalc|16.31}}w
|-
|[[Shot put]]
| [[Randy Matson]] || {{T&Fcalc|21.19}}'''[[USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships#Records|CR]]'''
| [[Doug Lane]] || {{T&Fcalc|20.14}}
| [[Brian Oldfield]] || {{T&Fcalc|20.13}}
|-
|[[Discus Throw]]
| [[Jay Silvester]] || {{T&FcalcR|64.92}}'''[[USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships#Records|CR]]'''
| [[Tim Vollmer]] || {{T&FcalcR|64.64}}
| [[Rickard Drescher]] || {{T&FcalcR|61.54}}
|-
|[[Hammer Throw]]
| [[Al Schoterman]] || {{T&FcalcR|69.52}}
| [[Hal Connolly|Harold Connolly]] || {{T&FcalcR|66.34}}
| [[Albert Hall (athlete)|Albert Hall]] || {{T&FcalcR|66.32}}
|-
|[[Javelin Throw]]
| [[Fred Luke]] || {{T&FcalcR|84.55}}
| [[Milt Sonsky]] || {{T&FcalcR|80.41}}
| [[John Kaveny]] || {{T&FcalcR|78.38}}
|-
| [[Olympic athletics pentathlon|Pentathlon]]<ref name=ap>{{apch|usa-track-and-field-championships/1972-usa-track-and-field-championships}}</ref>
| [[Rick Wanamaker]] || 3410 pts
|  || 
|  || 
|-
| [[All-around decathlon]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| [[Karl Harz]] || 7976 pts
|  || 
|  || 
|-
|[[Decathlon]]
| [[Jeff Bennett (decathlete)|Jeff Bennett]] || 7910
| [[Jeff Bannister]] || 7890
| [[John Warkentin]] || 7807
|}

===Women track events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|[[100 meters]]
| [[Alice Annum]]<br>{{GHA}}<br>[[Rose Allwood]]<br>{{JAM}}<br>[[Iris Davis]] || 11.5'''=[[USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships#Records|CR]]'''<br><br>11.5'''=[[USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships#Records|CR]]'''<br><br>11.5
| [[Mildrette Netter]] || 11.5
| [[Barbara Ferrell]] || 11.5
|-
|[[200 meters]]
| [[Alice Annum]]<br>{{GHA}}<br>[[Rose Allwood]]<br>{{JAM}}<br>[[Pamela Greene]] || 23.4'''[[USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships#Records|CR]]'''<br><br>23.7<br><br>23.8
| [[Jacqueline Thompson]] || 24.0
| [[Pat Hawkins (athlete)|Pat Hawkins]] || 24.1
|-
|[[400 meters]]
| [[Kathy Hammond]] || 52.3
| [[Mable Fergerson]] || 54.2
| [[Beth Warner]] || 54.6
|-
|[[800 meters]]
| [[Carol Hudson (athlete)|Carol Hudson]] || 2.06.7
| [[Cheryl Toussaint]] || 2.06.7
| [[Cis Schafer]] || 2.07.5
|-
|[[1500 meters]]
| [[Francie Larrieu]] || 4.18.4
| [[Eileen Claugus]] || 4.24.0
| [[Kathy Gibbons]] || 4.28.2
|-
|[[3000 meters]]
| [[Tena Anex]] || 9.42.6 '''[[United States records in track and field|NR]]'''
| [[Brenda Webb (athlete)|Brenda Webb]] || 9.50.3
| [[Ellyn Cornish]] || 9.59.3
|-
|[[100 meters hurdles]]
| [[Mamie Rallins]] || 13.5
| [[Patty Van Wolvelaere|Patricia Johnson]] || 13.6
| [[Lorna Tinney]] || 13.6
|-
|[[200 meters hurdles]]<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vvrwcB3DeEwC&dq=%22Mamie+Rallins%22+1971+hurdles&pg=PA536 |title = American Women's Track and Field: A History, 1895 Through 1980|isbn = 9780786402199|last1 = Tricard|first1 = Louise Mead|date = January 1996}}</ref>
| [[Pat Hawkins (athlete)|Pat Hawkins]] || 26.3
| [[Patty Van Wolvelaere|Patricia Johnson]] || 27.3
| [[Nancy Kaiser]]<br>[[Janet Reusser]] || 28.0
|-
|[[Racewalking|1500 meters walk]]
| [[Jeannie Bocci]] || 6:59.1
| [[Lynn Olson]] || 7:06.0
| [[Sue Brodock]] || 7:14.1
|}

===Women field events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|[[High jump]]
| [[Audrey Reid (athlete)|Audrey Reid]]<br>{{JAM}}<br>[[DeAnne Wilson]] || {{T&Fcalc2|6|.5}}<br><br>{{T&Fcalc2|5|8}}
| [[Sandi Goldsberry]] || {{T&Fcalc2|5|8}}
| [[Karen Moller]] || {{T&Fcalc2|5|7}}
|-
|[[Long jump]]
| [[Willye White]] || {{T&Fcalc2|20|6.25}}
| [[Martha Watson]] || {{T&Fcalc2|20|4.25}}
| [[Brenda Bryan]] || {{T&Fcalc2|19|11.75}}
|-
|[[Shot put]]
| [[Maren Seidler]] || {{T&Fcalc2|52|9}}
| [[Lynn Graham]] || {{T&Fcalc2|50|7.25}}
| [[Lynette Matthews]] || {{T&Fcalc2|49|6.25}}
|-
|[[Discus Throw]]
| [[Josephine de la Viña]]<br>{{PHI}}<br>[[Olga Connolly]] || {{T&Fcalc2|172|0}}<br><br>{{T&Fcalc2|170|8}}
| [[Monette Driscoll]] || {{T&Fcalc2|152|10}}
| [[Vivian Turner]] || {{T&Fcalc2|150|10}}
|-
|[[Javelin Throw]]
| [[Sherry Calvert]] || {{T&Fcalc2|184|10}}
| [[Roberta Brown (javelin thrower)|Roberta Brown]] || {{T&Fcalc2|181|6}}
| [[Kathy Schmidt]] || {{T&Fcalc2|180|0}}
|-
|[[Pentathlon]]
| [[Jennifer Meldrum]]<br>{{CAN}}<br>[[Penny May]]<br>{{CAN}}<br>[[Jane Frederick]] || 4251<br><br>4202<br><br>4169
| [[Marilyn King]] ||4064
| [[Gail Fitzgerald]] || 4034	 
|}

==See also==
*[[United States Olympic Trials (track and field)]]

== References ==
<references />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170903025737/https://trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/archivemenu/13-lists/979-usa-nationals-history Results] from [[Track & Field News|T&FN]]
* [http://trackfield.brinkster.net/USAMain.asp?P=F results]

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