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1931 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates3–4 July (men)
25 July (women)
Host cityLincoln, Nebraska (men)
Jersey City, New Jersey (women)
VenueMemorial Stadium (men)
Pershing Field (women)
← 1930
1932 →

The 1931 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 Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it took place 3–4 July. The women's meet was held separately at Pershing Field in Jersey City, New Jersey, on 25 July.

At the men's championships, Percy Beard set the 110 m hurdles world record.[1] In the women's competition, Babe Didrikson set the meet and American record in the baseball throw by throwing 296 feet (90 m). As the event fell out of favor after 1957, the mark is presumed by Track & Field News to be the world record for the farthest baseball throw by a woman as of 2021.[2]

Though Stella Walsh did not compete in the women's discus throw, she stood in the outfield and helped return thrown discs back to the throwing area. One of her return throws struck James McBride, a spectator, and Walsh was subsequently arrested. Walsh was eventually set free, though she soon after moved to Poland and did not compete again at the USA Outdoor Championships until 1939.[2]

Results

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Frank Wykoff 9.5 Emmett Toppino Eddie Tolan
220 yards straight[a] Eddie Tolan 21.0 Ralph Metcalfe Cyrus Leland
440 yards Victor Williams 48.8 Art Woessner Talbot Hartley
880 yards Edwin Genung 1:52.6 Otto Rosner Dale Letts
1 mile Leo Lermond 4:15.0 Gene Venzke 4:15.2 e Frank Crowley 4:15.9 e
10,000 m Lou Gregory 31:26.4 William Zepp Charles Shugert
Marathon William Agee 2:32:08.8  Yrjö Korholin-Koski (FIN) 2:44:00.0 Arthur Gavrin 2:47:01.0
120 yards hurdles Percy Beard 14.2 James Hatfield 14.5 e Lee Sentman 14.5 e
440 yards hurdles Victor Burke 54.2 Richard Pomeroy Eugene Beatty
2 miles steeplechase Joseph McCluskey 10:11.6 Forrest Harvey J. Clifton Watson
High jump Anton Burg 1.97 m Walter Marty 1.94 m Parker Shelby 1.94 m
Pole vault Jack Wool 4.07 m Marvin Harvey 3.96 m George Jefferson 3.96 m
Long jump Al Bates 7.49 m Ed Gordon 7.36 m Everett Utterback 7.26 m
Triple jump Robert Kelley 14.51 m Levi Casey 14.48 m George Martin 14.47 m
Shot put Herman Brix 15.45 m Leo Sexton 15.20 m Paul Jessup 14.75 m
Discus throw Paul Jessup 46.46 m Ed Moeller 45.05 m Harry Schneider 45.00 m
Hammer throw Edward Flanagan 48.36 m Ivan Dykeman 48.00 m Norwood Wright 45.90 m
Javelin throw James DeMers 64.44 m Kenneth Churchill 59.82 m Lee Weldon 58.04 m
Decathlon Jesse Mortensen 8166.663 pts Wilson Charles 7758.829 pts Clyde Coffman 7575.820 pts
220 yards hurdles[3] Robert Maxwell 23.5
Pentathlon[3] Jim Bausch 3776.585 pts
Weight throw for distance[3] Leo Sexton 10.70 m

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 yards Alice Monk 6.4 Ethel Harrington Mary Ladewig
100 yards Eleanor Egg 11.4 Evelyn Furtsch Stanislawa Walasiewicz
200 m Stanislawa Walasiewicz 26.4 Olive Hasenfus Catherine Capp
80 m hurdles Mildred Didrikson 12.0 Nellie Sharka Evelyne Hall
High jump Jean Shiley 1.57 m Annette Rogers 1.50 m Genevieve Valvoda 1.47 m
Long jump Mildred Didrikson 5.47 m Nellie Todd 5.18 m Alice Monk 5.05 m
Shot put Lillian Copeland 12.25 m Evelyn Ferrara 11.07 m Mildred Yetter 10.99 m
Discus throw Evelyn Ferrara 33.18 m Lillian Copeland 33.09 m Lucy Stratton 30.72 m
Javelin throw Lillian Copeland 35.39 m Elsie Sherman 33.55 m Nan Gindele 32.92 m
Baseball throw[4] Babe Didrikson 296 ft 0 in (90.22 m)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Race was held on a slight turn

References

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  1. ^ "Sites/Dates Of The U.S. Men's Nationals, 1876–2023". Track & Field News. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Sites & Dates Of The U.S. National Women's Championships". Track & Field News. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Podiums for usa track and field championships: 1931 usa track and field championships". Athletics Podium [d].
  4. ^ "USATF Outdoor Champions". USA Track & Field. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
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