# 1945 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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. In the women's competition, Tuskegee Institute won its second consecutive team title.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m | Norwood Ewell | 10.3 | Perry Samuels | 4 yards behind | Rudy Nedd | |
| 200 m | Elmore Harris | 21.9 | Robert Crowson | | George Guida | |
| 400 m | Herbert McKenley (JAM) | 48.4 | James Herbert | 48.4 | John Taylor | 48.4 |
| 800 m | Robert Kelley | 1:54.1 | Stanton Callender | 10 yards behind | David Smith | |
| 1500 m | Roland Sink | 3:58.4 | Tom Quinn | 10 yards behind | Jack Dianetti | 14 yards behind 2nd |
| 5000 m | John Kandl | 16:14.4 | Henry Walsh | | Benny Mannix | |
| 10000 m | Theodore Vogel | 35:30.7 | John A. Kelley | | John Kersnason | |
| Marathon | Charles Robbins | 2:37.14 | John A. Kelley | 2:40.27 | Robert Rankine (CAN) | 2:41.25 |
| 110 m hurdles | Charles Morgan | 14.9 | August Erfurth | | Oris Erwin | |
| 200 m hurdles | Ronald Frazier | 24.0 | | | | |
| 400 m hurdles | Oris Erwin | 53.7 | Hubert Gates | | Jack Morris | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | James Wisner | 10:00.6 | Walter Soltow | | William Berger | |
| 2 miles walk | Sam Bleifer | 14:27.5 | | | | |
| High jump | Joshua Williamson | 1.97 m | none awarded | none awarded | none awarded | none awarded |
| High jump | Lester Howe | 1.97 m | none awarded | none awarded | none awarded | none awarded |
| High jump | Richard Schnacke | 1.97 m | none awarded | none awarded | none awarded | none awarded |
| High jump | David Albritton | 1.97 m | none awarded | none awarded | none awarded | none awarded |
| Pole vault | Richmond Morcom | 4.11 m | none awarded | none awarded | John Schmidt | 3.96 m |
| Pole vault | Robert Phelps | 4.11 m | none awarded | none awarded | Milton Padway | 3.96 m |
| Pole vault | Robert Phelps | 4.11 m | none awarded | none awarded | Ray Kring | 3.96 m |
| Long jump | Herb Douglas | 7.32 m | Eulace Peacock | 7.29 m | Ted Haese | 7.15 m |
| Triple jump | Burton Cox | 13.99 m | Don Barksdale | 13.88 m | Charles Barnes | 13.65 m |
| Shot put | Bill Bangert | 16.10 m | Earl Audet | 15.74 m | Edward Quirk | 15.45 m |
| Discus throw | John Donaldson | 46.07 m | Bill Bangert | 45.16 m | Fortune Gordien | 44.54 m |
| Hammer throw | Henry Dreyer | 50.89 m | Gantt Miller | 48.78 m | Irving Folwartshny | 48.70 m |
| Javelin throw | Frank Earl Marshall | 65.63 m | Edsel Wibbels | 62.20 m | Edward Thompson | 54.56 m |
| Weight throw for distance | Henry Dreyer | 35 ft 2 in (10.71 m) | | | | |
| Pentathlon | Eulace Peacock | 3148 pts | | | | |
| Decathlon | Charles Beaudry | 5886 pts | Charles Morgan | 5850 pts | Richard Schnacke | 5623 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m | Alice Coachman | 6.5 | Lillian Young | | Rowena Harrison | |
| 100 m | Alice Coachman | 12.0 | Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL) | | Jean Lowe | |
| 200 m | Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL) | 26.6 | Nell Jackson | | Gwendolyn Taylor | |
| 80 m hurdles | Lillie Purifoy | 12.5 | Nancy Cowperthwaite | | Marie Wingo | |
| High jump | Alice Coachman | 1.52 m | Marie Wingo | 1.37 m | none awarded | none awarded |
| High jump | Alice Coachman | 1.52 m | Nancy Cowperthwaite | 1.37 m | none awarded | none awarded |
| Long jump | Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL) | 5.56 m | Rowena Harrison | 5.42 m | Lillian Young | 4.93 m |
| Shot put (8 lb) | Frances Gorn-Sobczak (POL) | 11.52 m | Helen Steward | 10.95 m | Dorothy Dodson | 10.88 m |
| Discus throw | Frances Gorn-Sobczak (POL) | 31.41 m | Hattie Turner | 30.15 m | Dorothy Dodson | 29.94 m |
| Javelin throw | Dorothy Dodson | 38.05 m | Marian Twining | 35.02 m | Peggy Anderson | 32.98 m |
| Baseball throw | Marion Twining | 237 ft 9 in (72.46 m) | | | | |