# 1960 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 1960 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 Bakersfield, California, and it took place 24–25 June. The women's meet was held separately at the Buccaneer Stadium in Corpus Christi, Texas, on 8–9 July, and the women's pentathlon was held on 5 August in Emporia, Kansas.
Both the men's and women's editions were held just one week before their respective 1960 United States Olympic trials. At the men's championships, John Thomas set a world record in the high jump. In the women's competitions, Jo Ann Terry broke Barbara Mueller's American pentathlon record.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m | Ray Norton | 10.5 | Paul Winder | 10.6 | William Woodhouse | 10.7 |
| 200 m | Ray Norton | 20.8 | Lester Carney | 21.0 | Ed Collymore | 21.1 |
| 400 m | Otis Davis | 45.8 | Dave Mills (CAN) | 46.2 | Willie Williams | 46.3 |
| 800 m | Jim Cerveny | 1:48.4 | Lew Merriman | 1:48.7 | Tom Murphy | 1:48.7 |
| 1500 m | Jim Grelle | 3:42.7 | Laszlo Tabori (HUN) | 3:43.5 | Ed Moran | 3:43.7 |
| 5000 m | William Dellinger | 14:26.4 | Jim Beatty | 14:26.4 | Pat Clohessy (AUS) | 14:33.4 |
| 10000 m | Allan Lawrence (AUS) | 30:11.4 | Douglas Kyle (CAN) | 30:12.6 | Max Truex | 30:16.3 |
| Marathon | John J. Kelley | 2:20:13.6 | Gordon McKenzie | 2:23:46.0 | Alex Breckenridge | 2:32:41.0 |
| 110 m hurdles | Hayes Jones | 13.6 | Lee Calhoun | 13.6 | Willie May | 13.9 |
| 200 m hurdles | Dick Howard | 23.3 | | | | |
| 400 m hurdles | Glenn Davis | 50.1 | Dick Howard | 50.3 | Joshua Culbreath | 51.1 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Philip Coleman | 8:55.6 | Charles(Deacon) Jones | 8:55.6 | Tom Oakley | 9:03.7 |
| 3000 m walk | Rudy Haluza | 13:22.1 | | | | |
| High jump | John Thomas | 2.18 m | Joseph Faust | 2.08 m | Errol Williams | 2.08 m |
| Pole vault | Aubrey Dooley | 4.59 m | John Cramer | 4.59 m | Mel Schwarz | 4.59 m |
| Long jump | Henk Visser (NED) | 7.67 m | Joel Wiley | 7.55 m | Anthony Watson | 7.51 m |
| Triple jump | Ira Davis | 16.26 m | Kent Floerke | 16.11 m | Bill Sharpe | 15.64 m |
| Shot put | Parry O'Brien | 19.05 m | William Nieder | 19.05 m | Dave Davis | 18.96 m |
| Discus throw | Alfred Oerter | 59.07 m | Richard Cochran | 57.55 m | Rink Babka | 56.51 m |
| Hammer throw | Hal Connolly | 68.39 m | Albert Hall | 65.29 m | John Lawlor (IRL) | 65.17 m |
| Javelin throw | Albert Cantello | 82.83 m | William Alley | 79.00 m | Philip Conley | 73.05 m |
| Pentathlon | Bill Toomey | 3010 pts | | | | |
| All-around decathlon | Charles Stevenson | 7555 pts | | | | |
| Decathlon | Rafer Johnson | 8683 pts | Chuan-Kwang Yang (TWN) | 8426 pts | Philip Mulkey | 7652 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m | Wilma Rudolph | 11.5 | Barbara Jones | 11.7 | Martha Hudson | 11.7 |
| 200 m | Wilma Rudolph | 22.9 | Lucinda Williams | 23.4 | Lacey O'Neal | 23.4 |
| 400 m | Irene Robertson | 57.1 | Rose Lovelace | 57.6 | Ruth Ann Brand | 59.0 |
| 800 m | Billie Pat Daniels | 2:17.5 | Rose Lovelace | 2:18.2 | Ruth Ann Brand | 2:20.2 |
| 80 m hurdles | JoAnn Terry | 11.4 | Irene Robertson | 11.5 | Shirley Crowder | 11.6 |
| High jump | Liz Josefsen (DEN) | 1.66 m | Neomia Rogers | 1.62 m | Jean Gaertner | 1.58 m |
| Long jump | Willye White | 5.83 m | Sandra Smith | 5.81 m | JoAnn Terry | 5.71 m |
| Shot put | Earlene Brown | 15.15 m | Sharon Shepherd | 14.19 m | Cynthia Wyatt | 12.38 m |
| Discus throw | Olga Connolly | 48.63 m | Earlene Brown | 46.42 m | Pamela Kurrell | 44.60 m |
| Javelin throw | Marjorie Larney | 46.29 m | Karen Mendyka | 45.86 m | Peggy Scholler | 45.07 m |
| Women's pentathlon | JoAnn Terry | 4249 pts | Billie Pat Daniels | 4172 pts | Shirley Crowder | 4027 pts |