# 1976 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 1976 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 10–12 at Drake Stadium on the campus of University of California, Los Angeles in Westwood, California. The decathlon took place on June 25–26 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon as part of the 1976 Olympic Trials where Bruce Jenner improved his own world record. This meet was organized by the AAU. It was the first such meet, a precedent that has been followed subsequently, where the women's division competed at the same venue concurrently with the men.

## Results
### Men track events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 meters | Christer Garpenborg Sweden Guy Abrahams Panama Mike Sands Bahamas Robert Woods | 10.39 10.41 10.43 10.44 | Larry Jackson | 10.45 | Robert E. Taylor | 10.47 |
| 200 meters | Millard Hampton | 20.89 | James Gilkes Guyana Larry Jackson | 20.95 21.05 | Clancy Edwards | 21.05 |
| 400 meters | Maxie Parks | 44.82 CR | Robert E. Taylor | 45.11 | Fred Newhouse | 45.20 |
| 800 meters | James Robinson | 1.46.63 | Tom McLean | 1.46.86 | Rick Brown | 1.47.25 |
| 1500 meters | Eamon Coghlan Ireland Michael Manke | 3.42.41 3.42.70 | Michael Durkin | 3.42.82 | Mark Schilling | 3.42.95 |
| 5000 meters | Dick Buerkle | 13.31.2 | Martin Liquori | 13.41.0 | Paul Geis | 13.43.8 |
| 10000 meters | Ed Leddy Ireland Duncan Macdonald | 28.46.0 28.58.6 | Dave Smith | 29.09.8 | Anthony Sandoval | 29.14.0 |
| Marathon (42.195 km.) | Gary Tuttle | 2.15.15 CR | Benji Durden | 2.20.25 | Ronald Kurrie | 2.21.38 |
| 110 meters hurdles | Thomas Hill | 13.64 | James Owens | 13.69 | Delario Robinson | 13.76 |
| 400 meters hurdles | Tom Andrews | 48.55 CR | Jim Bolding | 48.57 | Ralph Mann | 48.77 |
| 3000 meters steeplechase | Randy Smith | 8.26.71 | Douglas Brown | 8.33.48 | Mike Roche | 8.35.07 |
| 5000 meters race walk | Ron Laird | 21:09.4 | Todd Scully | 21:15.4 | Larry Walker | 21:32.8 |

### Men field events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High Jump | Dwight Stones | 2.24 m (7 ft 4 in) | Melvin Embree | 2.18 m (7 ft 1+3⁄4 in) | Reynaldo Brown | 2.18 m (7 ft 1+3⁄4 in) |
| Pole Vault | Earl Bell | 5.44 m (17 ft 10 in) | Mike Tully | 5.44 m (17 ft 10 in) | Don Baird Australia Terry Porter | 5.44 m (17 ft 10 in) 5.33 m (17 ft 5+3⁄4 in) |
| Long Jump | Arnie Robinson | 8.32 m (27 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | James (Bouncy) Moore | 8.05 m (26 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | Danny Seay | 7.89 m (25 ft 10+1⁄2 in) |
| Triple Jump | Tommy Haynes | 17.01 m (55 ft 9+1⁄2 in)w | James Butts | 16.95 m (55 ft 7+1⁄4 in)w | Willie Banks | 16.77 m (55 ft 0 in)w |
| Shot Put | Terry Albritton | 21.15 m (69 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | Al Feuerbach | 21.09 m (69 ft 2+1⁄4 in) | George Woods | 20.99 m (68 ft 10+1⁄4 in) |
| Discus Throw | Mac Wilkins | 70.10 m (229 ft 11 in) CR | John Powell | 67.54 m (221 ft 7 in) | Jay Silvester | 63.60 m (208 ft 7 in) |
| Hammer Throw | Lawrence Hart | 68.83 m (225 ft 9 in) | Bill Diehl | 67.18 m (220 ft 4 in) | Bill Shuff | 66.57 m (218 ft 4 in) |
| Javelin Throw | Fred Luke | 85.55 m (280 ft 8 in) | Richard George | 83.84 m (275 ft 0 in) | Bill Schmidt | 80.24 m (263 ft 3 in) |
| Pentathlon | Mike Conti | 2988 pts | | | | |
| All-around decathlon | Lloyd Sigler | 7609 pts | | | | |
| Decathlon | Bruce Jenner | 8542w WR* | Fred Dixon | 8294 | Fred Samara | 8004 |

### Women track events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 meters | Chandra Cheeseborough | 11.34 | Rosalyn Bryant | 11.43 | Ranaye Bowen | 11.49 |
| 200 meters | Brenda Morehead | 22.94 = CR | Debra Armstrong | 23.19 | Rosalyn Bryant | 23.40 |
| 400 meters | Lorna Forde | 52.30 | Sheila Ingram | 52.52 | Shirley Williams | 52.53 |
| 800 meters | Madeline Manning | 2.01.00 | Kathy Weston | 2.03.52 | Janice Merrill | 2.03.85 |
| 1500 meters | Francie Larrieu | 4.09.93 CR | Cindy Bremser | 4.10.8 | Julie Brown | 4.14.14 |
| 3000 meters | Janice Merrill | 8.57.17 | Teri Anderson | 9.19.55 | Peggy Neppel | 9.22.65 |
| Marathon Western Hemisphere Marathon, Culver City, California | Dorothy Doolittle | 2.55.38 | Sue Ellen Trapp | 3.10.32 | Peggy Kokevnot | 3.25.46 |
| 100 meters hurdles | Jane Frederick | 13.29 | Debbie LaPlante | 13.32 | Sonya Hardy | 13.50 |
| 400 meters hurdles | Arthurine Gainer | 57.24 AR | Debbie Esser | 57.56 | Mary Ayers | 58.53 |
| 5000 meters race walk | Sue Broddock | 25:28.4 | Laurie Tucholski | 25:55.4 | Susan Liers | 26:29.8 |

### Women field events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High Jump | Joni Huntley | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) CR | Pam Spencer | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄4 in) | Ann Gilliland | 1.75 m (5 ft 8+3⁄4 in) |
| Long Jump | Kathy McMillan | 6.78 m (22 ft 2+3⁄4 in) AR | Sherron Walker | 6.51 m (21 ft 4+1⁄4 in) | Martha Watson | 6.39 m (20 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| Shot Put | Maren Seidler | 16.56 m (54 ft 3+3⁄4 in) CR | Kathy Devine | 15.66 m (51 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | Marcia Mecklenburg | 15.31 m (50 ft 2+3⁄4 in) |
| Discus Throw | Lynne Winbigler | 53.06 m (174 ft 0 in) | Jan Svendsen | 51.76 m (169 ft 9 in) | Linda Langford | 50.82 m (166 ft 8 in) |
| Javelin Throw | Kathy Schmidt | 66.52 m (218 ft 2 in) AR | Karin Smith | 62.13 m (203 ft 10 in) | Sherry Calvert | 58.04 m (190 ft 5 in) |
| Pentathlon | Jane Frederick | 4622 | Gale Fitzgerald | 4417 | Marilyn King | 4374 |