# 1962 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 1962 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 Mt. San Antonio College, Hilmer Lodge Stadium in Walnut, California, and it took place 22–23 June. The women's meet was held separately at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California on 7–8 July.
At the championships, Paul Drayton and Henry Carr equaled the 220 yards world record. The weather was described as fine. Between 8,000 and 10,000 spectators attended per day. The women's edition was significant as it marked the first championships that were held at a large-scale venue.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 yards | Bob Hayes | 9.3 | Harry Jerome (CAN) | 9.4 | Roger Sayers | 9.4 |
| 220 yards | Paul Drayton | 20.5 | Roger Sayers | 20.8 | Homer Jones | 20.8 |
| 440 yards | Ulis Williams | 45.8 | Ray Saddler | 46.2 | George Kerr (JAM) | 46.3 |
| 880 yards | Jerry Siebert | 1:47.1 | Jim Dupree | 1:47.6 | John Reilly | 1:47.7 |
| 1 mile | Jim Beatty | 3:57.9 | Jim Grelle | 3:58.1 | Cary Weisiger | 3:58.1 |
| 3 miles | Murray Halberg (NZL) | 13:30.6 | Max Truex | 13:32.8 | Bruce Kidd (CAN) | 13:33.8 |
| 6 miles | Bruce Kidd (CAN) | 28:23.2 | Pete McArdle | 28:34.8 | John Gutknecht | 28:39.8 |
| Marathon | John J. Kelley | 2:27:39.8 | Alex Breckenridge | 2:30:40.0 | George Terry | 2:32:21.0 |
| 120 yards hurdles | Jerry Tarr | 13.4 | Hayes Jones | 13.4 | Blaine Lindgren | 13.7 |
| 220 yards hurdles | Jerry Tarr | 22.6 | | | | |
| 440 yards hurdles | Willie Atterberry | 50.5 | Warren Cawley | 50.6 | Russ Rogers | 51.1 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | George Young | 8:48.2 | Keith Forman | 8:52.2 | Pat Traynor | 8:56.6 |
| 2 miles walk | Ron Zinn | 13:45.8 | | | | |
| High jump | John Thomas | 2.08 m | Gene Johnson | 2.08 m | Bob Avant | 2.08 m |
| Pole vault | Ron Morris | 4.88 m | John Cramer | 4.78 m | Dave Tork | 4.78 m |
| Long jump | Ralph Boston | 8.08 m | Paul Warfield | 7.78 m | Darrell Horn | 7.70 m |
| Triple jump | Bill Sharpe | 15.88 m | Herman Stokes | 15.57 m | Kermit Alexander | 15.49 m |
| Shot put | Gary Gubner | 19.37 m | Dallas Long | 19.23 m | Dave Davis | 18.22 m |
| Discus throw | Alfred Oerter | 61.62 m | Rink Babka | 58.94 m | Dave Weill | 57.97 m |
| Hammer throw | Albert Hall | 66.83 m | Hal Connolly | 65.62 m | Ted Bailey | 59.51 m |
| Javelin throw | Dan Studney | 75.13 m | Nick Kovalakides | 74.93 m | Jerry Dyes | 74.69 m |
| Pentathlon | Paul Herman | 3389 pts | | | | |
| All-around decathlon | Tom Pagani | 8265 pts | | | | |
| Decathlon | Chuan-Kwang Yang (TWN) | 8249 pts | Paul Herman | 7673 pts | Steve Pauly | 7226 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 yards | Wilma Rudolph | 10.8 | Edith McGuire | 10.9 | Vivian Brown | 11.1 |
| 220 yards | Vivian Brown | 24.1 | Carol Smith | 24.8 | Janell Smith | 25.0 |
| 440 yards | Suzanne Knott | 58.1 | Carol Bush | 58.3 | Ann Tegelius | 58.7 |
| 880 yards | Leah Bennett | 2:12.3 | Sandra Knott | 2:14.5 | Suzanne Pfeiger | 2:16.6 |
| 80 m hurdles | Cherrie Parrish | 11.3 | Ikuko Yoda (JPN) | 11.3 | JoAnn Terry | 11.6 |
| High jump | Kinuko Tsutsumi (JPN) | 1.60 m | Barbara Browne | 1.57 m | Rose Robinson | 1.57 m |
| Long jump | Willye White | 6.17 m | Fumiko Ito (JPN) | 5.95 m | Sachiko Kishioto (JPN) | 5.94 m |
| Shot put | Earlene Brown | 14.90 m | Cynthia Wyatt | 14.78 m | Sharon Shepherd | 14.69 m |
| Discus throw | Olga Connolly | 52.47 m | Earlene Brown | 47.06 m | Seiko Obonai (JPN) | 45.79 m |
| Javelin throw | Karen Mendyka | 48.28 m | RaNae Bair | 46.51 m | Fran Davenport | 44.40 m |
| Women's pentathlon | Billie Pat Daniels | 3941 pts | Kathy Facciollli | 3877 pts | Linda DeLong | 3775 pts |