# 2016 United States Olympic trials (track and field)

The 2016 United States Olympic trials for track and field were held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Organized by USA Track and Field, the ten-day competition lasted from July 1 to July 10 and served as the national championships in track and field for the United States.
The results of the event determined qualification for the American Olympic team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, to be held in Rio de Janeiro. Provided they had achieved the Olympic standard, the top three athletes gained a place on the Olympic team. If a leading athlete did not hold the standard, or if an athlete withdrew, then the next highest finishing athlete with the standard was selected instead.
The trials for the men's and women's marathon were held February 13 in Los Angeles and the trials for the men's 50 km race walk were held February 21 in Santee, California. The trials for the 20 km race walk were held on June 30 in Salem, Oregon in front of the state capitol. Only the Olympic qualifiers from that race were invited to appear at Hayward Field.

## Men's results

Key: ≠ Athlete without Olympic qualifying standard, not selected  Athlete without Olympic qualifying standard, invited to Olympics based on world list position

### Track

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 meters (Wind: +1.6 m/s) | Justin Gatlin | 9.80 | Trayvon Bromell | 9.84 | Marvin Bracy | 9.98 |
| 200 meters (Wind: +1.6 m/s) | Justin Gatlin | 19.75 | LaShawn Merritt | 19.79 | Ameer Webb | 20.00 |
| 400 meters | LaShawn Merritt | 43.97 | Gil Roberts | 44.73 | David Verburg | 44.82 |
| 800 meters | Clayton Murphy | 1:44.76 | Boris Berian | 1:44.92 | Charles Jock | 1:45.48 |
| 1500 meters | Matthew Centrowitz | 3:34.09 | Robby Andrews | 3:34.88 | Ben Blankenship | 3:36.18 |
| 5000 meters | Bernard Lagat | 13:35.50 | Hassan Mead | 13:35.70 | Paul Chelimo | 13:35.92 |
| 10,000 meters | Galen Rupp | 27:55.04 | Shadrack Kipchirchir | 28:01.52 | Leonard Korir | 28:16.97 |
| 110 meters hurdles (Wind: +1.0 m/s) | Devon Allen | 13.03 | Ronnie Ash | 13.21 (.205) | Jeff Porter | 13.21 (.206) |
| 400 meters hurdles | Kerron Clement | 48.50 | Byron Robinson | 48.79 | Michael Tinsley | 48.82 |
| 3000 meters steeplechase | Evan Jager | 8:22.48 | Hillary Bor | 8:24.10 | Donn Cabral | 8:26.37 |
| 20 km walk | John Nunn ≠ | 1:25:37 | Trevor Barron ≠ | 1:27:28 | Nick Christie ≠ | 1:27:44 |

### Field

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump | Erik Kynard | 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in) | Kyle Landon ≠ | 2.26 m (7 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | Bradley Adkins | 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) |
| Pole vault | Sam Kendricks | 5.91 m (19 ft 4+1⁄2 in) CR | Cale Simmons | 5.65 m (18 ft 6+1⁄4 in) | Logan Cunningham | 5.60 m (18 ft 4+1⁄4 in) |
| Long jump | Jeffery Henderson | 8.59 m (28 ft 2 in) (Wind: +2.9 m/s) | Jarrion Lawson | 8.58 m (28 ft 1+3⁄4 in) (Wind: +1.8 m/s) | Will Claye ≠ | 8.42 m (27 ft 7+1⁄4 in) (Wind: +5.0 m/s) |
| Triple jump | Will Claye | 17.65 m (57 ft 10+3⁄4 in) (Wind: +2.0 m/s) | Christian Taylor | 17.39 m (57 ft 1⁄2 in) (Wind: -0.8 m/s) | Chris Benard | 17.21 m (56 ft 5+1⁄2 in) (Wind: -0.9 m/s) |
| Shot put | Ryan Crouser | 22.11 m (72 ft 6+1⁄4 in) | Joe Kovacs | 21.95 m (72 ft 0 in) | Darrell Hill | 21.63 m (70 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| Discus throw | Mason Finley | 63.42 m (208 ft 0 in) | Tavis Bailey | 61.57 m (202 ft 0 in) | Andrew Evans | 61.22 m (200 ft 10 in) |
| Hammer throw | Rudy Winkler | 76.76 m (251 ft 10 in) | Kibwé Johnson | 75.11 m (246 ft 5 in) | Conor McCullough | 74.14 m (243 ft 2 in) |
| Javelin throw | Cyrus Hostetler | 83.24 m (273 ft 1 in) | Curtis Thompson ≠ | 82.88 m (271 ft 10 in) | Riley Dolezal≠ | 79.67 m (261 ft 4 in) |
| Decathlon | Ashton Eaton | 8750 | Jeremy Taiwo | 8425 | Zach Ziemek | 8413 |