# 1986 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 1986 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 20–21 at Hayward Field on the campus of University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. The meet was organized by The Athletics Congress.

## Results
### Men track events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 meters (+4.5 m/s) | Carl Lewis | 9.91w | Lee McRae | 10.02w | Harvey Glance | 10.04w |
| 200 meters (+3.2 m/s) | Floyd Heard | 20.03w | Dwayne Evans | 20.12w | Kirk Baptiste | 20.14w |
| 400 meters | Darrell Robinson | 44.47 | Roddie Haley | 44.5 | Walter McCoy | 45.07 | Kenneth Buey | HSNat.alt |
| 800 meters | Johnny Gray | 1:44.73 | Stanley Redwine | 1:45.86 | James Robinson | 1:46.12 |
| 1500 meters | Steve Scott | 3:42.41 | Jim Spivey | 3:42.99 | Dub Myers | 3:43.20 |
| 5000 meters | Doug Padilla | 13:46.7 | Terry Brahm | 13:47.5 | Don Clary | 13:47.8 |
| 10,000 meters | Gerard Donakowski | 28:21.11 | Mark Nenow | 28:22.13 | Ed Eyestone | 28:33.10 |
| 110 meters hurdles (+1.6 m/s) | Greg Foster | 13.29w | Keith Talley | 13.48w | Jack Pierce | 13.56w | Russell Marrs | HSNat.alt |
| 400 meters hurdles | Danny Harris | 48.90 | David Patrick | 48.90 | Kevin Young | 49.38 | Dexter Bell | HSNat.alt |
| 3000 meters steeplechase | Henry Marsh | 8:19.16 | Jim Cooper | 8:19.88 | Farley Gerber | 8:20.07 |
| 20 kilometres race walk | Tim Lewis | 1:25:22 | Carl Schueler | 1:25:45 | Ray Sharp | 1:26:46 |

### Men field events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump | Doug Nordquist | 2.33 m (7 ft 7+1⁄2 in) CR | Jim Howard | 2.33 m (7 ft 7+1⁄2 in) =CR | Greg Jones | 2.30 m (7 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | Daniel Unverzadt | HSNat.alt. |
| Pole vault | Mike Tully | 5.80 m (19 ft 1⁄4 in) =CR | Earl Bell | 5.70 m (18 ft 8+1⁄4 in) | Joe Dial | 5.70 m (18 ft 8+1⁄4 in) |
| Long jump | Carl Lewis | 8.67 m (28 ft 5+1⁄4 in)w | Mike Conley | 8.63 m (28 ft 3+3⁄4 in)w | Larry Myricks | 8.47 m (27 ft 9+1⁄4 in)w |
| Triple jump | Charlie Simpkins | 17.91 m (58 ft 9 in)w | Mike Conley | 17.84 m (58 ft 6+1⁄4 in)w | Willie Banks | 17.52 m (57 ft 5+3⁄4 in)w |
| Shot put | John Brenner | 21.09 m (69 ft 2+1⁄4 in) | Gregg Tafralis | 20.89 m (68 ft 6+1⁄4 in) | Jim Doehring | 20.24 m (66 ft 4+3⁄4 in) |
| Discus throw | John Powell | 65.94 m (216 ft 4 in) | Rick Meyer | 65.86 m (216 ft 0 in) | Mike Buncic | 64.72 m (212 ft 4 in) |
| Hammer throw | Bill Green | 76.20 m (250 ft 0 in) | Jud Logan | 74.30 m (243 ft 9 in) | Lance Deal | 74.30 m (243 ft 9 in) |
| Javelin throw | Tom Petranoff | 76.32 m (250 ft 4 in) | Bob Roggy | 76.00 m (249 ft 4 in) | Brian Crouser | 75.08 m (246 ft 3 in) |
| Decathlon | Dave Johnson | 8203w | Steve Erickson | 8030 | Gary Kinder | 7857 | Russell Marrs | HSNat.alt |

### Women track events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 meters (+2.9 m/s) | Pam Marshall | 10.85w | Alice Brown | 10.85w | Evelyn Ashford | 10.85w |
| 200 meters (+2.5 m/s) | Pam Marshall | 22.24w | Randy Givens | 22.70w | Gwen Torrence | 23.01w |
| 400 meters | Diane Dixon | 50.41 | Lillie Leatherwood | 51.29 | Brenda Cliette | 51.82 |
| 800 meters | Claudette Groenendaal | 1:59.79 | Delisa Floyd | 2:00.00 | Joetta Clark | 2:00.32 |
| 1500 meters | Linda Sheskey | 4:08.00 | Chris Gregorek | 4:08.02 | Sue Addison | 4:08.75 |
| 3000 meters | Mary Knisely | 8:46.18 | Cindy Bremser | 8:46.56 | PattiSue Plumer | 8:52.27 |
| 5000 meters | Betty Jo Geiger | 15:30.99 | Lorraine Moller | 15:32.90 | PattiSue Plumer | 15:35.00 |
| 10,000 meters | Nan Davis | 32:29.68 | Lynn Nelson | 32:30.24 | Marty Cooksey | 32:34.73 |
| 100 meters hurdles (+2.5 m/s) | Benita Fitzgerald-Brown | 12.83w | Stephanie Hightower | 12.90w | Pam Page & Rosalind Council | tie 12.91w |
| 400 meters hurdles | Judi Brown-King | 55.46 | Sandra Farmer | 56.25 | Schowonda Williams | 56.48 |
| 10,000 meters racewalk | Debbi Lawrence | 50:28.9 | Teresa Vaill | 50:55.8 | Susan Liers | 51:29.9 |

### Women field events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump | Louise Ritter | 1.93 m (6 ft 3+3⁄4 in) | Jan Wohlschlag | 1.93 m (6 ft 3+3⁄4 in) | Camille Jampolsky | 1.90 m (6 ft 2+3⁄4 in) |
| Long jump | Carol Lewis | 6.93 m (22 ft 8+3⁄4 in) | Sheila Echols | 6.89 m (22 ft 7+1⁄4 in)w | Jodi Anderson | 6.67 m (21 ft 10+1⁄2 in)w |
| Triple jump | Wendy Brown | 13.78 m (45 ft 2+1⁄2 in)w | Sheila Hudson | 13.41 m (43 ft 11+3⁄4 in)w | Yvette Bates | 13.08 m (42 ft 10+3⁄4 in) |
| Shot put | Ramona Pagel | 18.63 m (61 ft 1+1⁄4 in) | Bonnie Dasse | 18.15 m (59 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | Carol Cady | 16.88 m (55 ft 4+1⁄2 in) |
| Discus throw | Carol Cady | 62.71 m (205 ft 8 in) | Ramona Pagel | 58.54 m (192 ft 0 in) | Pia Iacovo | 57.10 m (187 ft 4 in) |
| Javelin throw | Helena Uusitalo | 58.44 m (191 ft 8 in) | Donna Mayhew | 56.00 m (183 ft 8 in) | Karyn Szarkowski | 55.72 m (182 ft 9 in) |
| Heptathlon | Jane Frederick | 6230 | Cindy Greiner | 6208 | Jolanda Jones | 5692 |