# 1936 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 1936 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 Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey, and it took place 3–4 July. The women's meet was held separately at Brown University Field in Providence, Rhode Island, on 4 July.
The men's competition was held as a separate event from the 1936 United States Olympic trials, but the women's event doubled as the Olympic trials for Olympic disciplines. At the men's championships, George Varoff set a world record in the pole vault. In the women's competition, Helen Stephens won the 100 m, shot put, and discus throw, but could not contest the shot put at the Olympics as it wasn't part of the programme.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m | Jesse Owens | 10.4 | Ralph Metcalfe | 10.6 e | Samuel Stoller | |
| 200 m straight | Ralph Metcalfe | 21.2 | Robert Packard | 2 ft behind | Robert Rodenkirchen (GER) | 2 yards behind 2nd |
| 440 yards | Harold Smallwood | 47.3 | James LuValle | 47.4 e | Archie Williams | 47.4 e |
| 800 m | Charles Beetham | 1:50.3 | John Woodruff | 1:50.4 | Charles Hornbostel | 1:50.8 |
| 1500 m | Glenn Cunningham | 3:54.2 | Archie San Romani | | Gene Venzke | |
| 5000 m | Donald Lash | 15:04.8 | Norman Bright | | James Smith | |
| 10,000 m | Donald Lash | 31:06.9 | Eino Pentti | | Stanley Wudyka | |
| Marathon | Billy McMahon | 2:38:14.2 | John A. Kelley | 2:40:07.0 | Melvin Porter | 2:43:49.0 |
| 110 m hurdles | Forrest Towns | 14.2 | Philip Cope | | Alvin Moreau | |
| 400 m hurdles | Glenn Hardin | 51.6 | Dale Schofield | | Lorin Benke | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Harold Manning | 9:15.1 | Glen Dawson | 20 yards behind | Joseph McCluskey | |
| High jump | Cornelius Johnson | 2.03 m | Melvin Walker | 2.03 m | David Albritton | 2.03 m |
| Pole vault | George Varoff | 4.43 m | Earle Meadows | 4.34 m | William Sefton | 4.27 m |
| Long jump | Jesse Owens | 8.00 m | Kermit King | 7.75 m | Milton Green | 7.56 m |
| Triple jump | Billy Brown | 14.98 m | Rolland Romero | 14.88 m | Dudley Wilkins | 14.87 m |
| Shot put | Dimitri Zaitz | 15.44 m | Jack Torrance | 15.42 m | Gordon Dunn | 15.33 m |
| Discus throw | Ken Carpenter | 50.65 m | Gordon Dunn | 50.63 m | Paul Halleck | 48.12 m |
| Hammer throw | William Rowe | 53.52 m | Irving Folwartshny | 50.91 m | Henry Dreyer | 50.67 m |
| Javelin throw | John Mottram | 65.42 m | Horace O'Dell | 63.81 m | Donald Johnson | 58.68 m |
| Decathlon | Glenn Morris | 7880 pts | Robert Clark | 7598 pts | Jack Parker | 7290 pts |
| 200 m hurdles | James Hucker | 23.8 | | | | |
| 3000 m walk | Harry Hinkel | 13:36.8 | | | | |
| Pentathlon | Arkie Trenko | 2899 pts | | | | |
| Weight throw for distance | Louis Lepis | 10.69 m | | | | |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m | Ivy Wilson | 6.7 | Genevieve Brick | | Marguerite Jones | |
| 100 m | Helen Stephens | 11.7 | Annette Rogers | 12.1 e | Harriet Bland | 12.3 e |
| 200 m | Beverly Hobbs | 26.6 | Cora Gaines | | Marion Thompson | |
| 80 m hurdles | Anne Vrana-O'Brien | 12.0 | Tidye Pickett | | Simone Schaller | |
| High jump | Annette Rogers | 1.59 m | Alice Arden | 1.56 m | Kathlyn Kelly | 1.53 m |
| Long jump | Mabel Smith | 5.48 m | Etta Tate | 5.31 m | Sylvia Broman | 5.18 m |
| Shot put (8 lb) | Helen Stephens | 12.71 m | Florence Wright | 11.89 m | Catherine Fellmeth | 11.26 m |
| Discus throw | Helen Stephens | 37.04 m | Gertrude Wilhelmsen | 35.58 m | Evelyn Ferrara | 35.40 m |
| Javelin throw | Martha Worst | 38.10 m | Betty Burch | 36.46 m | Gertrude Wilhelmsen | 36.35 m |
| Baseball throw | Josephine Lally | 247 ft 3 in (75.36 m) | | | | |