# 1939 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 1939 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 Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it took place 3–4 July. The women's meet was held separately at Municipal Stadium in Waterbury, Connecticut, on 4 September.
The men's championships were held in unusually hot 100 °F (38 °C) weather. In the women's competition, Dorothy Dodson won the first of her 11 consecutive javelin throw titles and Alice Coachman won the first of what would be her 10 consecutive long jump titles.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m | Clyde Jeffrey | 10.2 w | Herbert Thompson | 10.3 e w | Norwood Ewell | 10.3 e w |
| 200 m straight | Norwood Ewell | 21.0 | Clyde Jeffrey | 21.1 e | Perrin Walker | |
| 400 m | Erwin Miller | 48.3 | John Woodruff | 48.6 e | Jim Herbert | 49.8 e |
| 800 m | Charles Beetham | 1:51.7 | Campbell Kane | | Kirman Storli | |
| 1500 m | Blaine Rideout | 3:51.5 | Charles Fenske | 3:52.0 e | Louis Zamperini | 3:52.6 e |
| 5000 m | Gregory Rice | 14:50.9 | Ralph Schwarzkopf | | Forrest Efaw | |
| 10000 m | Lou Gregory | 33:11.5 | James Whittaker | | Joseph Sullivan | |
| Marathon | Pat Dengis | 2:33:45.2 | Gerard Cote (CAN) | 2:35:33.0 | John A. Kelley | 2:37:08.0 |
| 110 m hurdles | Joe Batiste | 14.1 w | Fred Wolcott | 14.1 e w | Allan Tolmich | 14.2 e w |
| 400 m hurdles | Roy Cochran | 51.9 | Robert Simmons | 52.0 e | Carl McBain | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Joseph McCluskey | 9:23.1 | George DeGeorge | | James Rafferty | |
| High jump | Lester Steers | 2.04 m | William Stewart | 2.00 m | David Albritton | 2.00 m |
| High jump | Lester Steers | 2.04 m | William Stewart | 2.00 m | Melvin Walker | 2.00 m |
| Pole vault | George Varoff | 4.37 m | Cornelius Warmerdam | 4.34 m | Milton Padway | 4.11 m |
| Pole vault | George Varoff | 4.37 m | Cornelius Warmerdam | 4.34 m | Dick Ganslen | 4.11 m |
| Pole vault | George Varoff | 4.37 m | Cornelius Warmerdam | 4.34 m | Kenneth Dills | 4.11 m |
| Long jump | William Lacefield | 7.76 m w | William Watson | 7.66 m w | Ed Gordon | 7.65 m w |
| Triple jump | Herschel Neil | 14.56 m | Dick Ganslen | 14.20 m | Oral Hairston | 14.04 m |
| Shot put | Lilburn Williams | 16.33 m | William Watson | 16.31 m | Uell Standley Andersen | 16.23 m |
| Discus throw | Philip Fox | 52.54 m | Peter Zagar | 48.95 m | Alfred Blozis | 48.57 m |
| Hammer throw | Chester Cruikshank | 53.07 m | John McLaughry | 52.02 m | William McKeever | 51.91 m |
| Javelin throw | Boyd Brown | 65.80 m | Herb Grote | 64.97 m | Nick Vukmanic | 62.89 m |
| Decathlon | Joe Scott | 6671 pts | Kenneth Rathbun | 6226 pts | Alphonso Gavrilavicz | 6071 pts |
| 200 m hurdles | Fred Wolcott | 22.9 | | | | |
| 3000 m walk | Otto Kotraba | 14:04.7 | | | | |
| Pentathlon | John Borican | 2947 pts | | | | |
| Weight throw for distance | Stanley Johnson | 10.53 m | | | | |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m | Gertrude Johnson | 6.7 | Ivy Wilson | | Jeanette Jones | |
| 100 m | Olive Hasenfus | 12.6 | Lucy Newell | | Elizabeth Kinnard | |
| 200 m | Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL) | 25.5 | Esther Brown | | Hilda Plepis | |
| 80 m hurdles | Marie Cottrell | 12.5 | Sybil Cooper | | Leila Perry | |
| High jump | Alice Coachman | 1.57 m | Mary Haydon (CAN) | 1.55 m | Barbara Howe | 1.47 m |
| Long jump | Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL) | 5.89 m | Lula Mae Hymes | 5.52 m | Lucy Newell | 5.28 m |
| Shot put (8 lb) | Catherine Fellmeth | 12.54 m | Ramona Harris | 11.50 m | Florence Wright | 11.30 m |
| Discus throw | Catherine Fellmeth | 34.63 m | Hattie Hall | 31.73 m | Florence Wright | 30.29 m |
| Javelin throw | Dorothy Dodson | 39.62 m | Rose Auerbach | 37.62 m | Jeanette McGunnegle | 37.26 m |
| Baseball throw | Catherine O'Connell | 233 ft 31⁄2 in (71.1 m) | | | | |