# 1927 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 1927 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 2–4 July. The women's meet was held separately at Allbee Stadium in Eureka, California, on 3 September.
At the men's championships, world records were set in both heats of the 4 × 110 yards relay. A medley shot put and weight throw for height event were also held. The medley shot put consisted of throwing 8 lb, 12 lb, and 16 lb shots and adding the places in each competition, with the lowest score winning. In the women's competition, six American records were set.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 yards | Chester Bowman | 9.6 | Charles Borah | inches behind | Roland Locke | inches behind 2nd |
| 220 yards straight | Charles Borah | 21.6 | Roland Locke | 3 yards behind | Tom Sharkey | 1 yard behind 2nd |
| 440 yards | Hermon Phillips | 49.6 | Ed Haynes | | George Stevenson | |
| 880 yards | Ray Watson | 1:53.6 | Philip Edwards | | Ray Dodge | |
| 1 mile | Ray Conger | 4:23.6 | Joseph Spivak | | Ernest Carter | |
| 6 miles | Ville Ritola (FIN) | 30:43.4 | Russell Payne | | William Meyer | |
| Marathon | Clarence DeMar | 2:40:22.2 | Yrjö Korholin-Koski (FIN) | 2:44:41.0 | William Kennedy | 2:51:58.0 |
| 120 yards hurdles | Charles Werner | 14.6 | Hugo Leistner | | George Guthrie | |
| 440 yards hurdles | John Gibson | 52.6 | F. Morgan Taylor | 1 yd behind | Richard Pomeroy | |
| 2 miles steeplechase | Ville Ritola (FIN) | 10:19.4 | Ove Andersen (FIN) | | Willie Ruckel | |
| High jump | Robert King | 1.90 m | Anton Burg | 1.87 m | Harold Osborn | 1.85 m |
| Pole vault | Lee Barnes | 4.11 m | William Robusch | 3.86 m | Frank Wirsig | 3.86 m |
| Long jump | William DeHart Hubbard | 7.84 m | Paul Jones | 7.45 m | Edward Hamm | 7.43 m |
| Triple jump | Levi Casey | 14.75 m | Louis Minsky | 14.27 m | Robert Patton | 14.06 m |
| Shot put | John Kuck | 14.76 m | Clifford Hoffman | 14.56 m | Eric Krenz | 14.55 m |
| Discus throw | Eric Krenz | 44.75 m | Delmar Allman | 43.64 m | John Anderson | 43.51 m |
| Hammer throw | Jack Merchant | 52.00 m | Donald Gwinn | 49.97 m | Howard Linn | 48.34 m |
| Javelin throw | Charles Harlow | 58.92 m | Douglas Graydon | 58.44 m | Carl Schjoll | 55.32 m |
| Decathlon | Fait Elkins | 7574.42 pts | Harry Frieda | 7185.13 pts | Vernon Kennedy | 6982.67 pts |
| 220 yards hurdles | Robert Maxwell | 24.2 | | | | |
| Pentathlon | Harry Flippen | 8 pts | | | | |
| Weight throw for distance | Patrick McDonald | 11.08 m | | | | |
| Weight throw for height | Pat McDonald | 14 ft 81⁄4 in (4.47 m) | | | | |
| Medley shot put | Eric Krenz | 3 pts | | | | |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 yards | Elta Cartwright | 6.2 | Eleanor Egg | | Minnie Meyer | |
| 100 yards | Elta Cartwright | 11.4 | Minnie Meyer | | Margaret Ritchie | |
| 200 m | Ellen Brough | 26.8 | Alta Huber | | Frances Keddie | |
| 800 m | Marcelle Barkley | 2:36.6 | Irene Sand | | Rea Strickland | |
| 80 yards hurdles | Helen Filkey | 8.2 | Belle Owens | | Aida Silva | |
| High jump | Catherine Maguire | 1.53 m | Marion Holley | | Margaret Clay | |
| Long jump | Eleanor Egg | 5.22 m | Anne Vrana | | Nellie Todd | |
| Shot put (8 lb) | Lillian Copeland | 12.04 m | Fanny Burt | 10.53 m | Catherine Maguire | 10.40 m |
| Discus throw | Lillian Copeland | 31.61 m | Fanny Burt | | Dee Boeckman | |
| Javelin throw | Margaret Jenkins | 38.80 m | Lillian Copeland | | Fanny Burt | |
| Baseball throw | Margaret Jenkins | 233 ft 111⁄2 in (71.31 m) | | | | |