# 1984 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 1984 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 8–9 at Jaguar Stadium on the campus of San Jose City College in San Jose, California. The meet was organized by The Athletics Congress.
This meet was separate from the 1984 Olympic Trials, held in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum a week later. Among the notable events at this meet were Leslie Maxie's youth world best in the 400 metres hurdles that lasted more than 30 years. Also, then 47 year old Al Oerter was at this meet making one last attempt to get to the Olympics, 16 years after the end of his 4 successive gold medal streak in the discus. His hopes ended here when he was injured stepping into a crater left by a hammer during the preliminary round. Local rivals John Powell and Mac Wilkins instead threw their season bests at this meet before going on to the silver (Wilkins) and bronze (Powell) medals at the Olympics in Los Angeles.

## Results
### Men track events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 meters (-0.4 m/s) | Sam Graddy | 10.28 | Emmit King | 10.34 | Mel Lattany | 10.35 |
| 200 meters (+3.7 m/s) | Brady Crain | 20.09w | Thomas Jefferson | 20.26w | Larry Myricks | 20.34w |
| 400 meters | Mark Rowe | 45.34 | Walter McCoy | 45.37 | Bill Green | 45.72 |
| 800 meters | James Robinson | 1:47.46 | Don Paige | 1:48.09 | Brian Theriot | 1:48.38 |
| 1500 meters | Jim Spivey | 3:40.54 | Tim Hacker | 3:41.77 | Ross Donoghue | 3:41.93 |
| 5000 meters | Sydney Maree | 13:51.31 | Steve Plasencia | 13:51.44 | Bill Krohn | 13:51.44 |
| 10,000 meters | Jon Sinclair | 28:42.54 | Mark Stickley | 28:45.97 | Frank Shorter | 29:03.40 |
| 110 meters hurdles | Tonie Campbell | 13.37 | Roger Kingdom | 13.49 | Henry Andrade | 13.59 |
| 400 meters hurdles | David Patrick | 49.08 | Ray Smith | 49.76 | Lee McKenzie | 49.85 |
| 3000 meters steeplechase | Henry Marsh | 8:26.7 | Bret Hyde | 8:30.0 | Tom Stevens | 8:30.5 |
| 20 kilometres race walk | Ray Funkhouser | 31:47.1 | Gary Morgan | 33:39.8 | Ed Bouldin | 38:03.1 |

### Men field events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump | Jimmy Howard | 7 ft 71⁄4 in (2.31 m) CR | Jerome Carter | 7 ft 51⁄4 in (2.26 m) | John Morris | 7 ft 51⁄4 in (2.26 m) |
| Pole vault | Earl Bell | 19 ft 01⁄4 in (5.79 m) AR, CR | Doug Lytle | 18 ft 61⁄2 in (5.65 m) | Billy Olson | 18 ft 01⁄2 in (5.49 m) |
| Long jump | Mike McRae | 27 ft 13⁄4 in (8.27 m) | Mike Powell | 26 ft 81⁄4 in (8.13 m)w | Ed Tave | 26 ft 5 in (8.05 m)w |
| Triple jump | Al Joyner | 55 ft 61⁄4 in (16.92 m) | Ray Kimble | 55 ft 61⁄4 in (16.92 m)w | Mike Marlow | 54 ft 51⁄2 in (16.59 m)w |
| Shot put | August Wolf | 70 ft 53⁄4 in (21.48 m) | Brian Oldfield | 69 ft 51⁄4 in (21.16 m) | Mike Lehmann | 68 ft 21⁄4 in (20.78 m) |
| Discus throw | John Powell | 233 ft 9 in (71.24 m) CR | Mac Wilkins | 231 ft 1 in (70.43 m) | Art Burns | 224 ft 6 in (68.42 m) |
| Hammer throw | Jud Logan | 240 ft 6 in (73.3 m) | Bill Green | 235 ft 11 in (71.9 m) | John McArdle | 231 ft 5 in (70.53 m) |
| Javelin throw | Curt Ransford | 276 ft 11 in (84.4 m) | Rod Ewaliko | 276 ft 0 in (84.12 m) | Tom Jadwin | 270 ft 9 in (82.52 m) |
| Decathlon | John Crist | 8102 | Tim Bright | 8098 | Jim Wooding | 8072 |

### Women track events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 meters | Merlene Ottey Jamaica Alice Brown | 11.12 11.14 | Diane Williams | 11.42 | Wendy Vereen | 11.54 |
| 200 meters | Merlene Ottey Jamaica Grace Jackson Jamaica Pam Marshall | 22.20 22.33 22.67 | Diane Williams | 23.08 | Lori Smith | 23.14 |
| 400 meters | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | 49.83 | Lillie Leatherwood | 51.45 | Florence Griffith | 51.56 |
| 800 meters | Kim Gallagher | 1.59.87 | Ruth Wysocki | 2.01.54 | Doriane Lambelet | 2.05.68 |
| 1500 meters | Kim Gallagher | 4.08.08 | Francie Larrieu | 4.09.74 | Cindy Bremser | 4.09.94 |
| 3000 meters | Janice Merrill | 9.01.31 | Shelly Steely | 9.07.56 | Suzanne Girard | 9.17.22 |
| 5000 meters | Katie Ishmael | 16:07.5 | Nan Davis | 16:08.4 | Glenys Quick New Zealand Martha Cooksey | 16:11.5 16:14.8 |
| 10,000 meters | Bonnie Sons | 35.03.36 |
| 10,000 m walk | Debbi Lawrence | 51:00.3 |
| Marathon | Katy Schilly-Laetsch | 2.32.40 | Gail Kingma | 2.34.09 | Monica Joyce Ireland Janis Klecker | 2.34.49 2.37.18 |
| 100 meters hurdles | Stephanie Hightower | 12.99 | Benita Fitzgerald | 13.12 | Candy Young | 13.14 |
| 400 meters hurdles | Judi Brown | 54.99 | Leslie Maxie | 55.2 | Angela Wright | 56.24 |

### Women field events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High Jump | Pam Spencer | 1.93 m (6 ft 3+3⁄4 in) | Louise Ritter | 1.90 m (6 ft 2+3⁄4 in) | Katrena Johnson | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) |
| Long Jump | Shonel Ferguson Bahamas Jodi Anderson | 6.71 m (22 ft 0 in) 6.56 m (21 ft 6+1⁄4 in) | Jackie Joyner | 6.52 m (21 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | Sabrina Douglas | 6.43 m (21 ft 1 in) |
| Shot Put | Ria Stalman Netherlands Lorna Griffin | 18.02 m (59 ft 1+1⁄4 in) 17.76 m (58 ft 3 in) | Regina Cavanaugh | 16.79 m (55 ft 1 in) | Elaine Sobansky | 16.20 m (53 ft 1+3⁄4 in) |
| Discus Throw | Ria Stalman Netherlands Carol Cady | 67.59 m (221 ft 9 in) 62.86 m (206 ft 2+3⁄4 in) | Kathy Picknell | 59.21 m (194 ft 3 in) | Julie Hansen | 55.62 m (182 ft 5+3⁄4 in) |
| Javelin Throw | Karin Smith | 60.63 m (198 ft 11 in) | Lynda Sutfin | 58.49 m (191 ft 10+3⁄4 in) | Kathy Schmidt | 56.84 m (186 ft 5+3⁄4 in) |
| Heptathlon | Cindy Greiner | 6154 | Jodi Anderson | 5992 | Debra Larsen | 5856 |