# 1950 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 1950 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships men's competition took place between June 23–25 at Byrd Stadium on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. The women's division held their championships separately at the newly opened Hopper Field in Freeport, Texas. The decathlon was held a week later in Tulare, California, where Olympic champion Bob Mathias set his first world record on his home track.
The Marathon championships were run in October at the Yonkers Marathon.

## Results
### Men track events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 meters | Arthur Bragg | 10.4 | Lloyd LaBeach Panama Robert Tyler | 10.4e 10.5e | James Golliday | 10.5e |
| 200 meters | Robert Tyler | 21.1 | Arthur Bragg | 21.2 | Lloyd LaBeach Panama Douglas Fowlkes | 21.4 NT |
| 400 meters | George Rhoden Jamaica Herbert McKenley Jamaica Tom Cox | 46.5 47.2 47.6 | Wilbur Cunningham | 48.0 | John Voight | 48.8 |
| 800 meters | Malvin Whitfield | 1.51.8 | William Brown | 1.52.0 | Roscoe Browne | 1.53.4 |
| 1500 meters | John Twomey | 3.51.3 | Jim Newcomb | 3.52.2 | Alf Holmberg Sweden Bob Karnes | 3.53.2 3.53.8 |
| 5000 meters | Fred Wilt | 15.19.4 | Richard Hart | 15.28.6 | William Stauffer | 15.34.4 |
| 10,000 meters | Horace Ashenfelter | 32.44.3 | Robert Black | 33.29.7 | Sal Escoto, Jr | 33.33.5 |
| Marathon | John A. Kelley | 2.45.55.3 | Jesse Van Zant | 2.46.03 | Thomas Jones | 2.48.01 |
| 110 meters hurdles | Richard Attlesey | 13.6 CRm | Jim Gehrdes | 13.9 | Bill Fleming | 14.1 |
| 200 m hurdles | William Flemming | 23.6 | | | | |
| 400 meters hurdles | Charley Moore | 53.6 | Don Halderman | 54.5 | Albin Rausch | 54.7 |
| 3000 meters steeplechase | Warren Druetzler | 9.33.6 | Curtis Stone | 9.36.7 | Browning Ross | 9.46.7 |
| 3000 m walk | Henry Laskau | 13:09.6 | | | | |

### Men field events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump | Jack Heintzman Jack Razzetto Virgil Severns David Albritton | 1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | | | | |
| Pole vault | Robert Richards | 4.27 m (14 ft 0 in) | George Mattos George Rasmussen Robert Smith | 4.27 m (14 ft 0 in) | | |
| Long jump | James Holland | 7.85 m (25 ft 9 in) | Jerome Biffle | 7.66 m (25 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | Herb Hoskins | 7.59 m (24 ft 10+3⁄4 in) |
| Triple jump | Gaylord Bryan | 14.60 m (47 ft 10+3⁄4 in) | Sal Mazzoca | 14.37 m (47 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | Jim Danielson | 13.95 m (45 ft 9 in) |
| Shot put | James Fuchs | 17.43 m (57 ft 2 in) =CR | Otis Chandler | 16.76 m (54 ft 11+3⁄4 in) | George Ker | 16.33 m (53 ft 6+3⁄4 in) |
| Discus Throw | Fortune Gordien | 52.79 m (173 ft 2 in) | James Fuchs | 51.48 m (168 ft 10 in) | Richard Doyle | 49.89 m (163 ft 8 in) |
| Hammer Throw | Samuel Felton | 57.09 m (187 ft 3 in) CR | Gil Borjeson | 54.24 m (177 ft 11 in) | Henry Dreyer | 52.56 m (172 ft 5 in) |
| Javelin Throw | Steve Seymour | 69.76 m (228 ft 10 in) | William Miller | 66.91 m (219 ft 6 in) | George Roseme | 65.21 m (213 ft 11 in) |
| Pentathlon | Wilbur Ross | 3277 pts | | | | |
| All-around decathlon | Dale Keyser | 5777 pts | | | | |
| Weight throw for distance | Frank Berst | 38 ft 101⁄2 in (11.84 m) | | | | |
| Decathlon | Robert Mathias | 8042 WR | Bill Albans | 7361 | Otey Scruggs | 7084 |

### Women track events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 meters | Dolores Dwyer | 6.7 | Jean Patton | NT | Janet Moreau | NT |
| 100 meters | Jean Patton | 13.3 | Dolores Dwyer | NT | Janet Moreau | NT |
| 200 meters | Nell Jackson Stanislawa Walasiewicz Poland | 25.0 NT | Catherine Johnson | NT | Josephine Gilmore | NT |
| 80 meters hurdles | Evelyn Lawler | 11.9 | Nancy Phillips | NT | Constance Darnowski | NT |

### Women field events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump | Dorothy Chisholm | 1.44 m (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Nancy Phillips | 1.34 m (4 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | Loretta Blaul | 1.34 m (4 ft 4+3⁄4 in) |
| Long jump | Mabel Landry | 5.33 m (17 ft 5+3⁄4 in) | Nancy Phillips | 5.20 m (17 ft 1⁄2 in) | Loretta Blaul | 5.05 m (16 ft 6+3⁄4 in) |
| Shot put | Frances Kaszubski Poland Amelia Bert | 11.98 m (39 ft 3 in) 11.68 m (38 ft 3 in) | Doris Sutter | 11.17 m (36 ft 7 in) | Carolyn Nave | 10.09 m (33 ft 1 in) |
| Discus Throw | Frances Kaszubski Poland Amelia Bert | 34.56 m (113 ft 4+1⁄2 in) 31.39 m (102 ft 11+3⁄4 in) | Pauline Ruppeldt | 30.34 m (99 ft 6+1⁄4 in) | Eva Pikal | 30.03 m (98 ft 6+1⁄4 in) |
| Javelin Throw | Amelia Bert | 35.09 m (115 ft 1 in) | Carolyn Nave | 33.25 m (109 ft 1 in) | Stanislawa Walasiewicz Poland Margarene Harrell | 33.15 m (108 ft 9 in) 29.61 m (97 ft 1 in) |
| Baseball throw | Juanita Watson | 239 ft 21⁄4 in (72.9 m) | | | | |
| Pentathlon | Stanislawa Walasiewicz Poland Dolores Dwyer | 1929 1824 | Nancy Phillips | 1418 | Janet Moreau | 1373 |