# 1961 USA–USSR Track and Field Dual Meet

The 1961 USA–USSR Track and Field Dual Meet was an international track and field competition between the Soviet Union and the United States. The third in a series of meetings between the nations, it was held on July 15–16 in Lenin Stadium, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, and finished with Soviet Union beating the United States 179 to 163. A total of 33 events were contested, 22 by men and 10 by women.
A total of five world records were broken at the competition – the most of any meeting in the series. Home athletes Valeriy Brumel, Tatyana Shchelkanova and Tamara Press set records in field events, while Ralph Boston and the American women's 4 × 100 meters relay team set world standards for the visitors.

## World records

| Date | Athlete | Nation | Sex | Event | Record |
| 1961-07-15 | Hayes Jones Frank Budd Charles Frazier Paul Drayton | United States | Men | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.1 |
| 1961 | Valeriy Brumel | Soviet Union | Men | High jump | 2.24 m |
| 1961 | Ralph Boston | United States | Men | Long jump | 8.28 m |
| 1961 | Willye White Ernestine Pollards Vivian Brown Wilma Rudolph | United States | Women | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.3 |
| 1961 | Tatyana Shchelkanova | Soviet Union | Women | Long jump | 6.48 m |
| 1961 | Tamara Press | Soviet Union | Women | Discus throw | 57.43 m |

## Results
### Team score

| Team | Men | Women | Total |
| Soviet Union | 111 | 68 | 179 |
| United States | 124 | 39 | 163 |

### Men

| Event | Result | Athlete | Nation |
| 100 m | 10.3 | Frank Budd | United States (USA) |
| 200 m | 20.8 | Frank Budd | United States (USA) |
| 400 m | 46.7 | Ulis Williams | United States (USA) |
| 800 m | 1:46.8 | Jerry Siebert | United States (USA) |
| 1500 m | 3:43.8 | Jim Beatty | United States (USA) |
| 5000 m | 13:58.4 | Pyotr Bolotnikov | Soviet Union (URS) |
| 10,000 m | 31:40.6 | Yury Zakharov | Soviet Union (URS) |
| 4 × 100 m relay | 39.1 | | United States (USA) |
| 4 × 400 m relay | 3:08.8 | | United States (USA) |
| 110 m hurdles | 13.8 | Hayes Jones | United States (USA) |
| 400 m hurdles | 50.5 | Clifton Cushman | United States (USA) |
| 3000 m steeplechase | 8:35.4 | Nikolay Sokolov | Soviet Union (URS) |
| 20 km walk | 1:38:11.2 | Gennadiy Solodov | Soviet Union (URS) |
| High jump | 2.24 m | Valeriy Brumel | Soviet Union (URS) |
| Pole vault | 4.69 m | John Uelses | United States (USA) |
| Long jump | 8.28 m | Ralph Boston | United States (USA) |
| Triple jump | 16.68 m | Vitold Kreyer | Soviet Union (URS) |
| Shot put | 18.48 m | Gary Gubner | United States (USA) |
| Discus throw | 58.46 m | Jay Silvester | United States (USA) |
| Hammer throw | 66.34 m | Vasily Rudenkov | Soviet Union (URS) |
| Javelin throw | 83.12 m | Viktor Tsybulenko | Soviet Union (URS) |
| Decathlon | 7615 pts | Yuriy Kutenko | Soviet Union (URS) |

### Women

| Event | Result | Athlete | Nation |
| 100 m | 11.3 | Wilma Rudolph | United States (USA) |
| 200 m | 23.4 | Maria Itkina | Soviet Union (URS) |
| 800 m | 2:05.4 | Lyudmila Lysenko | Soviet Union (URS) |
| 4 × 100 m relay | 44.3 | Willye White Ernestine Pollards Vivian Brown Wilma Rudolph | United States (USA) |
| 80 m hurdles | 10.6 | Irina Press | Soviet Union (URS) |
| High jump | 1.70 m | Taisia Chenchik | Soviet Union (URS) |
| Long jump | 6.48 m | Tatyana Shchelkanova | Soviet Union (URS) |
| Shot put | 17.25 m | Tamara Press | Soviet Union (URS) |
| Discus throw | 57.43 m | Tamara Press | Soviet Union (URS) |
| Javelin throw | 54.79 m | Elvīra Ozoliņa | Soviet Union (URS) |