1924 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
American athletics championship event
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The 1924 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.
20 September (women)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (women)
Forbes Field (women)
| 1924 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 5â7 September (men) 20 September (women) |
| Host city | West Orange, New Jersey (men) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (women) |
| Venue | Colgate Field (men) Forbes Field (women) |
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â 1923 1925 â | |
The men's edition was held at Colgate Field, Newark Athletic Country Club in West Orange, New Jersey, and it took place 5â7 September. The women's meet was held separately at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 20 September.
The meeting was separate from the 1924 United States Olympic trials, which were held earlier on 13â14 June in Massachusetts.[1] At the men's championships, meet records were broken in the high jump, pole vault, discus and javelin.[2] In the women's competition, Frances Ruppert repeated as 100 yards champion.[3]
Results
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 yards | Charles Paddock | 9.6 | Loren Murchison | inches behind | Alfred Leconey | poor 3rd |
| 220 yards straight | Charles Paddock | 20.8S | Loren Murchison | 4 yards behind |  Cyril Coaffee (CAN) | 3 yards behind3 |
| 440 yards | James Burgess | 49.8 | George Stevenson | Clifford Stowers | ||
| 880 yards | Edward Kirby | 1:58.9 | Ray Dodge | Ray Watson | ||
| 1 mile | Ray Buker | 4:24.8 | Edward Kirby | 2 yards behind | William Goodwin | 7 yards behind 2nd |
| 5 miles |  Ilmar Prem (FIN) | 26:20.4 | George Lermond | Verne Booth | ||
| 120 yards hurdles | Ivan Riley | 15.4 | Harrison Thompson | Herbert Meyer | ||
| 440 yards hurdles | F. Morgan Taylor | 54.5 | Richard Oram | John Gibson | ||
| 2 miles steeplechase | Marvin Rick | 10:43.2 | Russell Payne | 1 yard behind | Fred Yater | |
| High jump | Robert Juday | 1.93 m | LeRoy Brown | 1.90 m | Richmond Landon | 1.88 m |
| Pole vault | Edwin Myers | 3.96 m | Benjamin Owen | 3.81* m | Sylvan Schlopp | 3.81* m |
| Long jump | William DeHart Hubbard | 7.31 m | Edward Gourdin | 7.19 m | William Dowding | 6.84 m |
| Triple jump | Homer Martin | 13.94 m | Albert Rogan | 13.35 m | Paul Courtois | 13.34 m |
| Shot put | Ralph Hills | 14.17 m | Augustus Pope | 13.59 m | Orville Wanzer | 13.47 m |
| Discus throw | Thomas Lieb | 44.07 m | Augustus Pope | 42.43 m | Charles Ashton | 41.72 m |
| Hammer throw | Fredrick Tootell | 53.02 m | Matthew McGrath | 49.13 m | George Lansing Taylor | 42.52 m |
| Javelin throw | John Leyden | 55.17 m | Frederick Schildhauer | 51.66 m | Ralph Greenidge | 50.95 m |
| Decathlon | Anthony Plansky | 5901.45 pts | Charles Rogers | 5666.48 pts | Donald Foote | 5653.07 pts |
| 220 yards hurdles[4] | Herbert Meyer | 24.3 | ||||
| Pentathlon[4] | Anthony Woostroff | 7 pts | ||||
| Weight throw for distance[4] | Matt McGrath | 10.84 m | ||||
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 yards | Christine Pylick | 6.2 | Grace Rittler | Christine Joseph | ||
| 100 yards | Frances Ruppert | 12.0 | Christine Pylick | Marietta Ceres | ||
| 80 yards hurdles | Hazel Kirk | 9.0 | Clara Farley | Esther Behring | ||
| Long jump | Dorothy Walsh | 4.65 m | Marietta Ceres | Nanette Dowling | ||
| Shot put (8 lb) | Esther Behring | 9.18 m | Gladys Booth | Bertha Christophel | ||
| Discus throw | Roberta Ranck | 21.33 m | Minnie Wolbert | Catherine Donovan | ||
| Javelin throw | Ester Spargo | 22.09 m | Roberta Ranck | Catherine Donovan | ||
| Baseball throw[5] | Mabel Holmes | 199 ft 10 in (60.9 m) | ||||
