1931 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 1931 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.

Dates3–4 July (men)
25 July (women)

Host cityLincoln, Nebraska (men)
Jersey City, New Jersey (women)

VenueMemorial Stadium (men)
Pershing Field (women)

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1931 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates	3–4 July (men) 25 July (women)
Host city	Lincoln, Nebraska (men) Jersey City, New Jersey (women)
Venue	Memorial Stadium (men) Pershing Field (women)
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The men's edition was held at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it took place 3–4 July. The women's meet was held separately at Pershing Field in Jersey City, New Jersey, on 25 July.

At the men's championships, Percy Beard set the 110 m hurdles world record.^[1] In the women's competition, Babe Didrikson set the meet and American record in the baseball throw by throwing 296 feet (90 m). As the event fell out of favor after 1957, the mark is presumed by Track & Field News to be the world record for the farthest baseball throw by a woman as of 2021^[update].^[2]

Though Stella Walsh did not compete in the women's discus throw, she stood in the outfield and helped return thrown discs back to the throwing area. One of her return throws struck James McBride, a spectator, and Walsh was subsequently arrested. Walsh was eventually set free, though she soon after moved to Poland and did not compete again at the USA Outdoor Championships until 1939.^[2]