1960 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

The men's 1960 United States Olympic Trials for track and field for men were held at the Stanford Stadium at Stanford University in California, between July 1-2. The 20 kilometer walk trials were held in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 17, and the 50 kilometer walk trials were held on July 3 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Two marathon trials were held between two races, the AAU National Championships in Yonkers, New York, on May 22 and the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 19. As it turned out, the three selectees were the top 3 at Yonkers, but that is because Gordon McKenzie was also the first American finisher at Boston.

1960 United States Olympic Track And Field Trials
DatesJuly 1-2
Host cityStanford, United States
VenueStanford Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
1956
1964

The 10,000 meters was held during a heat wave in Bakersfield, California on July 24-25. Because of the temperatures, still 80°F at midnight, the race began at 11:58 p.m. on the 24th so the bulk of the race took place technically on the 25th. Several international athletes were allowed to participate in hopes of drawing the Americans to fast times, but the heat dashed those plans.

The decathlon was held a week after the trials, allowing athletes to make attempts at individual events. Rafer Johnson threw the javelin, Bob Gutowski tried to qualify in the pole vault, and Mike Herman attempted the long jump. While Herman failed to get a legal attempt in the long jump, a week later his World Decathlon Best 26'3" would have chased Ralph Boston and certainly would have been good enough to qualify. American resident, but Taiwanese citizen C. K. Yang was allowed to participate in the decathlon, where he pushed his college teammate Rafer Johnson to the world record, but his performance did not displace the American athletes in the trials. The process was organized by the AAU.

The Women's Olympic Trials were held separately in Abilene, Texas between July 15-6.[1]

Men's results

Key:  Athlete without "A" standard, not selected.

Men track events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 meters Ray Norton10.4 Frank Budd10.4 Dave Sime10.4
200 meters Ray Norton20.5 =WR Stone Johnson20.8 Les Carney20.9
400 meters Jack Yerman46.3 Earl Young46.5 Otis Davis46.7
800 meters Tom Murphy1:46.7 Jerry Siebert1:46.8 Ernie Cunliffe1:47.5
1500 meters Dyrol Burleson3:46.9 Jim Grelle3:47.4 Pete Close3:49.0
5000 meters Jim Beatty14:13.6 Bill Dellinger14:13.8 Bob Soth14:18.6
10,000 meters Al Lawrence  Australia
Max Truex
30:11.4
30:16.3
Doug Kyle  Canada
Pete McArdle
30:12.6
30:22.0
Bob Soth30:26.5
110 m hurdles Lee Calhoun13.4 =NR Willie May13.5 Hayes Jones13.5
400 m hurdles Glenn Davis49.5 Dick Howard49.8 Cliff Cushman49.9
3000 m s'chase George Young8:50.6 Phil Coleman8:51.0 Deacon Jones8:52.5
20K racewalk Rudy Haluza1:34:12 Alex Oakley  Canada
Ron Zinn
1:34:55
1:35:58
Bob Mimm1:36:07
50K racewalk Ron Laird4:40:09 John Allen4:41:36 Bruce MacDonald4:45:42
Boston Marathon Paavo Kotila  Finland
Gordon McKenzie
2:20:54
2:22:18
Jim Green2:23:37 Al Confalone2:26:30
Yonkers Marathon John J. Kelley
2:20:13.6 Gordon McKenzie2:23:46 Alex Breckenridge2:32:41

Men field events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump John Thomas2.23 m (7 ft 3 34 in)WR Joe Faust7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)=WJR Charles Dumas6 ft 11 in (2.1 m)
Pole vault Don Bragg4.80 m (15 ft 8 34 in)WR Ron Morris4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) Dave Clark4.65 m (15 ft 3 in)
Long jump Ralph Boston8.09 m (26 ft 6 12 in)w Anthony Watson7.85 m (25 ft 9 in) Irv Roberson7.75 m (25 ft 5 in)
Triple jump Ira Davis16.18 m (53 ft 1 in) Herm Stokes15.82 m (51 ft 10 34 in)w Bill Sharpe15.79 m (51 ft 9 12 in)w
Shot put Dallas Long19.74 m (64 ft 9 in) Parry O'Brien19.25 m (63 ft 1 34 in) Dave Davis19.45 m (63 ft 9 12 in)
Discus throw Rink Babka58.61 m (192 ft 3 in) Al Oerter57.38 m (188 ft 3 in) Dick Cochran55.45 m (181 ft 11 in)
Hammer throw Al Hall65.41 m (214 ft 7 in) Hal Connolly64.71 m (212 ft 3 in) Ed Bagdonas62.76 m (205 ft 10 in)
Javelin throw Al Cantello84.61 m (277 ft 7 in) Bill Alley82.18 m (269 ft 7 in) Terry Beucher78.00 m (255 ft 10 in)
Decathlon Rafer Johnson8683 WR C. K. Yang  Taiwan
Phil Mulkey
8426 =AR
7652
Dave Edstrom7530

Women's results

Women track events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 meters Wilma Rudolph11.5 =NR Barbara Jones11.6 Martha Hudson11.7
200 meters Wilma Rudolph23.9 Lucinda Williams24.3 Ernestine Pollards24.5
800 meters Pat Daniels2:15.6 NR Rosie Lovelace2:15.7 Doris Severtsen[2]2:17.6
80 m hurdles
Wind aided
Shirley Crowder11.4w Jo Ann Terry11.4w Irene Robertson11.4w

Women field events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump Naomi Rogers5 ft 4 in (1.62 m) Barbara Brown5 ft 234 in (1.59 m) Jean Gaertner5 ft 234 in (1.59 m)
Long jump Willye White6.21 m (20 ft 4 14 in) NR Sandra Smith5.69 m (18 ft 8 in) Anna Smith5.64 m (18 ft 6 in)
Shot put Earlene Brown15.49 m (50 ft 9 34 in) Sharon Shepherd13.97 m (45 ft 10 in) Cecilia Rutledge13.23 m (43 ft 4 34 in)
Discus throw Earlene Brown53.90 m (176 ft 10 in) NR Olga Connolly52.54 m (172 ft 4 in) Pamela Kurrell48.36 m (158 ft 7 in)
Javelin throw Karen Anderson Oldham49.82 m (163 ft 5 in)NR Peggy Scholler47.89 m (157 ft 1 in) Karen Mendyka43.79 m (143 ft 8 in)

References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-20. Retrieved 2019-12-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Response: The Seattle Pacific University Magazine". spu.edu. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
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