1980 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

The 1980 United States Olympic Trials for track and field were held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. These were the first such trials organized by the new national governing body for the sport of track and field, The Athletics Congress formed one year earlier as required by the Amateur Sports Act of 1978. Previous trials had been organized by the AAU. The eight-day competition lasted from June 21 until June 29.

1980 United States Olympic Track And Field Trials
DatesJune 21–29
Host cityEugene, Oregon, United States
VenueHayward Field
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
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Unlike any of the previous or subsequent years, the Olympic Trials in 1980 did not select representatives to the 1980 Summer Olympics. By this point in the year, President Jimmy Carter had already announced the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and its flagrant human rights violations. This affected the competition. Some athletes did not compete or did not persevere through illness or injury as they might have if Olympic bids were on the line. Subsequently, some athletes, notably Tom Hintnaus[1] and Gary Fanelli, chose to compete for other countries. Others like Franklin Jacobs retired.[2]

The only qualifiers to another meet from this meet came from two women's exhibition events, the 400 m hurdles and 5000 meters, who were invited to the 1980 World Championships in Athletics. Many of the top 3 from this meet ran in the alternative to the Olympics, the Liberty Bell Classic, a few weeks later.

The trials for the men's and women's marathon were held May 24 in Buffalo, New York, and the trials for the men's 50 km race walk were held May 10 in Niagara Falls, New York.

Men's results

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

Men track events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 meters
Wind 0.0		 Stanley Floyd10.26 Harvey Glance10.27 Mel Lattany10.30
200 meters
Wind -1.5		 James Butler20.49 Cliff Wiley20.54 Fred Taylor20.70
400 meters Bill Green45.85 Willie Smith45.97 Walter McCoy46.06
800 meters Don Paige1:44.53 James Robinson1:45.58 Randy Wilson1:45.82
1500 meters Steve Scott3.35.15 Steve Lacy3.36.23 Mike Durkin3.38.04
5000 meters Matt Centrowitz13.30.62 Dick Buerkle13.31.90 Bill McChesney13.34.42
10,000 meters Craig Virgin27:45.61 Greg Fredericks28.03.14 Alberto Salazar28.10.42
110 m hurdles
Wind +0.6		 Renaldo Nehemiah13.26 Dedy Cooper13.39 Tonie Campbell13.44
400 m hurdles Edwin Moses47.90 James Walker49.04 David Lee
Bart Williams		49.34[3]
3000 m s'chase Henry Marsh8.15.68 NR Doug Brown8.20.60 John Gregorek8.21.32
20K racewalk Marco Evoniuk
Jim Heiring		1:27:12 Dan O’Connor1:29:05 [4]
50K racewalk Carl Schueler3:59:34 Marco Evoniuk4:00:30 Dan O’Connor4:11:03
Marathon Tony Sandoval2:10:19 Benji Durden2:10:41 Kyle Heffner2:10:55

Men field events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump Benn Fields2.26 m (7 ft 4 3⁄4 in) Nat Page2.23 m (7 ft 3 3⁄4 in) Jim Howard2.23 m (7 ft 3 3⁄4 in)
Pole vault Tom Hintnaus5.60 m (18 ft 4 1⁄4 in) Dan Ripley5.55 m (18 ft 2 1⁄2 in) Mike Tully5.55 m (18 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Long jump Larry Myricks8.28 m (27 ft 1 3⁄4 in) +1.7 Carl Lewis8.01 m (26 ft 3 1⁄4 in)w +2.6 Randy Williams7.92 m (25 ft 11 3⁄4 in) +1.2
Triple jump Willie Banks16.80 m (55 ft 1 1⁄4 in) Paul Jordan16.26 m (53 ft 4 in) Greg Caldwell16.22 m (53 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Shot put Pete Shmock20.83 m (68 ft 4 in) Al Feuerbach20.82 m (68 ft 3 1⁄2 in) Colin Anderson20.73 m (68 ft 0 in)
Discus throw Mac Wilkins68.68 m (225 ft 3 in) John Powell68.00 m (223 ft 1 in) Ben Plucknett66.50 m (218 ft 2 in)
Hammer throw Andy Bessette70.98 m (232 ft 10 in) John McArdle70.38 m (230 ft 10 in) Boris Djerassi70.30 m (230 ft 7 in)
Javelin throw Rod Ewaliko88.70 m (291 ft 0 in) Bruce Kennedy83.64 m (274 ft 4 in) Duncan Atwood82.68 m (271 ft 3 in)
Decathlon Bob Coffman8184 Lee Palles8159 Fred Dixon8154

Notes
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Women's results

Women track events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 meters
Wind -0.5		 Alice Brown11.32 Brenda Morehead11.43 Chandra Cheeseborough11.45
200 meters
Wind +2.4		 Chandra Cheeseborough22.70w Karen Hawkins23.04w Pam Greene23.21w
400 meters Sherri Howard51.48 Gwen Gardner51.68 Denean Howard51.70
800 meters Madeline Manning1:58.30 Julie Brown2:00.96 Robin Campbell2:01.23
1500 meters Mary Decker4:04.91 Julie Brown4:07.13 Leann Warren4:15.16
5000 meters Julie Shea15:44.12 Mary Shea16:07.50 Brenda Webb
10,000 meters Kris Bankes33:45.6
100 m hurdles
Wind -0.1		 Stephanie Hightower12.90 Benita Fitzgerald13.11 Candy Young13.30
400 m hurdles Esther Mahr57.46 Kim Whitehead58.56 Debra Melrose

Women field events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump Louise Ritter1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Paula Girven1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Pam Spencer1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Long jump Jodi Anderson7.00 m (22 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Kathy McMillan6.76 m (22 ft 2 in) Carol Lewis6.56 m (21 ft 6 1⁄4 in)w
Shot put Maren Seidler17.92 m (58 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Ann Turbyne17.27 m (56 ft 7 3⁄4 in) Lorna Griffin15.89 m (52 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Discus throw Lorna Griffin60.20 m (197 ft 6 in) Lynne Winbigler56.36 m (184 ft 10 in) Lisa Vogelsang53.84 m (176 ft 7 in)
Javelin throw Karin Smith58.52 m (191 ft 11 in) Kate Schmidt57.22 m (187 ft 8 in) Mary Osborne56.46 m (185 ft 2 in)
Heptathlon Jodi Anderson4697m/4651a [5] Marilyn King4199m Linda Waltman4191m/4187a

References
  1. https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/gomes-da-silva-lands-brazil-on-the-internatio
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/13/sports/track-and-field-high-jumper-resurfaces-for-honor-at-millrose.html
  3. Note: Third place was judged a tie. TAC officials did not seek a tiebreaker because no Olympic team position was on the line.
  4. Note: Heiring and O’Connor earlier qualified in the 50K race walk, Todd Scully and Larry Walker were elevated to the named Olympic Team
  5. Note: Manual timed score and auto timed score calculated. Some athletes were properly auto-timed in the hurdles, but Marilyn King's heat was not, so all athletes had to be scored based on hand times. The scoring difference cost high schooler Marlene Harmon 3rd place and possibly second, depending on what King's auto time might have actually been.
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