1997 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The 1997 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships was organised by USA Track & Field and held from June 20 to 24 at the IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The four-day competition served as the national championships in track and field for the United States and also the trials for the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.

1997 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
DatesJune 12–15
Host cityIndianapolis, Indiana
VenueIU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events40 (men: 20; women: 20)

It was the third time that the stadium in Indianapolis had held the combined gender national track and field event. The USA Junior Championships were held in conjunction with the event.

Athletes that finished in the top three of their event and held the IAAF qualifying standard were eligible to represent the United States at the 1997 World Championships. The United States was able to send three athletes per event to the competition, provided they all met the A qualification standard. In addition, this was the first year to also allow the reigning world champions an automatic qualification separate from the national selection. That new rule was essentially created to allow Michael Johnson to qualify even though at the time of these championships he was unable to compete (and thus qualify) due to the injury he received in the Bailey–Johnson 150-metre race just two weeks earlier. Johnson did recover in time for the World Championships and did successfully defend his world championship. The World Championships national selection for the marathon and 50 kilometres walk were incorporated into the discrete national championship meets for those events. Selection for the relay races were made by committee.

Five Americans went on to win an individual gold medal at the 1997 World Championships; Johnson, Maurice Greene, Allen Johnson, John Godina and Marion Jones. In addition USA won the Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, and took silver in the 4 × 400 metres relay. The Men's 4 × 400 metres relay crossed the finish line in first, but was disqualified in 2009 following the admission of long term doping by Antonio Pettigrew.

Results

Key: ≠ Not selected for World Championships in Athletics due to failure to reach IAAF qualifying standard within the specified time limit.

Men track events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 meters
Wind +0.2		 Maurice Greene9.90 CR Tim Montgomery9.92 Michael Marsh10.03
200 meters
Wind +1.0		 Jon Drummond20.23 Kevin Little20.27 Gentry Bradley20.49
400 meters Antonio Pettigrew44.65 Tyree Washington44.79 Jerome Young44.83
800 meters Mark Everett1.44.37 Brandon Rock1.44.79 Rich Kenah1.44.87
1500 meters Seneca Lassiter3.45.85 Karl Paranya3.46.78 Jason Pyrah3.46.94
5000 meters Bob Kennedy13.30.86 Alan Culpepper13.48.90 Brian Baker13.59.36
10,000 meters Mike Mykytok28.34.92 Reuben Reina28.34.93 Pete Julian28.35.65
110 m hurdles
Wind +0.6		 Allen Johnson13.25 Reggie Torian13.28 Terry Reese13.32
400 m hurdles Bryan Bronson47.79 Derrick Adkins48.00 Joey Woody48.18
3000 m s'chase Mark Croghan8.20.86 Tom Nohilly8.23.66 Pascal Dobert8.24.23

Men field events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump Charles Austin2.31 m (7 ft 6 3⁄4 in) Randy Jenkins2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Brian Brown2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in)
Pole vault Lawrence Johnson5.90 m (19 ft 4 1⁄4 in) Dean Starkey5.85 m (19 ft 2 1⁄4 in) Pat Manson5.80 m (19 ft 1⁄4 in)
Long jump Joe Greene8.42 m (27 ft 7 1⁄4 in) Erick Walder8.38 m (27 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Kevin Dilworth8.29 m (27 ft 2 1⁄4 in)
Triple jump Kenny Harrison16.97 m (55 ft 8 in) LaMark Carter≠16.76 m (54 ft 11 3⁄4 in) Robert Howard16.62 m (54 ft 6 1⁄4 in)
Shot put Randy Barnes21.37 m (70 ft 1 1⁄4 in) John Godina21.19 m (69 ft 6 1⁄4 in) Cottrell Hunter21.07 m (69 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Discus throw John Godina67.38 m (221 ft 0 in) Andy Bloom65.30 m (214 ft 2 in) Adam Setliff63.35 m (207 ft 10 in)
Hammer throw Kevin McMahon77.42 m (254 ft 0 in) Jud Logan75.39 m (247 ft 4 in) David Popejoy73.33 m (240 ft 7 in)
Javelin throw Tom Pukstys83.97 m (275 ft 5 in) CR Ed Kaminski79.91 m (262 ft 2 in) Breaux Greer78.10 m (256 ft 2 in)
Decathlon Steve Fritz8604 Chris Huffins8458 Shawn Wilbourn8268

Women track events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 meters
Wind -1.1		 Marion Jones10.97 Chryste Gaines11.19 Inger Miller11.21
200 meters
Wind -0.1		 Inger Miller22.62 Cheryl Taplin22.90 Zundra Feagin-Alexander23.06
400 meters Jearl Miles Clark49.40 CR Kim Graham50.65 Maicel Malone50.74
800 meters Kathy Rounds2:00.45 Joetta Clark-Diggs2:00.64 Jill McMullen2:00.81
1500 meters Regina Jacobs4:03.42 Suzy Favor Hamilton4:04.36 Sarah Thorsett4:07.34
5000 meters Libbie Hickman15:37.73 Amy Rudolph15:45.21 Melody Fairchild15:45.54
10,000 meters Lynn Jennings32:26.41 Annette Peters32:28.55 Deena Kastor32:53.18
100 m hurdles
Wind +0.0		 Melissa Morrison12.61 Anjanette Kirkland12.74 Dawn Bowles12.74
400 m hurdles Kim Batten52.97 CR Tonja Buford-Bailey54.05 Ryan Tolbert54.21
3000 m s'chase [1] Melissa Teemant10:30.90 Elizabeth Jackson10:38.72 Gracie Padilla10:44.12
10 km walk Debbi Lawrence46:45.36 Sara Standley46:53.07 Victoria Herazo47:18.05

Women field events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump Amy Acuff1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Angela Spangler1.93 m (6 ft 3 3⁄4 in) Erin Aldrich1.93 m (6 ft 3 3⁄4 in)
Pole vault Stacy Dragila4.30 m (14 ft 1 1⁄4 in) Melissa Price4.00 m (13 ft 1 1⁄4 in) Melissa Mueller3.95 m (12 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Long jump Marion Jones6.93 m (22 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Jackie Joyner-Kersee6.91 m (22 ft 8 in)w Sharon Jewell6.77 m (22 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Triple jump Niambi Dennis13.63 m (44 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Shonda Swift13.61 m (44 ft 7 3⁄4 in) Cynthea Rhodes13.54 m (44 ft 5 in)
Shot put Connie Price-Smith19.06 m (62 ft 6 1⁄4 in) Valeyta Althouse18.60 m (61 ft 1⁄4 in) Tressa Thompson17.73 m (58 ft 2 in)
Discus throw Lacy Barnes-Mileham61.16 m (200 ft 7 3⁄4 in) Suzy Powell60.46 m (198 ft 4 1⁄4 in) Edie Boyer60.08 m (197 ft 1 1⁄4 in)
Hammer throw Dawn Ellerbe62.96 m (206 ft 6 1⁄2 in) CR Renetta Sailer60.94 m (199 ft 11 in) Kiyomi Parish59.90 m (196 ft 6 1⁄4 in)
Javelin throw Lynda Blutreich58.52 m (191 ft 11 3⁄4 in) Erica Wheeler57.22 m (187 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Nicole Carroll56.46 m (185 ft 2 3⁄4 in)
Heptathlon Kelly Blair-LaBounty6465 DeDee Nathan6317 Kym Carter6289

World Championships qualification

Automatic byes

A total of eight American athletes received automatic byes into the 1997 World Championships in Athletics as a result of their being the defending champions from the 1995 World Championships in Athletics.[2] Michael Johnson qualified in two events and his injury situation largely created the bye rule in the first place. Johnson chose not to defend the 200 metres title, but was able to successfully defend his 400 metres title, a feat equalled by Allen Johnson and John Godina in their respective events. Dan O'Brien also did not defend his title.

Non-top three selections

Karl Paranya did not participate in the 1500m. Pascal Dobert did not participate in the steeplechase. Dan Middleman and 7th place Brad Barquist were the American representatives in the 10,000. Since Allen Johnson and Bryan Bronson received a bye, 4th place Mark Crear and Octavius Terry were allowed to compete in their respective hurdle races. LaMark Carter and no other American achieved the A standard in the triple jump. Breaux Greer didn't achieve the A standard. 4th place, naturalized British Olympian Roald Bradstock did and took the third position at the World Championships.

References
  1. Note: not an official championship event this year
  2. World Championships in Athletics. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-06-27.

Results

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