1948 United States Olympic trials (track and field)

1948 United States men's Olympic trials
1948 United States men's Olympic trials
Dates	July 9–10
Host city	Evanston, Illinois, United States
Venue	Ryan Field
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
	← 1936 1952 →

The men's portion of the 1948 United States Olympic trials for track and field was held at Dyche Stadium on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Organized by Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), the two-day competition lasted from July 9 to 10.

The results of the event determined qualification for the United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London.^[1]^[2]

1948 U.S. Olympic track and field trials results

Men

Dyche Stadium hosted the 1948 men's competition

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Barney Ewell	10.2/10.33	Mel Patton	10.3/10.45	Harrison Dillard	10.4/10.50
200 meters	Mel Patton	20.7 =AR	Barney Ewell	20.7 =AR	Cliff Bourland	21.0
400 meters	Mal Whitfield	46.6/46.77	Dave Bolen	47.0/47.15	George Guida	47.2/47.35
800 meters	Mal Whitfield	1:50.6	Herb Barten	1:50.7	Robert Chambers	1:51.4
1500 meters	Don Gehrmann	3:52.2/41	Clem Eischen	3:52.5/62	Roland Sink	3:52.5/66
3000 meters steeplechase	Bob McMillen	9:18.7	Browning Ross	9:21.0	Whitey Overton	9:28.4
5000 meters	Curt Stone	14:40.7	Jerry Thompson	14:41.2	Clarence Robison	14:44.2
10000 meters	Eddie O'Toole	32:29.7	Fred Wilt	32:31.0	Herman Goffberg	33:10.0
50 kilometer walk	Ernest Crosbie	5:04:30	Adolf Weinacker	5:05:46	John Deni	5:05:48
110 meters hurdles	William Porter	13.9/13.90	Craig Dixon	14.1/14.11	Clyde Scott	14.2/14.18
400 meters hurdles	Roy Cochran	51.7/51.83	Dick Ault	51.8/51.96	Jeff Kirk	51.9/52.00

High jump	Vern McGrew	6'8 1/4" (2.038)	George Stanich	6'8 1/4" (2.038)	Dwight Eddleman	6'7 1/4" (2.013)
Pole vault	Boo Morcom	14'8 1/8" (4.47)	Guinn Smith	14'8 1/8" (4.47)	Bob Richards	14'6 1/8" (4.42)
Long jump	Willie Steele	26'2" (7.97) *	Herb Douglas	25'3" (7.69)	Lorenzo Wright	25'0 1/4" (7.62) *
Triple jump	Bill Albans	48'11 1/2" (14.92)	Erkki Koutonen	48'11 1/2" (14.92)	Bob Beckus	48'1 3/4" (14.67)
Shot put	Jim Delaney	55'1 3/4" (16.81)	Wilbur Thompson	54'11 7/8" (16.76)	Jim Fuchs	54'8 3/8" (16.67)
Discus throw	Fortune Gordien	166'2" (50.64) *	Vic Frank	165'10 3/4" (50.56)	William Burton	163'9" 3/4 (49.93) *
Hammer throw	Bob Bennett	177'8 1/2" (54.16)	Henry Dreyer	173'4 3/4" (52.84)	Samuel Felton	171'3 3/4" (52.21)
Javelin throw	Martin Biles	225'9" (68.81)	Bob Likins	222'3 1/2" (67.75)	Steve Seymour	218'9" (66.68)

Women

The women's Olympic trials were conducted on July 12 as a single day event in Providence, Rhode Island. It was considered horribly organized, or at least the women athletes were not accorded the same respect as the men in the sense that they had to conduct heats, semi-finals and finals all in the same day. Audrey Patterson ran five races that day to qualify in two events. Lillian Young ran three races and long jumped.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 meters	Mabel walker	12.3	Audrey Patterson	12.4	Lillian Young	12.6
200 meters	Audrey Patterson	25.3	Nell Jackson	25.8	Mae Faggs	25.9
80 meters hurdles	Bernice Robinson	12.4	Nancy Phillips	12.4	Theresa Manuel	12.6

High jump	Alice Coachman	5'4 3/4" (1.644)	Bernice Robinson	5'1 3/4" (1.568)	Emma Reed	5'0 3/4" (1.543)
Long jump	Emma Reed	18'4 5/8" (5.60)	Lillian Young	17'9" 3/8 (5.42)	Nancy Phillips	17'5" (5.31)
Shot put	Frances Kaszubski	38'8 1/4" (11.79)	Dorothy Dodson	38'4 1/2" (11.70)	Ramona Harris	37'3 3/4" (11.38)
Discus throw	Frances Kaszubski	122'6 1/2" (37.33)	Dorothy Dodson	113'11" (34.31)	Pauline Ruppeldt	104'10 3/4 (31.96)
Javelin throw	Dorothy Dodson	140'4" (42.76)	Theresa Manuel	115'0" (34.64)	Bessie Leick	102'6" (31.24)

References

^ Hymans, Richard (2008). "The history of the United States Olympic Trails - Track & Field" (PDF). USA Track & Field.
^ "1948" (PDF). trackandfieldnews.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 19, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2015.

External links

USA Track and Field

[1] Hymans, Richard (2008). "The history of the United States Olympic Trails - Track & Field" (PDF). USA Track & Field.

[2] "1948" (PDF). trackandfieldnews.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 19, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2015.

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Qualification	1948 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Dick Ault Herb Barten Dave Bolen Cliff Bourland Bob Chambers Roy Cochran Ernest Crosbie John Deni Harrison Dillard Craig Dixon Clem Eischen Barney Ewell Don Gehrmann Herman Goffberg George Guida Art Harnden Johnny Kelley Jeff Kirk Henry Laskau Ollie Manninen Bob McMillen Eddie O'Toole Whitey Overton Mel Patton Bill Porter Clarence Robison Browning Ross Clyde Scott Fred Sharaga Roland Sink Curt Stone Jerry Thompson Ted Vogel Ernest Weber Adolf Weinacker Mal Whitfield Fred Wilt Lorenzo Wright (r)
Men's field athletes	Bill Albans Bob Beckus Bob Bennett Martin Biles Bill Burton Jim Delaney Herb Douglas Henry Dreyer Dwight Eddleman Samuel Felton Vic Frank Jim Fuchs Fortune Gordien Erkki Koutonen Bob Likins Bob Mathias Vern McGrew Irving Mondschein Boo Morcom Bob Richards Steve Seymour Floyd Simmons Guinn Smith George Stanich Willie Steele Wilbur Thompson Lorenzo Wright
Women's track athletes	Mae Faggs Nell Jackson Theresa Manuel Audrey Patterson Bernice Robinson Mabel Walker Jean Walraven Lillian Young
Women's field athletes	Alice Coachman Dorothy Dodson Frances Kaszubski Theresa Manuel Bernice Robinson Emma Reed Jean Walraven Lillian Young
Coaches	Dean Cromwell (men's head coach) Emmett Brunson (men's assistant coach) Ward Haylett (men's assistant coach) Tom Jones (men's assistant coach) Emil Von Elling (men's assistant coach) Fred Travalena (road event coach) Catherine Meyer (women's coach)