| 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) |
 | |
←1930 1932 → | |
The 1931USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were organized by theAmateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as thenational championships in outdoortrack and field for theUnited States.
The men's edition was held atMemorial Stadium inLincoln, Nebraska, and it took place 3–4 July. The women's meet was held separately atPershing Field inJersey City, New Jersey, on 25 July.
At the men's championships,Percy Beard set the110 m hurdles world record.[1] In the women's competition,Babe Didrikson set the meet and American record in thebaseball throw by throwing 296 feet (90 m). As the event fell out of favor after 1957, the mark is presumed byTrack & Field News to be the world record for the farthest baseball throw by a woman as of 2021[update].[2]
ThoughStella Walsh did not compete in the women'sdiscus 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 until1939.[2]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 yards | Alice Monk | 6.4 | Ethel Harrington | Mary Ladewig | ||
| 100 yards | Eleanor Egg | 11.4 | Evelyn Furtsch | Stanislawa Walasiewicz | ||
| 200 m | Stanislawa Walasiewicz | 26.4 | Olive Hasenfus | Catherine Capp | ||
| 80 m hurdles | Mildred Didrikson | 12.0 | Nellie Sharka | Evelyne Hall | ||
| High jump | Jean Shiley | 1.57 m | Annette Rogers | 1.50 m | Genevieve Valvoda | 1.47 m |
| Long jump | Mildred Didrikson | 5.47 m | Nellie Todd | 5.18 m | Alice Monk | 5.05 m |
| Shot put | Lillian Copeland | 12.25 m | Evelyn Ferrara | 11.07 m | Mildred Yetter | 10.99 m |
| Discus throw | Evelyn Ferrara | 33.18 m | Lillian Copeland | 33.09 m | Lucy Stratton | 30.72 m |
| Javelin throw | Lillian Copeland | 35.39 m | Elsie Sherman | 33.55 m | Nan Gindele | 32.92 m |
| Baseball throw[4] | Babe Didrikson | 296 ft 0 in (90.22 m) | ||||
