1988 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

1988 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
1988 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
Dates	February 26
Host city	New York City, New York, United States
Venue	Madison Square Garden
Level	Senior
Type	Indoor
Events	25 (14 men's + 11 women's)
	← 1987 1989 →

The 1988 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. Organized by The Athletics Congress (TAC), the competition took place on February 26 and served as the national championships in indoor track and field for the United States.^[1]

At the meeting, Gwen Torrence barely extended her undefeated streak to 40 races. Though she initially thought she won the 55 metres, after the competition ended it was announced her race with Evelyn Ashford was actually a dead heat.^[2]

There was also an anti-South African apartheid rally held outside the venue. The rally was held by six organizations in opposition to Mobil's title sponsorship of the event.^[2]

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
55 m	Emmit King	6.06
400 m	Antonio McKay	46.55
500 m	Ken Lowery	1:02.60
800 m	Ray Brown	1:47.66
Mile run	Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL)	3:59.85	Brian Abshire	4:00.73
3000 m	Jim Spivey	7:52.91	Mark Junkermann	7:54.00
55 m hurdles	Greg Foster	6.93
High jump	Igor Paklin (URS)	2.29 m	Jim Howard	2.29 m
High jump	Igor Paklin (URS)	2.29 m	Thomas McCants	2.29 m
Pole vault	Rodion Gataullin (URS)	5.64 m	Dave Kenworthy	5.64 m
Long jump	Larry Myricks	8.24 m
Triple jump	Ray Kimble	17.15 m
Shot put	Ron Backes	20.82 m
Weight throw	Walter Ciofani (FRA)	23.11 m	Tore Gustafsson (SWE)	71 ft 71⁄4 in (21.82 m)	Pat Egan	69 ft 71⁄2 in (21.22 m)
5000 m walk	Guillaume Leblanc (CAN)	18:53.25	Tim Lewis	19:51.05

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
55 m	Evelyn Ashford	6.66
55 m	Gwen Torrence	6.66
200 m	Grace Jackson (JAM)	23.07	Natalya Pomoshchnikova (URS)	23.38	Terri Dendy	23.93
400 m	Diane Dixon	52.51
800 m	Mitica Constantin (ROM)	2:03.27	Joetta Clark	2:03.41
Mile run	Doina Melinte (ROM)	4:36.68	Alisa Harvey	4:39.61
3000 m	Sabrina Dornhoefer	9:03.59
55 m hurdles	Julie Rocheleau (CAN)	7.40	Lynda Tolbert	7.50
High jump	Louise Ritter	1.93 m
Long jump	Sheila Echols	6.40 m
Shot put	Ramona Pagel	18.67 m
3000 m walk	Maryanne Torrellas	12:45.38

References

↑ "UNITED STATES INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
1 2 "Torrence Keeps Streak Alive". New York Times. Retrieved 13 August 2024.

Results

"TRACK & FIELD Mobil Indoor Meet". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 27 Feb 1988. p. 33. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
"eTrack eTN1988_04_USAInd_IndConfs" (PDF). Track and Field News. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
"UNITED STATES INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
"UNITED STATES INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
"2020 & 35th USA Indoor Men's Heptathlon Media Guide". DocsLib. p. 9. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
"2014 USATF Indoor Women's Pentathlon" (PDF). Decathlon USA. p. 5. Retrieved 9 August 2024.

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[1] "UNITED STATES INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 August 2024.

[nyt-2] 1 2 "Torrence Keeps Streak Alive". New York Times. Retrieved 13 August 2024.

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