Track and Field Statistics
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Men
Women
1972
Track
Field
High Jump
1
Reynaldo Brown
USA
2.235
i
2
Tom Woods
USA
2.215
3
Ron Jourdan
USA
2.21
i
3
Barry Schur
USA
2.21
3
Dwight Stones
USA
2.21
3
Chris Dunn
USA
2.21
7
Gene White
USA
2.20
i
7
Patrick Matzdorf
USA
2.20
i
7
Mike Bowers
USA
2.20
10
Barry Shepard
USA
2.185
Pole Vault
1
Robert Seagren
USA
5.63
2
Steve Smith
USA
5.50
2
Jan Johnson
USA
5.50
4
Dave Roberts
USA
5.49
5
Scott Wallick
USA
5.28
i
5
Jonathan Vaughn
USA
5.28
5
Bud Williamson
USA
5.28
8
Tom Blair
USA
5.27
i
9
Bob Slover
USA
5.26
10
Ed Lipscomb
USA
5.23
Long Jump
1
Randy Williams
USA
8.34
2
Preston Carrington
USA
8.22
3
Henry Hines
USA
8.19
4
Arnie Robinson
USA
8.14
5
William Rea
USA
8.11
6
Phil Shinnick
USA
8.07
7
Thomas Smith
USA
8.01
7
Jerry Proctor
USA
8.01
9
Jeff Bolin
USA
7.98
9
Kenneth Duncan
USA
7.98
Triple Jump
1
Dave Smith
USA
17.07
2
John Craft
USA
16.89
i
3
James Butts
USA
16.65
4
Arthur Walker
USA
16.45
5
Robert Reader
USA
16.28
6
Barry McClure
USA
16.27
7
Stanley Royster
USA
16.22
7
Jim Fraser
USA
16.22
9
Caleb Abdul Rahman
USA
16.20
10
Harry Freeman
USA
16.18
Shot Put
1
Al Feuerbach
USA
21.52
2
George Woods
USA
21.38
3
Randy Matson
USA
21.19
4
Brian Oldfield
USA
20.97
5
Fred DeBernardi
USA
20.92
6
Doug Lane
USA
20.40
7
Peter Shmock
USA
20.24
8
Jesse Stuart
USA
20.17
9
Steve Wilhelm
USA
20.15
10
Bruce Wilhelm
USA
20.12
Discus Throw
1
Tim Vollmer
USA
66.57
2
Jon Cole
USA
65.91
3
Jay Silvester
USA
65.58
4
John Powell
USA
64.21
5
Art Swarts
USA
63.93
6
Rickard Drescher
USA
63.81
7
Gary Carlsen
USA
62.79
8
Steve Gunzel
USA
61.98
9
Gary Ordway
USA
61.70
10
Jim Penrose
USA
61.34
Hammer Throw
1
George Frenn
USA
70.54
2
Al Schoterman
USA
70.49
3
Tom Gage
USA
70.18
4
Harold Connolly
USA
68.30
5
Albert Hall
USA
66.29
6
Frank Bredice
USA
66.12
7
Bob Narcessian
USA
65.79
8
Steve DeAutremont
USA
63.93
9
Lawrence Hart
USA
62.76
10
Bill Shuff
USA
62.08
Javelin Throw
1
Fred Luke
USA
84.56
2
William Schmidt
USA
84.42
3
Mark Murro
USA
83.41
4
Sam Colson
USA
83.03
5
Milt Sonsky
USA
81.69
6
John Kaveny
USA
80.49
7
Robert Wallis
USA
80.47
8
Lesley Tipton
USA
80.42
9
Van Hollaway
USA
80.26
10
Gary Quitsland
USA
79.66
Decathlon
1
Jeff Bannister
USA
8120
2
Jeff Bennett
USA
8076
3
Bruce Jenner
USA
7846
4
Steve Gough
USA
7822
5
John Warkentin
USA
7807
6
Andrew Pettes
USA
7762
7
Russel Hodge
USA
7750
8
Fred Samara
USA
7669
9
Bill Bakley
USA
7656
10
Dave Thoreson
USA
7632