1980 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

1980 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
Dates	February 29
Host city	New York City, New York, United States
Venue	Madison Square Garden
Level	Senior
Type	Indoor
Events	24 (13 men's + 11 women's)
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The 1980 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 29 and served as the national championships in indoor track and field for the United States.^[1] The championships in combined track and field events were held at a different date.^[2][3]

The championships were the first ever held by TAC, having been organized by the Amateur Athletic Union previously. At the competition, Eamonn Coghlan broke the U.S. all-comer's record for 3 miles. There was also a meeting held where 40 U.S. athletes voted unanimously against the United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 yards	Curtis Dickey	6.09
600 yards	Mark Enyeart	1:09.2
1000 yards	Bill Martin	2:07.7
Mile run	Craig Masback	4:02.2
3 miles	Eamonn Coghlan (IRL)	13:02.8	Tony Staynings (GBR)	13:03.7	Bruce Bickford	13:06.7
60 yards hurdles	Rod Milburn	7.09
High jump	Franklin Jacobs	2.25 m
Pole vault	Earl Bell	5.54 m
Long jump	Larry Myricks	8.21 m
Triple jump	Ron Livers	16.80 m
Shot put	Jesse Stuart	20.24 m
Weight throw	Ed Kania	22.15 m
2 miles walk	Todd Scully	12:35.1

Results

• "Track Meet Features". Newsday (Nassau Edition). 1 Mar 1980. p. 26. Retrieved 15 Aug 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.