1973 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

1973 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
Dates	February 23
Host city	New York City, New York, United States
Venue	Madison Square Garden
Level	Senior
Type	Indoor
Events	23 (13 men's + 10 women's)
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The 1973 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. Organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), the competition took place on February 23 and served as the national championships in indoor track and field for the United States.^[1]

At the championships, Tracy Smith broke the world indoor record for 3 miles by just under three seconds. 15,647 spectators attended the event.^[2]

The 1973 edition was the first time that women's racewalking was added to the championships.^[3]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 yards	Hasely Crawford (TRI)	6.0	Herb Washington	6.0
600 yards	Fred Newhouse	1:11.0
1000 yards	Marcel Philippe (FRA)	2:08.8	Yevgeniy Arzhanov (URS)	2:09.5	Lennox Stewart	2:09.8
Mile run	Marty Liquori	4:03.5
3 miles	Tracy Smith	13:07.2
60 yards hurdles	Rod Milburn	7.0
High jump	Dwight Stones	2.13 m
Pole vault	Steve Smith	5.38 m
Long jump	Randy Williams	8.13 m
Triple jump	John Craft	16.67 m
Shot put	George Woods	21.27 m
Weight throw	George Frenn	21.21 m
1 mile walk	Ron Daniel	6:22.0

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 yards	Iris Davis	6.6
220 yards	Rosalyn Bryant	24.6
440 yards	Brenda Walsh (CAN)	55.5	Kathy Hammond	55.7
880 yards	Cheryl Toussaint	2:08.8
Mile run	Lyudmila Bragina (URS)	4:40.0	Glenda Reiser (CAN)	4:45.1	Debbie Heald	4:46.7
60 yards hurdles	Patty Johnson	7.5
High jump	Alice Pfaff	1.73 m
Long jump	Irena Szewinska (POL)	6.24 m	Martha Watson	20 ft 41⁄4 in (6.2 m)
Shot put	Jan Svendsen	15.24 m
1 mile walk	Lynn Olson	7:39.0

Results

• "AAU Track Results". The Lincoln Star. 24 Feb 1973. p. 12. Retrieved 20 Aug 2024.
• "UNITED STATES INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
• "UNITED STATES INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 August 2024.