1966 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

1966 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
Dates	March 4-5
Host city	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Venue	Tingley Coliseum
Level	Senior
Type	Indoor
Events	21 (12 men's + 9 women's)
← 1965 1967 →

The 1966 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were held at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), the competition took place on March 4-5 and served as the national championships in indoor track and field for the United States.^[1]

At the championships, Bill Gaines tied the world record of 5.9 seconds in the 60 yards prelims, and then went on to win the event in 6.0 seconds.^[2]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 yards	Bill Gaines	6.0
600 yards	Theron Lewis	1:09.2
1000 yards	Ted Nelson	2:07.8
Mile run	Jim Grelle	4:09.5
3 miles	Lajos Mecser (HUN)	13:40.4	Tracy Smith	13:42.4
60 yards hurdles	Willie Davenport	6.9
High jump	John Thomas	2.13 m
Pole vault	Bob Seagren	5.19 m
Long jump	Norm Tate	7.62 m
Shot put	John McGrath	19.59 m
Weight throw	Hal Connolly	21.61 m
1 mile walk	Rudy Haluza	6:39.2

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 yards	Wyomia Tyus	6.5
220 yards		24.1
440 yards	Charlette Cooke	54.2
880 yards	Zsuzsa Szabo (HUN)	2:08.6	Marie Mulder	2:11.8
60 yards hurdles	Chi Cheng (TPE)	7.6	Cheryl Sherrard	7.6
High jump	Eleanor Montgomery	1.73 m
Long jump	Chi Cheng (TPE)	6.03 m	Willye White	19 ft 61⁄4 in (5.94 m)
Shot put	Joan Whitehead	12.49 m
Basketball throw	Barbara Friedrich	134 ft 10 in (41.09 m)

Results

• "Week End Track Results". The Baltimore Sun. 7 Mar 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 21 Aug 2024.
• "UNITED STATES INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
• "UNITED STATES INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 August 2024.