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1959 USA–USSR Track and Field Dual Meet

The 1959 USA–USSR Track and Field Dual Meet was an international track and field competition between the Soviet Union and the United States. The second in a series of meetings between the nations, it was held on July 18–19 in Philadelphia, United States, and finished with Soviet Union beating the United States 175 to 167. The meet marked an unusual head-to-head for the nations during the Cold War. The men's 10,000 meters drew attention as the American competitor Bob Soth collapsed in the heat mid-race – an event which was filmed and presented in the Soviet documentary Sport, Sport, Sport (Russian: Спорт, спорт, спорт).[1][2]

1959 USA–USSR Track and Field Dual Meet
DatesJuly 18–19, 1959
Host cityPhiladelphia, United States
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
← 1958
1961 →

Results

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Teams

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Class   Soviet Union   United States
Men 108 121
Women 67 40
Total 175 167

Men

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Event Winner Result Nation
100 m Ray Norton 10.3   United States
200 m Ray Norton 20.7   United States
400 m Eddie Southern 46.2   United States
800 m Tom Murphy 1:48.5   United States
1500 m Dyrol Burleson 3:49.4   United States
5000 m Aleksandr Artynyuk 14:17.8   Soviet Union
10,000 m Aleksey Desyatchikov 31:40.6   Soviet Union
110 m hurdles Hayes Jones 13.6   United States
400 m hurdles Josh Culbreath 50.5   United States
3000 m steeplechase Semyon Rzhishchin 7:51.6   Soviet Union
4 × 100 m relay   United States
4 × 400 m relay 3:07.0   United States
20 kilometres walk Volodymyr Holubnychy 1:38:20.2   Soviet Union
High jump Robert Shavlakadze 2.06 m   Soviet Union
Pole vault Don Bragg 4.64 m   United States
Long jump Greg Bell 8.10 m   United States
Triple jump Konstantin Tsigankov 15.95 m   Soviet Union
Shot put Parry O'Brien 19.27 m   United States
Discus throw Al Oerter 57.53 m   United States
Hammer throw Vasily Rudenkov 66.76 m   Soviet Union
Javelin throw Al Cantello 79.99 m   United States

Women

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Event Winner Result Nation
100 metres Barbara Jones 11.7   United States
200 metres Lucinda Williams 23.4   United States
800 metres Lyudmila Lysenko 2:11.3   Soviet Union
80 metres hurdles Galina Bystrova 11.0   Soviet Union
4 × 100 m relay 44.8   Soviet Union
High jump Taisia Chenchik 1.778 m   Soviet Union
Long jump Vera Krepkina 6.17 m   Soviet Union
Shot put Tamara Press 16.94 m   Soviet Union
Discus throw Nina Ponomaryova 55.21 m   Soviet Union
Javelin throw Birutė Zalogaitytė 55.37 m   Soviet Union

References

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  1. ^ Bob Soth. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  2. ^ ПЕРЕЙТИ К НОМЕРУ (in Russian). PNP. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  • Turrini, Joseph M. "It Was Communism Versus the Free World": The USA-USSR Dual Track Meet Series and the Development of Track and Field in the United States, 1958-1985. Journal of Sport History, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Fall 2001), pp. 427–471. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  • The Cold War Track Series 1958-1965. Racing Past. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  • Лёгкая атлетика. Справочник / Составитель Р. В. Орлов. — М.: «Физкультура и спорт», 1983. — С. 155—178, 385.
  • Матчи СССР — США // Лёгкая атлетика. Энциклопедия / Авторы-составители В. Б. Зеличёнок, В. Н. Спичков, В. Л. Штейнбах. — М.: «Человек», 2012. — Т. 1. — С. 623. — ISBN 978-5-904885-80-9.
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