The 1980 United States Olympic Trials for track and field were held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. These were the first such trials organized by the new ...
After months of meetings between the White House and the U.S. Olympic Committee, the USOC House of Delegates met on April 12, 1980, in Colorado Springs.
and spectators was that this was just another track meet .
Carter's decision also left the U.S. Olympic Committee on the brink of
Although most of the U.S. qualifiers came to the U.S. Olympic Track Trials
1, Stanley Floyd, USA, 10.26. 2, Harvey Glance, USA, 10.27. 3, Mel Lattany, USA
Illini Track & Field Letter Winner (1972-75). A member of the 1976 and 1980 U.S. Olympic Teams as a 1,500-meter runner, Mike Durkin's tale is ...
of womens' olympic track and field, a separate meeting was held in Newark, N.J. ... determined that the USA would boycott the 1980 Olympics, in one of the most ...
The last 16-year-old to make the U.S. Olympic track team was 100-meter hurdler Rhonda Brady in 1976. Information from the Associated Press ...
Track and field athletes at the 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials share how they trained and competed through the boycott—and offer advice for runners ...