1961 USA–USSR Track and Field Dual Meet
Dates	July 15–16, 1961
Host city	Moscow, United States
Venue	Lenin Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	32
Participation	2 nations
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The 1961 USA–USSR Track and Field Dual Meet was an international track and field competition between the Soviet Union and the United States. The third in a series of meetings between the nations, it was held on July 15–16 in Lenin Stadium, Soviet Union, and finished with Soviet Union beating the United States 179 to 163. A total of 33 events were contested, 22 by men and 10 by women.

A total of five world records were broken at the competition – the most of any meeting in the series. Home athletes Valeriy Brumel, Tatyana Shchelkanova and Tamara Press set records in field events, while Ralph Boston and the American women's 4 × 100 meters relay team set world standards for the visitors.

World records

Date	Athlete	Nation	Sex	Event	Record
1961-07-15	Hayes Jones Frank Budd Charles Frazier Paul Drayton	United States	Men	4 × 100 m relay	39.1
1961	Valeriy Brumel	Soviet Union	Men	High jump	2.24 m
1961	Ralph Boston	United States	Men	Long jump	8.28 m
1961	Willye White Ernestine Pollards Vivian Brown Wilma Rudolph	United States	Women	4 × 100 m relay	44.3
1961	Tatyana Shchelkanova	Soviet Union	Women	Long jump	6.48 m
1961	Tamara Press	Soviet Union	Women	Discus throw	57.43 m

Results

Team score

Team	Men	Women	Total
Soviet Union	111	68	179
United States	124	39	163

Men

Event	Result	Athlete	Nation
100 m	10.3	Frank Budd	United States (USA)
200 m	20.8	Frank Budd	United States (USA)
400 m	46.7	Ulis Williams	United States (USA)
800 m	1:46.8	Jerry Siebert	United States (USA)
1500 m	3:43.8	Jim Beatty	United States (USA)
5000 m	13:58.4	Pyotr Bolotnikov	Soviet Union (URS)
10,000 m	31:40.6	Yury Zakharov	Soviet Union (URS)
4 × 100 m relay	39.1		United States (USA)
4 × 400 m relay	3:08.8		United States (USA)
110 m hurdles	13.8	Hayes Jones	United States (USA)
400 m hurdles	50.5	Clifton Cushman	United States (USA)
3000 m steeplechase	8:35.4	Nikolay Sokolov	Soviet Union (URS)
20 km walk	1:38:11.2	Gennadiy Solodov	Soviet Union (URS)
High jump	2.24 m	Valeriy Brumel	Soviet Union (URS)
Pole vault	4.69 m	John Uelses	United States (USA)
Long jump	8.28 m	Ralph Boston	United States (USA)
Triple jump	16.68 m	Vitold Kreyer	Soviet Union (URS)
Shot put	18.48 m	Gary Gubner	United States (USA)
Discus throw	58.46 m	Jay Silvester	United States (USA)
Hammer throw	66.34 m	Vasily Rudenkov	Soviet Union (URS)
Javelin throw	83.12 m	Viktor Tsybulenko	Soviet Union (URS)
Decathlon	7615 pts	Yuriy Kutenko	Soviet Union (URS)

Women

Event	Result	Athlete	Nation
100 m	11.3	Wilma Rudolph	United States (USA)
200 m	23.4	Maria Itkina	Soviet Union (URS)
800 m	2:05.4	Lyudmila Lysenko	Soviet Union (URS)
4 × 100 m relay	44.3	Willye White Ernestine Pollards Vivian Brown Wilma Rudolph	United States (USA)
80 m hurdles	10.6	Irina Press	Soviet Union (URS)
High jump	1.70 m	Taisia Chenchik	Soviet Union (URS)
Long jump	6.48 m	Tatyana Shchelkanova	Soviet Union (URS)
Shot put	17.25 m	Tamara Press	Soviet Union (URS)
Discus throw	57.43 m	Tamara Press	Soviet Union (URS)
Javelin throw	54.79 m	Elvīra Ozoliņa	Soviet Union (URS)

References

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