The 2002 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships was organised by

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and held from June 21 to 23 at the Cobb Track & Angell Field in

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. The three-day competition served as the

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for the

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. The same facility would host this meet the following year, but this was the last year to use the three day format as the four-day format was adopted in 2003. The

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were contested at

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in the two days preceding the start of the main programme.

Marion Jones Marion Lois Jones (born October 12, 1975), also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is an American former world champion track and field athlete and former professional basketball player. She won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the 200 ...

won a women's 100 m/200 m sprint double – the third time in her career that she had done so, and her fifth straight 200 m win. Four had their fourth consecutive title at the event:

Regina Jacobs Regina Jacobs (born August 28, 1963 in Los Angeles) is an American former middle-distance runner from Los Angeles. She had an extended career that included two IAAF World Championships in Athletics silver medals and an indoor world championship ...

in the 1500 m,

Gail Devers Yolanda Gail Devers ( ; born November 19, 1966) is an American retired track and field sprinter who competed in the 60 metres, 60 m hurdles, 100 m and 100 m hurdles. One of the greatest and most decorated female sprinters of all time, she was t ...

in the 100 m hurdles,

Sandra Glover Sandra Glover (née Cummings; born December 30, 1968, in Palestine, Texas) is an American former track and field athlete who competed in the 400-meter hurdles. She was a medalist in that event at the World Championships in Athletics in 2003 (silv ...

in the 400 m hurdles, and

Stacy Dragila Stacy Renée Dragila (née Mikaelson; born March 25, 1971) is an American former pole vaulter. She is an Olympic gold medalist and a multiple world champion. Early life Dragila was born and raised in Auburn, California, northeast of Sacramen ...

in the pole vault. On the men's side

Allen Johnson Allen Kenneth Johnson (born March 1, 1971) is an American former hurdling athlete who won the gold medal in the 110 metre hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also a four-time world champion. Born in Washington, D.C. ...

had his third straight and fifth career 110 m hurdles win. In the throws both

Breaux Greer Breaux Greer (born October 19, 1976) is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. After attending Ouachita Parish High School and the University of Louisiana at Monroe, he went on to be the current American r ...

(javelin) and

Adam Setliff Adam Setliff (born December 15, 1969) is a retired discus thrower from the United States, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000), finishing 12th and 5th respectively. He set his personal best (69.44 m) ...

(discus) took their third consecutive titles, while

Lance Deal Lance Earl Deal (born August 21, 1961 in Riverton, Wyoming) is a former American athlete who won a silver medal in the hammer throw in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also competed in the 1988, 1992, and 2000 Summer Olympics. In ...

won his ninth career (and final) hammer throw championship. The sprinting events were affected by retrospective doping disqualifications: the original men's 200 m and 400 m winners

Ramon Clay Ramon Clay (born June 29, 1975) is a retired American sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee. As a senior at Nashville's Hunters Lane High School, despite having the flu during the State Championships, Cla ...

and

Alvin Harrison Alvin Leonardo Harrison (born January 20, 1974) is an American former track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at both the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in the 40 ...

were stripped of their national titles.

Darvis Patton Darvis "Doc" Darell Patton (born December 4, 1977) is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events. He is a two-time US Champion in the 200-meter dash and won the silver medal in the event at the 2003 World Champi ...

and

Angelo Taylor Angelo F. Taylor (born December 29, 1978) is an American track and field athlete, coach, and winner of 400-meter hurdles at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics, who has been suspended by the United States Center for SafeSport for sexual misconduct ...

were raised to the status of national champion as a result. Men's 100 m runner-up

Tim Montgomery Timothy Montgomery (born January 28, 1975) is an American former track sprinter who specialized in the 100-meter dash. In 2005, he was stripped of his records—including a now-void men's 100-meter world record of 9.78 seconds set in 2002—a ...

was also disqualified, as was women's 100 m third-placer

Kelli White Kelli White (born April 1, 1977, in Oakland, California) is an American former sprinter. She won two gold medals in the World Championships in Paris in 2003. However, on June 18, 2004, she was stripped of her medals, because she tested positive ...

. The competition was used to select the national teams to be sent to the

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and also the

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. Four American national champions went on to win at that year's IAAF World Cup competition: James Carter (400 m hurdles), Savanté Stringfellow (long jump)

Adam Nelson Adam McCright Nelson (born July 7, 1975) is an American shot putter and Olympic gold medalist. Nelson competed in three consecutive Olympic Games in 2000, 2004 and 2008. In addition to his gold medal at the 2004 Olympics, Nelson won a silver me ...

(shot put) and Gail Devers (100 m hurdles).IAAF World Cup in Athletics
GBRAthletics. Retrieved on 2015-09-05.

Results

Men track events

Men field events

* Dwight Phillips's best wind-legal mark in the long jump was 8.14 m (+2.0) * Tim Rusan's best wind-legal mark in the triple jump was 16.75 m (+0.0) * LeVar Anderson's best wind-legal mark in the triple jump was 16.65 m (+0.6)

Women track events

Women field events

* Yuliana Perez's best wind-legal mark in the triple jump was 14.10 m (+0.5) * Teresa Bundy's best wind-legal mark in the triple jump was 13.59 m (+1.3)

Doping

The following athletes had their performances at the competition annulled due to doping: *

(originally second in the men's 100 m with a time of 9.89 seconds) *

(originally third place in the women's 100 m with a time of 11.22 seconds) *

(originally winner of the men's 200 m with a time of 20.27 seconds) *

(originally winner of the men's 400 m with a time of 44.62 seconds)

References

;Results
2002 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships results
USATF. Retrieved on 2015-09-05.
2002 USA Outdoor Combined Events Championships
USATF. Retrieved on 2015-09-05. ;Day reports *Gordon, Ed (2002-06-19)
O'Brien aborts Decathlon attempt as Pappas takes first-day lead
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-09-05. *Gordon, Ed (2002-06-20)
Burrell, Pappas claim American multi-event titles
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-09-05. *Gordon, Ed (2002-06-21)
Wow! Jones, Greene get US Championships off to a Fast Start
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-09-05. *Gordon, Ed (2002-06-22)
Duels by Greene and Montgomery, Nelson and Godina, Jones and Gaines highlight US championships' second day
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-09-05. *Gordon, Ed (2002-06-23)
Hot hurdling and sprinting at last day of US Champs
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-09-05.

External links

USA Track & Field official website
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