1976 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships information
International athletics championship event
1976 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Dates
June 1−5, 1976
Host city
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Venue
Franklin Field University of Pennsylvania
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The 1976 NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested June 1−5 at the 54th annual NCAA-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate Division I outdoor track and field events in the United States.
This year's meet was hosted by the University of Pennsylvania at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.[1][2]
USC finished first in the team standings, capturing their record twenty-sixth national title.[3][4][5]
High jumper Dwight Stones of Long Beach State raised his three-year-old world record a half-inch (1 cm) to 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m).[3][4][5]
This was the first edition of the NCAA championships with the races measured in meters;[6] previously the race distances were measured in yards.[7]
^"NCAA Division I Men's Track and Field Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
^"1976 NCAA Track and Field Championship Results". USTFCCCA InfoZone: Single-Meet Report. USTFCCCA. Archived from the original on September 13, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
^ ab"Stones does as promised, clearing 7-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). June 6, 1976. p. 1C.
^ ab"Stones soars 7-7". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. June 6, 1976. p. 67.
^ abPutnam, Pat (June 14, 1976). "The right height for Dwight's flight". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
^"NCAA summary". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). June 4, 1976. p. 3D.
^Ferguson, George (June 7, 1975). "NCAA gun lap tonight, UTEP leads". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. A6.
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