Athletics (track and Field)
The 2008 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials were held in Eugene, Oregon, at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field from June 27 through July 6, 2008. Hayward Field had previously hosted the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1972, 1976 and 1980.
- Men
- Track & road events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Walter Dix | 100 m | 10.35 | 3 Q | 10.08 | 2 Q | 9.95 | 2 Q | 9.91 | 03 ! |
| Tyson Gay | 10.22 | 1 Q | 10.09 | 2 Q | 10.05 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
| Darvis Patton | 10.25 | 2 Q | 10.04 | 2 Q | 10.03 | 4 Q | 10.03 | 8 | |
| Shawn Crawford | 200 m | 20.61 | 1 Q | 20.42 | 2 Q | 20.12 | 2 Q | 19.96 | 02 ! |
| Walter Dix | 20.77 | 2 Q | 20.27 | 2 Q | 20.19 | 3 Q | 19.98 | 03 ! | |
| Wallace Spearmon | 20.46 | 1 Q | 20.39 | 2 Q | 20.14 | 3 Q | DSQ | ||
| LaShawn Merritt | 400 m | 44.96 | 1 Q | 44.12 | 1 Q | 43.75 | 01 ! | ||
| David Neville | 45.22 | 2 Q | 44.91 | 2 Q | 44.80 | 03 ! | |||
| Jeremy Wariner | 45.23 | 1 Q | 44.15 | 1 Q | 44.74 | 02 ! | |||
| Christian Smith | 800 m | 1:48.20 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
| Nick Symmonds | 1:46.01 | 1 Q | 1:46.96 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
| Andrew Wheating | 1:47.05 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Leonel Manzano | 1500 m | 3:36.67 | 1 Q | 3:50.33 | 12 | Did not advance | |||
| Bernard Lagat | 3:41.98 | 4 Q | 3:37.79 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Lopez Lomong | 3:36.70 | 5 Q | 3:41.00 | 12 | Did not advance | ||||
| Ian Dobson | 5000 m | 14:05.47 | 9 | Did not advance | |||||
| Bernard Lagat | 13:39.70 | 1 Q | 13:26.89 | 9 | |||||
| Matt Tegenkamp | 13:37.36 | 1 Q | 13:33.13 | 13 | |||||
| Abdi Abdirahman | 10000 m | 27:52.53 | 15 | ||||||
| Galen Rupp | 27:36.99 | 13 | |||||||
| Jorge Torres | 28:13.93 | 25 | |||||||
| David Oliver | 110 m hurdles | 13.30 | 1 Q | 13.16 | 1 Q | 13.31 | 1 Q | 13.18 | 03 ! |
| David Payne | 13.42 | 1 Q | 13.24 | 1 Q | 13.21 | 2 Q | 13.17 | 02 ! | |
| Terrence Trammell | DNF | Did not advance | |||||||
| Kerron Clement | 400 m hurdles | 49.42 | 1 Q | 48.27 | 1 Q | 47.98 | 02 ! | ||
| Bershawn Jackson | 49.20 | 1 Q | 48.02 | 2 Q | 48.06 | 03 ! | |||
| Angelo Taylor | 48.67 | 1 Q | 47.94 | 1 Q | 47.25 | 01 ! | |||
| Anthony Famiglietti | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:17.34 | 3 Q | 8:31.21 | 13 | ||||
| Josh McAdams | 8:33.26 | 9 | Did not advance | ||||||
| William Nelson | 8:36.66 | 11 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Walter Dix Leroy Dixon Tyson Gay Rodney Martin Travis Padgett Darvis Patton |
4×100 m relay | DNF | Did not advance | ||||||
| Kerron Clement* LaShawn Merritt David Neville Jeremy Wariner Angelo Taylor Reggie Witherspoon* |
4×400 m relay | 2:59.98 | 1 Q | 2:55.39 OR | 01 ! | ||||
| Ryan Hall | Marathon | 2:12:33 | 10 | ||||||
| Dathan Ritzenhein | 2:11:59 | 9 | |||||||
| Brian Sell | 2:16:07 | 22 | |||||||
| Kevin Eastler | 20 km walk | 1:28:44 | 43 | ||||||
| Philip Dunn | 50 km walk | 4:08:32 | 39 | ||||||
- Field events
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Brian Johnson | Long jump | 7.79 | 22 | Did not advance | |
| Miguel Pate | 7.34 | 38 | Did not advance | ||
| Trevell Quinley | 7.87 | 19 | Did not advance | ||
| Kenta Bell | Triple jump | 16.55 | 25 | Did not advance | |
| Rafeeq Curry | 16.88 | 19 | Did not advance | ||
| Aarik Wilson | 15.97 | 33 | Did not advance | ||
| Dusty Jonas | High jump | 2.20 | =26 | Did not advance | |
| Andra Manson | 2.25 | 13 | Did not advance | ||
| Jesse Williams | 2.25 | =19 | Did not advance | ||
| Jeff Hartwig | Pole vault | 5.55 | =20 | Did not advance | |
| Derek Miles | 5.65 | =9 q | 5.70 | 4 | |
| Brad Walker | NM | — | Did not advance | ||
| Christian Cantwell | Shot put | 20.48 | 4 Q | 21.09 | 02 ! |
| Reese Hoffa | 20.41 | 6 Q | 20.53 | 7 | |
| Adam Nelson | 20.56 | 2 Q | NM | — | |
| Casey Malone | Discus throw | 61.26 | 19 | Did not advance | |
| Michael Robertson | 61.64 | 16 | Did not advance | ||
| Ian Waltz | 60.02 | 25 | Did not advance | ||
| Breaux Greer | Javelin throw | 73.68 | 22 | Did not advance | |
| Mike Hazle | 72.75 | 25 | Did not advance | ||
| Leigh Smith | 76.55 | 18 | Did not advance | ||
| AG Kruger | Hammer throw | 71.21 | 27 | Did not advance | |
- Combined events – Decathlon
| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Clay | Result | 10.44 | 7.78 | 16.27 | 1.99 | 48.92 | 13.94 | 53.79 | 5.00 | 70.97 | 5:06.59 | 8791 | 01 ! |
| Points | 989 | 1005 | 868 | 794 | 865 | 984 | 950 | 910 | 904 | 522 | |||
| Trey Hardee | Result | 10.52 | 7.72 | 13.49 | 2.05 | 47.75 | 14.20 | 44.35 | NM | DNS | — | DNF | |
| Points | 970 | 990 | 697 | 850 | 921 | 949 | 737 | 0 | 0 | — | |||
| Tom Pappas | Result | 11.12 | 7.41 | DNS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | |
| Points | 834 | 913 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
- Women
- Track & road events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Torri Edwards | 100 m | 11.26 | 1 Q | 11.31 | 1 Q | 11.18 | 2 Q | 11.20 | 8 |
| Muna Lee | 11.33 | 1 Q | 11.08 | 2 Q | 11.06 | 2 Q | 11.07 | 5 | |
| Lauryn Williams | 11.38 | 2 Q | 11.07 | 2 Q | 11.10 | 3 Q | 11.03 | 4 | |
| Allyson Felix | 200 m | 23.02 | 1 Q | 22.74 | 2 Q | 22.33 | 1 Q | 21.93 | 02 ! |
| Marshevet Hooker | 23.07 | 1 Q | 22.76 | 3 Q | 22.50 | 2 Q | 22.34 | 5 | |
| Muna Lee | 22.71 | 1 Q | 22.83 | 2 Q | 22.29 | 3 Q | 22.01 | 4 | |
| Sanya Richards | 400 m | 50.54 | 1 Q | 49.90 | 1 Q | 49.93 | 03 ! | ||
| DeeDee Trotter | 51.41 | 4 Q | 51.87 | 7 | Did not advance | ||||
| Mary Wineberg | 51.46 | 2 Q | 51.13 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
| Hazel Clark | 800 m | 2:01.59 | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
| Alice Schmidt | 2:02.33 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Nicole Teter | DNF | Did not advance | |||||||
| Erin Donohue | 1500 m | 4:16.05 | 8 | Did not advance | |||||
| Shannon Rowbury | 4:03.89 | 4 Q | 4:03.58 | 7 | |||||
| Christin Wurth-Thomas | 4:09.70 | 8 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Shalane Flanagan | 5000 m | 14:59.69 | 6 Q | 15:50.80 | 10 | ||||
| Kara Goucher | 15:00.98 | 7 Q | 15:49.39 | 9 | |||||
| Jennifer Rhines | 15:15.12 | 6 Q | 16:34.63 | 14 | |||||
| Amy Yoder Begley | 10000 m | 32:38.28 | 26 | ||||||
| Shalane Flanagan | 30:22.22 | 03 ! | |||||||
| Kara Goucher | 30:55.16 | 10 | |||||||
| Damu Cherry | 100 m hurdles | 12.92 | 3 Q | 12.62 | 1 Q | 12.65 | 4 | ||
| Dawn Harper | 12.73 | 2 Q | 12.66 | 2 Q | 12.54 | 01 ! | |||
| Lolo Jones | 12.71 | 1 Q | 12.43 | 1 Q | 12.72 | 7 | |||
| Queen Harrison | 400 m hurdles | 55.96 | 4 Q | 55.88 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
| Sheena Tosta | 56.12 | 5 Q | 54.07 | 1 Q | 53.70 | 02 ! | |||
| Tiffany Williams | 55.51 | 1 Q | 54.99 | 3 Q | 57.55 | 8 | |||
| Lindsey Anderson | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:36.81 | 8 | Did not advance | |||||
| Jennifer Barringer | 9:29.20 | 3 Q | 9:22.26 | 9 | |||||
| Anna Willard | 9:28.52 | 6 Q | 9:25.63 | 10 | |||||
| Torri Edwards Muna Lee Mechelle Lewis LaShauntea Moore Angela Williams Lauryn Williams |
4×100 m relay | DSQ | Did not advance | ||||||
| Allyson Felix Natasha Hastings Monique Henderson Sanya Richards Mary Wineberg |
4×400 m relay | 3:33.45 | 1 Q | 3:18.54 | 01 ! | ||||
| Deena Kastor | Marathon | DNF | |||||||
| Magdalena Lewy Boulet | DNF | ||||||||
| Blake Russell | 2:33:13 | 27 | |||||||
| Joanne Dow | 20 km walk | 1:34.15 | 31 | ||||||
- Field events
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Funmi Jimoh | Long jump | 6.61 | =9 q | 6.29 | 12 |
| Brittney Reese | 6.87 | 1 Q | 6.76 | 5 | |
| Grace Upshaw | 6.68 | 6 Q | 6.58 | 8 | |
| Shani Marks | Triple jump | 13.44 | 28 | Did not advance | |
| Erica McLain | 13.52 | 26 | Did not advance | ||
| Amy Acuff | High jump | 1.89 | =19 | Did not advance | |
| Sharon Day | 1.85 | =24 | Did not advance | ||
| Chaunte Howard | 1.93 | =8 q | 1.99 | 6 | |
| Erica Bartolina | Pole vault | NM | — | Did not advance | |
| April Steiner Bennett | 4.50 | =6 q | 4.55 | 8 | |
| Jennifer Stuczynski | 4.50 | =2 q | 4.80 | 02 ! | |
| Jillian Camarena | Shot put | 18.51 | 12 Q | 18.24 | 12 |
| Michelle Carter | 18.49 | 13 Q | 17.74 | 15 | |
| Kristin Heaston | 17.34 | 23 | Did not advance | ||
| Suzy Powell-Roos | Discus throw | 58.02 | 26 | Did not advance | |
| Aretha Thurmond | 61.90 | 6 Q | 59.80 | 10 | |
| Stephanie Brown Trafton | 62.77 | 1 Q | 64.74 | 01 ! | |
| Kim Kreiner | Javelin throw | 55.13 | 38 | Did not advance | |
| Kara Patterson | 54.39 | 41 | Did not advance | ||
| Amber Campbell | Hammer throw | 67.86 | 21 | Did not advance | |
| Jessica Cosby | NM | — | Did not advance | ||
| Loree Smith | 63.60 | 39 | Did not advance | ||
- Combined events – Heptathlon
| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyleas Fountain | Result | 12.78 | 1.89 | 13.36 | 23.21 | 6.38 | 41.93 | 2:15.45 | 6619 | 02 !* |
| Points | 1158 | 1093 | 751 | 1058 | 1058 | 704 | 886 | |||
| Jacquelyn Johnson | Result | 13.22 | 1.77 | 11.82 | 24.74 | 5.88 | DNS | — | DNF | |
| Points | 1091 | 941 | 649 | 911 | 911 | 0 | — | |||
| Diana Pickler | Result | 14.28 | DNS | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | |
| Points | 939 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
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