1976 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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.

USC finished first in the team standings, capturing their record twenty-sixth national title.

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).

This was the first edition of the NCAA championships with the races measured in meters; previously the race distances were measured in yards.

Team result

Source:

"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.
^ "Stones does as promised, clearing 7-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). June 6, 1976. p. 1C.
^ "Stones soars 7-7". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. June 6, 1976. p. 67.
^ Putnam, 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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World

Regional

Balkan Central African Games European Indoor Clubs Cup Finland-Sweden Pan Arab Games USA–USSR
Age group	CARIFTA Games Central American and Caribbean U20 South American U20

National

Indoor	Czechoslovak Dutch English French German East West Italian Polish Soviet Spanish Swedish United States NCAA
Outdoor	Australian Belgian Canadian Chinese Czechoslovak Dutch English Finnish French German East West Hungarian Icelandic Italian Jamaican Japanese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Soviet Spanish Swedish United States Outdoor Championships Olympic Trials NCAA Cross Country NCAA Track

NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships

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Events	60 m (55 m, 60 yd) 200 m 400 m (440 yd) 600 yd (500 m) 800 m (880 yd) 1000 yd (1000 m) Mile (1500 m) 3000 m (2 mi) 5000 m (3 mi) 60 m hurdles (55 m hurdles, 60 yd hurdles) 4 × 400 m relay (4 × 440 yd relay) 4 × 800 m relay (4 × 880 yd relay) Distance medley relay Long jump Triple jump High jump Pole vault Shot put Weight throw Combined events (pentathlon, heptathlon)

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