List of USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners (men)

See also: List of USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners (women) and List of USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners (men)

The USA Indoor Track and Field Championships is an annual indoor track and field competition in the sport of athletics currently organized by USA Track & Field. It serves as the national championships for the sport in the United States. The venue of the championships is decided on an annual basis and sometimes indoor combined track and field events championships were held separately.

There was a track and field championship at Madison Square Garden staged by the Amateur Athletic Union in 1888, and in the following years there were demonstrations staged as part of other meets. However, sports historians today acknowledge the 1906 edition to be the first official men's national indoor championships. The men's and women's championships have been held jointly since 1965. Following professionalization of the sport, the running of the national championships was taken over by The Athletics Congress of the USA (TAC) since 1980. TAC rebranded as USA Track & Field (USATF) in 1993.

The national championships for outdoor track and field and other sport of athletics disciplines are held separately from the indoor competition.

Athletes with the most wins

As of 2024, not including relays:

Rank	Athlete	Wins
1st	Tim Seaman	17
2nd	Platt Adams	14
3rd	Harold Osborn	13
	Pat McDonald
5th	Lance Deal	12
6th	John Eller	10
	Henry Laskau
	Henry Dreyer
9th	Loren Murchison	9
	Joe McCluskey
	Mike Conley Sr.
	Parry O'Brien

List of winners

Track

600 m (600 yards, 500 m)

USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in men's 600 m (600 yards, 500 m)
1906–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1906: Eli Parsons 1907: Eli Parsons 1908: Mel Sheppard 1909: Mel Sheppard 1910: Harry Gissing 1911: Abel Kiviat 1913: Abel Kiviat 1914: Thomas Halpin 1915: Thomas Halpin 1916: William Bingham 1917: Earl Eby 1918: Marvin Gustavson 1919: Jack Sellers 1920: Earl Eby 1921: Fred Murrey 1922: Sid Leslie 1923: Earl Eby 1924: Walter Mulvihill 1925: Vincent Lally 1926: Horatio Fitch 1927: George Leness 1928: Phil Edwards (BGU), George Leness (2nd) 1929: Phil Edwards (BGU), Eddie Blake (2nd) 1930: Phil Edwards (BGU), Eddie Roll (2nd) 1931: Phil Edwards (BGU), Eddie Blake (4th) 1932: Alex Wilson (CAN), Edwin Roll (2nd) 1933: Milton Sandler 1934: Milton Sandler 1935: Milton Sandler 1936: Edward O'Brien 1937: Edward O'Brien 1938: Jim Herbert 1939: Charles Beetham 1940: Charles Belcher 1941: Jim Herbert 1942: Roy Cochran 1943: Lewis Smith 1944: Bob Ufer 1945: Elmore Harris 1946: Elmore Harris 1947: George Guida 1948: Dave Bolen 1949: Dave Bolen 1950: Hugo Maiocco 1951: Hugo Maiocco 1952: Charles Moore 1953: Mal Whitfield 1954: Reggie Pearman 1955: Charles Jenkins Sr. 1956: Lou Jones 1957: Charles Jenkins Sr. 1958: Charles Jenkins Sr. 1959: Josh Culbreath 1960: Tom Murphy 1961: Eddie Southern 1962: Bill Crothers (CAN), Jack Yerman (2nd) 1963: Jack Yerman 1964: Charles Buchta 1965: Jack Yerman 1966: Theron Lewis 1967: Jim Kemp 1968: Martin McGrady 1969: Martin McGrady 1970: Martin McGrady 1971: Andrzej Badeński (POL), Tom Ulan (3rd) 1972: Lee Evans 1973: Fred Newhouse 1974: Wes Williams 1975: Wes Williams 1976: Fred Sowerby (ANT), Stan Vinson (2nd) 1977: Fred Sowerby (ANT), Kevin Prince (2nd) 1978: Stan Vinson 1979: Mike Solomon (TRI), Stanley Vincent (3rd)
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Mark Enyeart 1981: Mike Solomon (TRI), Mark Enyeart (3rd) 1982: Fred Sowerby (ANT), Stanley Redwine (2nd) 1983: Eugene Sanders 1984: Mark Rowe 1985: Elvis Forde (BAR), Anthony Tufariello (2nd) 1986: Elvis Forde (BAR), Marcus Sanders (3rd) 1987: Ian Morris (TRI), Charles Jenkins Jr. (3rd) 1988: Ken Lowery 1989: Mark Rowe 1990: David Patrick 1991: Andrew Valmon 1992: Mark Everett
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Mark Everett 2015: Casimir Loxsom 2017: Erik Sowinski 2019: Donavan Brazier
Notes	*Distances have varied as follows: 600 yards (1906–1986), 500 meters (1987–1993) except 600 meters (odd numbered years since 2015)

Mile (1500 m)

USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in men's mile (1500 m)
1906–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1932: Gene Venzke 1933: Gene Venzke 1934: Glenn Cunningham 1935: Glenn Cunningham 1936: Gene Venzke 1937: Archie San Romani 1938: Glenn Cunningham 1939: Glenn Cunningham 1940: Charles Fenske 1941: Walter Mehl 1942: Gil Dodds 1943: Frank Dixon 1944: Gil Dodds 1945: James Rafferty 1946: Leslie MacMitchell 1947: Gil Dodds 1948: Tom Quinn 1949: Willem Slijkhuis (NED), Neil Pratt (3rd) 1950: John Joe Barry (IRL), Fred Wilt (2nd) 1951: Fred Wilt 1952: Bill Mack 1953: Fred Dwyer 1954: Josy Barthel (LUX), Fred Wilt (2nd) 1955: Wes Santee 1956: Ron Delany (IRL), Fred Dwyer (3rd) 1957: Ron Delany (IRL), Fred Dwyer (3rd) 1958: Ron Delany (IRL), James Grelle (3rd) 1959: Ron Delany (IRL), Pete Close (4th) 1960: Phil Coleman 1961: Jim Beatty 1962: Jim Beatty 1963: Jim Beatty 1964: Ergas Leps (CAN), Vic Zwolak (2nd) 1965: Jim Grelle 1966: Jim Grelle 1967: Sam Bair 1968: Preston Davis 1969: Henryk Szordykowski (POL), Marty Liquori (2nd) 1970: Marty Liquori 1971: Henryk Szordykowski (POL), John Mason (2nd) 1972: Byron Dyce (JAM), Bruce Fischer (3rd) 1973: Marty Liquori 1974: John Walker (NZL), Michael Slack (2nd) 1975: Filbert Bayi (TAN), Paul Cummings (2nd) 1976: Filbert Bayi (TAN), Paul Cummings (2nd) 1977: Filbert Bayi (TAN), Joseph Dubina (3rd) 1978: Eamonn Coghlan (IRL), Steve Lacy (3rd) 1979: Steve Scott
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Craig Masback 1981: Steve Scott 1982: Jim Spivey 1983: Eamonn Coghlan (IRL), Steve Scott (2nd) 1984: Steve Scott 1985: Sydney Maree 1986: Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL), Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL), Mark Fricker (3rd), Kevin Johnson (3rd) 1987: Eamonn Coghlan (IRL), Jim Spivey (3rd) 1988: Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL), Brian Abshire (2nd) 1989: Frank O'Mara (IRL), Jeff Atkinson (3rd) 1990: Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL), Steve Scott 1991: Noureddine Morceli (ALG), Eric Henry (3rd) 1992: Noureddine Morceli (ALG), Jeff Atkinson (5th)
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Noureddine Morceli (ALG), Steve Holman (3rd) 1994: William Tanui (KEN), Marcus Dunbar (3rd) 1995: Niall Bruton (IRL), Erik Nedeau (3rd) 1996: Steve Holman 1997: Jason Pyrah 1998: Paul McMullen 1999: Matt Holthaus 2000: Jason Pyrah 2001: Seneca Lassiter 2002: Jason Lunn 2003: Jason Lunn 2004: Rob Myers 2005: Scott McGowan 2006: Chris Lukezic 2007: Alan Webb 2008: Rob Myers 2009: Rob Myers 2010: Leonel Manzano 2011: Jeff See 2012: Leonel Manzano 2013: Will Leer 2014: Lopez Lomong 2015: Matthew Centrowitz Jr. 2016: Matthew Centrowitz Jr. 2017: Ben Blankenship 2018: Paul Chelimo 2019: Craig Engels 2020: Josh Thompson 2022: Cole Hocker 2023: Sam Prakel 2024: Cole Hocker
Notes	*Distances have varied as follows: Mile (1940–2002) and 1932, 2007 and odd numbered years since 2011, 1500 meters (1933–1939), (2003–6, 2008–2010) and even numbered years since 2010

3000 m (2 miles, 5000 m, 3 miles)

USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in men's 3000 m (5000 m, 2 miles, 3 miles)
1906–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1899: Alec Grant 1900: Alec Grant 1901: Alec Grant 1903: Alec Grant 1904: George Bonhag 1905: George Bonhag 1906: George Bonhag 1907: George Bonhag 1908: Mike Driscoll 1909: Mike Driscoll 1910: Joseph Monument 1911: George Bonhag 1913: William Kramer 1914: Harry Smith 1915: Michael Devaney 1916: Joie Ray 1917: John Ryan 1918: Edward Garvey 1919: Gordon Nightingale 1920: Harry Helm 1921: Max Bohland 1922: John Romig 1923: Joie Ray 1924: Joie Ray 1925: Paavo Nurmi (FIN), Harold Kennedy (2nd) 1926: William Goodwin 1927: William Goodwin 1928: Leo Lermond 1929: Edvin Wide (SWE), Robert Dalrymple (2nd) 1930: Joe McCluskey 1931: Leo Lermond 1932: George Lermond 1933: George Lermond 1934: John Follows 1935: John Follows 1936: Norm Bright 1937: Norm Bright 1938: Don Lash 1939: Don Lash 1940: Greg Rice 1941: Greg Rice 1942: Greg Rice 1943: Greg Rice 1944: Oliver Hunter 1945: Forest Efaw 1946: Forest Efaw 1947: Curt Stone 1948: Curt Stone 1949: Gaston Reiff (BEL), Fred Wilt (3rd) 1950: Curt Stone 1951: Curt Stone 1952: Horace Ashenfelter 1953: Horace Ashenfelter 1954: Horace Ashenfelter 1955: Horace Ashenfelter 1956: Horace Ashenfelter 1957: John Macy (POL), Alex Breckenridge (2nd) 1958: Veliša Mugoša (YUG), John Macy (2nd) 1959: Bill Dellinger 1960: Al Lawrence (AUS), Lew Stieglitz (2nd) 1961: Bruce Kidd (CAN), John Macy (3rd) 1962: Bruce Kidd (CAN), Jared Nourse (4th) 1963: Michel Bernard (FRA), Bob Schul (2nd) 1964: Ron Clarke (AUS), Pete McArdle (2nd) 1965: Billy Mills 1966: Lajos Mecser (HUN), Tracy Smith (2nd) 1967: Tracy Smith 1968: George Young 1969: George Young 1970: Art DuLong 1971: Frank Shorter 1972: Emiel Puttemans (BEL), Leonard Hilton (2nd) 1973: Tracy Smith 1974: Dick Tayler (NZL), Frank Shorter (2nd) 1975: Miruts Yifter (ETH), Pat Manders (3rd) 1976: Suleiman Nyambui (TAN), Greg Fredericks (2nd) 1977: Suleiman Nyambui (TAN), Garry Bjorklund (3rd) 1978: Suleiman Nyambui (TAN), Marty Liquori (2nd) 1979: Marty Liquori
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Eamonn Coghlan (IRL), Bruce Bickford (3rd) 1981: Eamonn Coghlan (IRL), Dick Buerkle (2nd) 1982: Paul Cummings 1983: Doug Padilla 1984: Doug Padilla 1985: Doug Padilla 1986: Doug Padilla 1987: Doug Padilla 1988: Jim Spivey 1989: Steve Scott 1990: Doug Padilla 1991: Terry Brahm 1992: Doug Padilla
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Joe Falcon 1994: Moses Kiptanui (KEN), Matt Giusto (2nd) 1995: Bob Kennedy 1996: Bob Kennedy 1997: Todd Williams 1998: Dan Browne 1999: Adam Goucher 2000: Ray Appenheimer 2001: Tim Broe 2002: Tim Broe 2003: Jonathon Riley 2004: Jonathon Riley 2005: Jonathon Riley 2006: Adam Goucher 2007: Matt Tegenkamp 2008: Matt Tegenkamp 2009: David Torrence 2010: Bernard Lagat 2011: Bernard Lagat 2012: Bernard Lagat 2013: Will Leer 2014: Bernard Lagat 2015: Ryan Hill 2016: Ryan Hill 2017: Paul Chelimo 2018: Paul Chelimo 2019: Drew Hunter 2020: Paul Chelimo 2022: Cole Hocker 2023: Sam Prakel 2024: Yared Nuguse
Notes	* Events before 1906 are considered unofficial. Distances have varied as follows: 2 Miles (1899–1931) and odd numbered years since 2015, 5000 meters (1933–1939), 3 Miles 1932, (1940–1986), and 3000 meters (1987–2014) and even numbered years since 2014

Racewalking (mile walk, 3000 m walk, 2 miles walk, 3 miles walk)

USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in men's racewalking (1500 m walk, mile walk, 3000 m walk, 2 miles walk, 5000 m walk, 3 miles walk)
Mile walk (1500 m walk)	1907: Sam Liebgold 1908: Sam Liebgold 1909: Sam Liebgold 1920: Joseph Pearman 1921: Richard Remer 1922: William Plant 1923: William Plant 1924: William Plant 1925: Alexander Zellar 1926: Harry Hinkel 1927: William Plant 1928: Harry Hinkel 1929: Harry Hinkel 1930: Michael Pecora 1931: William Carlson 1932: Michael Pecora 1933: William Carlson 1934: Charles Eschenbach 1935: Henry Cieman (CAN), Charles Eschenbach (2nd) 1936: Charles Eschenbach 1937: Nat Jaeger 1938: Otto Kotraba 1939: Otto Kotraba 1940: Charles Eschenbach 1941: Nat Jaeger 1942: Al Cicerone 1943: Sune Carlsson (SWE), Joe Medgyesi (2nd) 1944: Joe Medgyesi 1945: Joe Medgyesi 1946: Joe Medgyesi 1947: Ernie Weber 1948: Henry Laskau 1949: Henry Laskau 1950: Henry Laskau 1951: Henry Laskau 1952: Henry Laskau 1953: Henry Laskau 1954: Henry Laskau 1955: Henry Laskau 1956: Henry Laskau 1957: Henry Laskau 1958: John Humcke 1959: John Humcke 1960: Frank Sipos (HUN), Jack Blackburn (2nd) 1961: Ronald Zinn 1962: Ronald Zinn 1963: Ronald Zinn 1964: Ron Laird 1965: Ronald Zinn 1966: Rudy Haluza 1967: Don DeNoon 1968: Ron Laird 1969: Dave Romansky 1970: Dave Romansky 1971: Ron Laird 1972: Dave Romansky 1973: Ron Daniel 2005: Tim Seaman 2006: Tim Seaman
3000 m walk (2 miles walk)	1913: Dick Gifford 1914: Richard Remer 1915: Edward Renz 1916: George Goulding (CAN), Edward Renz (2nd) 1917: Richard Remer 1918: Richard Remer 1919: Edward Renz 1974: Larry Walker 1975: Ron Daniel 1976: Ron Laird 1977: Todd Scully 1978: Todd Scully 1979: Todd Scully 1980: Todd Scully 1981: Ray Sharp 1982: Jim Heiring 1983: Ray Sharp 1984: Jim Heiring 1985: Jim Heiring 1986: Jim Heiring 2005: Tim Seaman 2006: Tim Seaman 2011: Patrick Stroupe 2012: Trevor Barron 2013: Tim Seaman 2015: Nick Christie 2016: John Nunn 2017: John Nunn 2018: Nick Christie 2019: Nick Christie 2020: Nick Christie 2023: Nick Christie 2024: Nick Christie
5000 m walk (3 miles walk)	1907: Sam Liebgold 1908: Sam Liebgold 1909: Sam Liebgold 1910: Sam Liebgold 1911: Frank Kaiser 1987: Tim Lewis 1988: Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN), Tim Lewis (2nd) 1989: Tim Lewis 1990: Tim Berrett (GBR), Doug Fournier (2nd) 1991: Doug Fournier 1992: Gary Morgan 1993: Allen James 1994: Jonathan Matthews 1995: Allen James 1996: Allen James 1997: Allen James 1998: Tim Seaman 1999: Tim Seaman 2000: Tim Seaman 2001: Tim Seaman 2002: Tim Seaman 2003: Tim Seaman 2004: Tim Seaman 2005: Tim Seaman 2006: Tim Seaman 2007: Tim Seaman 2008: Matthew Boyles 2009: Tim Seaman 2010: Tim Seaman
Notes	* From 1906 to 1979, events were conducted by the Amateur Athletic Union. Events from 1980 to 1992 were conducted under The Athletics Congress. Events thereafter were conducted by USA Track & Field. Distances have varied as follows: Mile walk all years except 1933-1939 when 1500 m walk was contested, 2 miles walk until 1986 (3000 m walk since except for odd years since 2015), 3 miles walk until 1911 (5000 m walk since).

Discontinued events

75 yards

In 1913, 1914, and 1915, the 75 yards was the only short sprint distance held. In other years, the 60 yards was held as a separate event in addition.

• 1906: Charles Seitz
• 1907: Charles Seitz
• 1908: Robert Cloughen
• 1909: William Keating
• 1910: Robert Cloughen
• 1911: Alvah Meyer
• 1913: Howard Drew
• 1914: Alvah Meyer
• 1915: Irvin Howe

150 yards

• 1906: Lawson Robertson
• 1907: Frank Lukeman (CAN), William Keating (2nd)
• 1908: John Eller
• 1909: John Eller
• 1910: Frank Lukeman (CAN), John Eller (2nd)

200 m

• 1994: Chris Nelloms
• 1995: Tod Long
• 1996: Kevin Little
• 1997: Rohsaan Griffin
• 1998: Ramon Clay
• 1999: Rohsaan Griffin
• 2000: Chris Chandler
• 2001: Coby Miller
• 2002: Shawn Crawford
• 2003: John Capel Jr.
• 2004: Jimmie Hackley

5 miles

• 1906: George Bonhag
• 1907: George Bonhag
• 1908: Tom Collins
• 1909: Tom Collins
• 1917: Heywood Holden
• 1918: Charles Pores

220 yards hurdles

• 1906: John Eller
• 1907: Forrest Smithson
• 1908: John Eller
• 1909: John Eller

440 yards hurdles (300 yards hurdles)

• 1906: Harry Hillman
• 1907: Harry Hillman
• 1908: John Eller
• 1909: John Hartranft
• 1910: William Robbins

3000 m steeplechase (2 miles steeplechase)

Distance was 2 miles except for 1933-1939. All events were run 'dry' with no water jump.

• 1925: Ville Ritola (FIN), Russell Payne (2nd)
• 1926: Emil Krogh
• 1927: Ove Anderson (FIN), Russell Payne (2nd)
• 1928: William Spencer
• 1929: Eino Purje (FIN), Franklin Osgood (3rd)
• 1930: Hans Assert
• 1931: Hans Assert
• 1932: Joe McCluskey
• 1933: Joe McCluskey
• 1934: Joe McCluskey
• 1935: Joe McCluskey
• 1936: Joe McCluskey
• 1937: Tom Deckard
• 1938: Joe McCluskey
• 1939: Tom Deckard
• 1940: Joe McCluskey
• 1941: Joe McCluskey

Discus throw

• 1909: Wesley Coe

References

Winners from 1906–2006

• "UNITED STATES INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
• "UNITED STATES INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 August 2024.

Official list (Archived)

• "USA Indoor Champions". USA Track & Field. Archived from the original on 2018-09-18.