Pole Vault History at the Summer Olympic Games
1896 Athens 1.William Hoyt (USA) 3.30 OR
1920 Antwerpen 1.Frank Foss (USA) 4.09 WR
1928 Amsterdam 1.Sabin Carr (USA) 4.20 OR
1936 Berlin 1.Earle Meadows (USA) 4.35 OR
1952 Helsinki 1.Bob Richards (USA) 4.55 OR
1968 Mexico 1.Bob Seagren (USA) 5.40 OR
1972 Munich 1.Wolfgang Nordwig (DDR) 5.50 OR 2.Bob Seagren (USA) 5.40
1980 Moscow 1.Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz (POL) 5.78 WR
1985 Sergei Bubka 6.00 WR
1988 Seoul 1.Sergei Bubka (UKR) 5.90 OR
1996 Atlanta 1.Jean Galfione (FRA) 5.92 OR
2000 Sydney 1.Nick Hysong (USA) 5.90
1994 Sestriere Sergei Bubka 6.14
America racked up an incredible sequence by winning every mens Olympic title from 1896 to 1968.
Robert “Bob” Richards the only two-time Olympic gold medal winner in the pole vault.
- Millrose Games Track & Field Results
- 2001 IAAF World Outdoor Championship Pole Vault – Edmonton
- Joe Dial Pole Vaulting Indoors 1986