Updated August 28, 2020 |
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Pole Vault
Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the men's pole vault competition from 1896 to the present.
| Year | Height | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | William Hoyt, USA | 10-10 | |
| 1900 | Irving Baxter, USA | 10-10 | |
| 1904 | Charles Dvorak, USA | 11- 53/4 | |
| 1906 | Fernand Gonder, FRA | 11- 53/4 | |
| 1908 | (TIE) Edward Cooke, USA | 12- 2 | |
| & Alfred Gilbert, USA | 12- 2 | OR | |
| 1912 | Harry Babcock, USA | 12-111/2 | OR |
| 1920 | Frank Foss, USA | 13- 5 | WR |
| 1924 | Lee Barnes, USA | 12-111/2 | |
| 1928 | Sabin Carr, USA | 13- 91/4 | OR |
| 1932 | Bill Miller, USA | 14- 13/4 | OR |
| 1936 | Earle Meadows, USA | 14- 31/4 | OR |
| 1948 | Guinn Smith, USA | 14- 11/4 | |
| 1952 | Bob Richards, USA | 14-11 | OR |
| 1956 | Bob Richards, USA | 14-111/2 | OR |
| 1960 | Don Bragg, USA | 15- 5 | OR |
| 1964 | Fred Hansen, USA | 16- 83/4 | OR |
| 1968 | Bob Seagren, USA | 17- 81/2 | OR |
| 1972 | Wolfgang Nordwig, E. Ger | 18- 01/2 | OR |
| 1976 | Tadeusz Slusarski, POL | 18- 01/2 | OR |
| 1980 | Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz, POL | 18-111/2 | WR |
| 1984 | Pierre Quinon, FRA | 18-101/4 | |
| 1988 | Sergey Bubka, USSR | 19- 41/4 | OR |
| 1992 | Maksim Tarasov, UT | 19- 01/4 | |
| 1996 | Jean Galfione, FRA | 19- 51/4 | OR |
| 2000 | Nick Hysong, USA | 19- 41/4 | |
| 2004 | Timothy Mack, USA | 19-61/4 | OR |
| 2008 | Steve Hooker, AUS | 19-61/2 | OR |
| 2012 | Renaud Lavillenie, FRA | 19-7 | OR |
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