Pole Vault

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff Updated by an Factmonster Editor on February 21, 2017

1896	William Hoyt, United States	10 ft 9.75 in
1900	Irving Baxter, United States	10 ft 9.875 in
1904	Charles Dvorak, United States	11 ft 6 in
1906	Fernand Gouder, France	11 ft 6 in
1908	Alfred Gilbert, United States, and Edward Cook, United States (tie)	12 ft 2 in
1912	Harry Babcock, United States	12 ft 11.5 in
1920	Frank Foss, United States	13 ft 5.5625 in
1924	Lee Barnes, United States	12 ft 11.5 in
1928	Sabin W. Carr, United States	13 ft 9.375 in
1932	William Miller, United States	14 ft 1.875 in
1936	Earle Meadows, United States	14 ft 3.25 in
1948	Guinn Smith, United States	14 ft 0.25 in
1952	Robert Richards, United States	14 ft 11.125 in
1956	Robert Richards, United States	14 ft 11.5 in
1960	Don Bragg, United States	15 ft 5.125 in
1964	Fred Hansen, United States	16 ft 8.75 in
1968	Bob Seagren, United States	17 ft 8.5 in
1972	Wolfgang Nordwig, East Germany	18 ft 0.5 in
1976	Tadeusz Slusarski, Poland	18 ft 0.5 in
1980	Wladyslaw Kozakiewics, Poland	18 ft 11.5 in
1984	Pierre Quinon, France	18 ft 10.25 in
1988	Sergei Bubka, USSR	19 ft 4.25 in
1992	Maxim Tarassov, Unified Team¹	19 ft 0.25 in
1996	Jean Galfione, France	19 ft 5.25 in
2000	Nick Hysong, United States	19 ft 4.25 in
2004	Tim Mack, United States	19 ft 6.25 in
2008	Steve Hooker, Australia	19 ft 6.64 in

1. Former Soviet Union team.

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