|
Year |
Host city |
Gold medallist |
Country |
Height(m) |
|
1896 |
Athens |
William Welles Hoyt |
USA |
3.30 |
|
1900 |
Paris |
Irving Baxter |
USA |
3.30 |
|
1904 |
St Louis |
Charles Dvorak |
USA |
3.50 |
|
1908 |
London |
Edward Cooke Albert Gilbert |
USA USA |
3.71 3.71 |
|
1912 |
Stockholm |
Harry Babcock |
USA |
3.95 |
|
1916 |
No Games (World War I) |
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1920 |
Antwerp |
Frank Foss |
USA |
4.09 |
|
1924 |
Paris |
Lee Barnes |
USA |
3.95 |
|
1928 |
Amsterdam |
Sabin Carr |
USA |
4.20 |
|
1932 |
Los Angeles |
William Miller |
USA |
4.31 |
|
1936 |
Berlin |
Earle Meadows |
USA |
4.35 |
|
1940 |
No Games (World War II) |
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1944 |
No Games (World War II) |
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|
1948 |
London |
O Guinn Smith |
USA |
4.30 |
|
1952 |
Helsinki |
Robert Richards |
USA |
4.55 |
|
1956 |
Melbourne |
Robert Richards |
USA |
4.56 |
|
1960 |
Rome |
Donald Bragg |
USA |
4.70 |
|
1964 |
Tokyo |
Fred Hansen |
USA |
5.10 |
|
1968 |
Mexico City |
Robert Seagren |
USA |
5.40 |
|
1972 |
Munich |
Wolfgang Nordwig |
GDR |
5.50 |
|
1976 |
Montreal |
Tadeusz Slusarski |
POL |
5.50 |
|
1980 |
Moscow |
Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz |
POL |
5.78 |
|
1984 |
Los Angeles |
Pierre Quinon |
FRA |
5.75 |
|
1988 |
Seoul |
Sergei Bubka |
URS |
5.90 |
|
1992 |
Barcelona |
Maxim Tarassov |
EUN |
5.80 |
|
1996 |
Atlanta |
Jean Galfione |
FRA |
5.92 |
|
2000 |
Sydney |
Nick Hysong |
USA |
5.90 |
| 2004 |
Athens |
Tim Mack |
USA |
5.95 |