Harry Babcock (pole vaulter)
American pole vaulter (1890–1965)
Harry Babcock at the 1912 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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Born | December 15, 1890 Pelham Manor, New York, United States | |||||||||||
Died | June 5, 1965 (aged 74) Norwalk, Connecticut, United States | |||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Pole vault | |||||||||||
Club | NYAC, New York | |||||||||||
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Henry Stoddard Babcock (December 15, 1890 – June 5, 1965) was an American pole vaulter who won the gold medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics, setting an Olympic record at 3.95 meters.[1]
Babcock started as a long jumper, and only around 1910 changed to the pole vault. He graduated in engineering from Columbia University in 1912, and later worked as a salesman with a lumber company in Irvington, New York.[2]
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Olympic champions in men's pole vault
- 1896: William Hoyt (USA)
- 1900: Irving Baxter (USA)
- 1904: Charles Dvorak (USA)
- 1908: Edward Cook (USA)
1908: Alfred Gilbert (USA) - 1912: Harry Babcock (USA)
- 1920: Frank Foss (USA)
- 1924: Lee Barnes (USA)
- 1928: Sabin Carr (USA)
- 1932: Bill Miller (USA)
- 1936: Earle Meadows (USA)
- 1948: Guinn Smith (USA)
- 1952: Bob Richards (USA)
- 1956: Bob Richards (USA)
- 1960: Don Bragg (USA)
- 1964: Fred Hansen (USA)
- 1968: Bob Seagren (USA)
- 1972: Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR)
- 1976: Tadeusz Ślusarski (POL)
- 1980: Władysław Kozakiewicz (POL)
- 1984: Pierre Quinon (FRA)
- 1988: Sergey Bubka (URS)
- 1992: Maksim Tarasov (EUN)
- 1996: Jean Galfione (FRA)
- 2000: Nick Hysong (USA)
- 2004: Timothy Mack (USA)
- 2008: Steve Hooker (AUS)
- 2012: Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)
- 2016: Thiago Braz da Silva (BRA)
- 2020: Armand Duplantis (SWE)
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