Earle Meadows
![]() Earle Meadows at the 1936 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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Born | June 29, 1913 Corinth, Mississippi, U.S. | |||||||||||
Died | November 11, 1992 (aged 79) Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Southern California.[1] | |||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||
Weight | 159 lb (72 kg) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Pole vault | |||||||||||
Club | USC Trojans, Los Angeles | |||||||||||
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Earle Elmer Meadows (June 29, 1913 – November 11, 1992) was an American pole vaulter who won a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics. His winning vault is featured in Leni Riefenstahl's film Olympia.
Meadows had a long rivalry with Bill Sefton, his teammate from the University of Southern California. They shared the AAU title in 1935 and the NCAA title in 1935 and 1936. In May 1937 they both set a new world record at 4.48 m and then at 4.54 m. Meadows set two more world records (indoor) in 1941, winning three more times.. In 1948 he cleared 4.42 m, but later finished only sixth at the Olympic trials and thus was left out of the Olympic team. In retirement he ran a musical instrument business in Texas.[2] He was Inducted into the Texas Track and Field Coaches Hall of Fame, Class of 2016.[3]
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External links
Media related to Earle Meadows at Wikimedia Commons
- Earle Meadows at the USATF Hall of Fame (archived)
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- 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)
- 2024:
Armand Duplantis (SWE)
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Preceded by | Men's Pole Vault World Record Holder May 29, 1937 – April 13, 1940 | Succeeded by |
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