American pole vaulter (1920–2004)
Owen Guinn Smith (May 2, 1920 – January 20, 2004) was an Americanathlete , the1948 Olympic champion in thepole vault .[ 1]
Born inMcKinney, Texas , Smith moved toCalifornia when he was a child. He was originally ahigh jumper , butUC Berkeley , the university he wanted to attend, already had a strong high jumping team, so he took up pole vaulting. He won theNCAA championships in 1941, the year before he graduated as a history major. During the remainder ofWorld War II , Guinn Smith served as an air force pilot in Asia.
Smith, the 1947 national pole vault champion, was sent to the 1948 Olympics inLondon . During a rainy competition, Smith took the gold in his last attempt for 4.30 m (14 ft 11 ⁄4
He died at age 83 inSan Francisco ofemphysema .
Pole vault for distance Pole vault 1906 :Alfred Carlton Gilbert 1907 :Claude Allen 1908 :Charles Vezin Jr. 1909 :William Happeny (CAN) ,Harry Babcock (2nd)1910 :William Happeny (CAN) ,Theodore Babcock (2nd)1911 :Gordon Dukes 1925 :Paul Jones 1926 :Charles Hoff (NOR) ,Edwin Myers (2nd)1927 :Sabin Carr 1928 :Sabin Carr 1929 :Fred Sturdy 1930 :Fred Sturdy 1931 :Fred Sturdy 1932 :Fred Sturdy 1933 :Keith Brown ,Frank Pierce 1934 :Bill Graber 1935 :Ray Lowry ,Eldon Stutzman ,Oscar Sutermeister 1936 :David Hunn 1937 :Earle Meadows 1938 :Richard Ganslen 1939 :Cornelius Warmerdam 1940 :Earle Meadows 1941 :Earle Meadows 1942 :Boo Morcom 1943 :Cornelius Warmerdam 1944 :Jack DeField 1945 :Bill Moore 1946 :Bill Moore 1947 :Guinn Smith 1948 :Bob Richards 1949 :Boo Morcom 1950 :Bob Richards 1951 :Bob Richards 1952 :Bob Richards 1953 :Bob Richards 1954 :Jerry Welbourn 1955 :Bob Richards 1956 :Don Bragg ,Bob Richards 1957 :Bob Richards 1958 :Don Bragg ,Bob Gutowski 1959 :Don Bragg 1960 :Don Bragg 1961 :Don Bragg 1962 :Henry Wadsworth 1963 :Dave Tork 1964 :John Uelses 1965 :Billy Gene Pemelton 1966 :Bob Seagren 1967 :Bob Seagren 1968 :Dennis Phillips 1969 :Peter Chen 1970 :Bob Seagren 1971 :Dick Railsback 1972 :Kjell Isaksson (SWE) ,Steve Smith (3rd)1973 :Steve Smith 1974 :Vic Dias 1975 :Roland Carter 1976 :Roland Carter 1977 :Larry Jessee 1978 :Larry Jessee 1979 :Dan Ripley 1980 :Earl Bell 1981 :Thierry Vigneron (FRA) ,Dan Ripley (3rd)1982 :Billy Olson 1983 :Billy Olson 1984 :Sergey Bubka (URS) ,Earl Bell (3rd)1985 :Doug Lytle 1986 :Sergey Bubka (URS) ,Brad Pursley (5th)1987 :Earl Bell 1988 :Radion Gataullin (URS) ,Dave Kenworthy (2nd)1989 :Radion Gataullin (URS) ,Billy Olson (2nd)1990 :István Bagyula (HUN) ,Tim Bright (2nd)1991 :Kory Tarpenning 1992 :Dean Starkey 1993 :Greg West 1994 :Kory Tarpenning 1995 :Nick Hysong 1996 :Pat Manson 1997 :Lawrence Johnson 1998 :Scott Hennig 1999 :Jeff Hartwig 2000 :Lawrence Johnson 2001 :Lawrence Johnson 2002 :Timothy Mack 2003 :Derek Miles 2004 :Toby Stevenson 2005 :Brad Walker 2006 :Brad Walker 2007 :Jeff Hartwig 2008 :Brad Walker 2009 :Jeremy Scott 2010 :Timothy Mack 2011 :Mark Hollis 2012 :Brad Walker 2013 :Jordan Scott 2014 :Mark Hollis 2015 :Sam Kendricks 2016 :Sam Kendricks 2017 :Sam Kendricks 2018 :Scott Houston 2019 :Andrew Irwin 2020 :Matt Ludwig 2022 :Chris Nilsen 2023 :Sam Kendricks 2024 :Chris Nilsen Notes
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