American pole vaulter (1896–1978)
Edwin Earle Myers (December 18, 1896 – August 31, 1978) was an American athlete who competed in the men's pole vault . He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics and won bronze , behind Danish pole vaulter Henry Petersen who won silver. He attended Dartmouth College . He was born in Hinsdale, Illinois and died in Evanston, Illinois .[ 1]
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
1876–1878New York Athletic Club 1879–1888NAAAA 1888–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1980–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–onwardsUSA Track & Field Notes Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
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