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]
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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), (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
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1876–1878 New York Athletic Club |
- 1877: George McNichol
- 1878: Alfred Ing
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1879–1888 NAAAA |
- 1879–81: William Van Houten
- 1882: B.F. Richardson
- 1883–86: Hugh Baxter
- 1887: Tom Ray (GBR) & Hugh Baxter
- 1888Note 1: G.B. Quinn
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1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union | |
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1980–1992 The Athletics Congress | |
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1993–onwards USA Track & Field | |
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- 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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