Billy Olson
File:Billy Olson 1984.jpg Olson in 1984
Born (1958-07-19 ) July 19, 1958 (age 67) Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) Weight 73 kg (161 lb) Sport Athletics Event
Pole vault Club Mazda Optimist Track Club, Toronto Personal best 5.93 m (1986)[ 2]
Billy Richard Olson (born July 19, 1958) is a retired American Olympic pole vaulter who held several world records , including the first 19-foot indoor pole vault.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] 1988 Summer Olympics , and was to have been part of the U.S. team for the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics .
Olson vaulted for Abilene High School and Abilene Christian University , from which he graduated.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
^ Billy Olson sports-reference.com^ a b Billy Olson . trackfield.brinkster.net^ Al Pickett. "Abilene has produced more than its share of stars," Archived October 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Abilene Reporter-News , December 24, 1999.
^ Frank Litsky. "Billy Olson is inching ahead on way to a 19-foot vault," The New York Times , February 22, 1982, page C6, column 1 (late city final edition).
^ ACU Centennial: Billy Olson Archived May 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine ^ Ted Dunnam. "Coaching by Hood vaulted ACU over top," Archived February 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Abilene Reporter-News , June 25, 2000.
^ All-Time U.S. Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault Archived December 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine , ranked #1 in the world for 1982.^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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Pole vault for distance Pole vault
1906 : Alfred Carlton Gilbert 1907 : Claude Allen 1908 : Charles Vezin Jr. 1909 : File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg William Happeny (CAN ) , Harry Babcock (2nd)1910 : File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg William Happeny (CAN ) , Theodore Babcock (2nd)1911 : Gordon Dukes 1925 : Paul Jones 1926 : File:Flag of Norway.svg 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 : File:Flag of Sweden.svg 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 : File:Flag of France.svg Thierry Vigneron (FRA ) , Dan Ripley (3rd)1982 : Billy Olson 1983 : Billy Olson 1984 : File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Sergey Bubka (URS ) , Earl Bell (3rd)1985 : Doug Lytle 1986 : File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Sergey Bubka (URS ) , Brad Pursley (5th)1987 : Earl Bell 1988 : File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Radion Gataullin (URS ) , Dave Kenworthy (2nd)1989 : File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Radion Gataullin (URS ) , Billy Olson (2nd)1990 : File:Flag of Hungary.svg 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 .
Qualification Men's track Men's Women's track Women's Coaches
USTFCCCA Collegiate Track & Field/Cross Country Athlete Hall of Fame
Class of 2022 Class of 2023 Class of 2024
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