| Olympic Men's Pole Vault | |||
| year | athlete | country | height (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | William Hoyt | US | 3.30 |
| 1900 | Irving Baxter | US | 3.30 |
| 1904 | Charles Dvorak | US | 3.50 |
| 1906 | Fernand Gonder | France | 3.50 |
| 1908 | Edward Cooke & Alfred Gilbert (tie) | US | 3.71 |
| 1912 | Harry Babcock | US | 3.95 |
| 1916 | – | – | – |
| 1920 | Frank Foss | US | 4.09 |
| 1924 | Lee Barnes | US | 3.95 |
| 1928 | Sabin Carr | US | 4.20 |
| 1932 | Bill Miller | US | 4.31 |
| 1936 | Earle Meadows | US | 4.35 |
| 1940 | – | – | – |
| 1944 | – | – | – |
| 1948 | Guinn Smith | US | 4.30 |
| 1952 | Bob Richards | US | 4.55 |
| 1956 | Bob Richards | US | 4.56 |
| 1960 | Don Bragg | US | 4.70 |
| 1964 | Fred Hansen | US | 5.10 |
| 1968 | Bob Seagren | US | 5.40 |
| 1972 | Wolfgang Nordwig | East Germany | 5.64 |
| 1976 | Tadeusz Slusarski | Poland | 5.64 |
| 1980 | Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz | Poland | 5.78 |
| 1984 | Pierre Quinon | France | 5.75 |
| 1988 | Sergei Bubka | USSR | 5.90 |
| 1992 | Maksim Tarasov | Russia | 5.87 |
| 1996 | Jean Galfione | France | 5.92 |
| 2000 | Nick Hysong | US | 5.90 |
| 2004 | Timothy Mack | US | 5.95 |
| 2008 | Steve Hooker | Australia | 5.96 |