Frank Foss (athlete)

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Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Gold Antwerp 1920 Pole vault

Frank Kent Foss (May 9, 1895 - April 5, 1989) was an American athlete who competed in the men's pole vault. He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics and won gold, beating Danish polevaulter Henry Petersen.

Olympic champions in men's pole vault
1896: Welles Hoyt | 1900: Irving Baxter | 1904: Charles Dvorak | 1906: Fernand Gonder | 1908: Edward Cook Alfred Gilbert | 1912: Harry Babcock | 1920: Frank Foss | 1924: Lee Barnes | 1928: Sabin Carr | 1932: William Miller | 1936: Earle Meadows | 1948: Guinn Smith | 1952: Bob Richards | 1956: Bob Richards | 1960: Don Bragg | 1964: Fred Hansen | 1968: Bob Seagren | 1972: Wolfgang Nordwig | 1976: Tadeusz Ślusarski | 1980: Władysław Kozakiewicz | 1984: Pierre Quinon | 1988: Sergei Bubka | 1992: Maksim Tarasov | 1996: Jean Galfione | 2000: Nick Hysong | 2004: Tim Mack