Irving Baxter

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Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Gold Paris 1900 High Jump
Gold Paris 1900 Pole Vault
Silver Paris 1900 Standing High Jump
Silver Paris 1900 Standing Long Jump
Silver Paris 1900 Standing Triple Jump

Irving Knot Baxter (March 25, 1876June 13, 1957) was an American athlete, who won the gold medal in both the men's high jump and the pole vault at the 1900 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France.

Olympic champions in men's high jump
1896: Ellery Clark | 1900: Irving Baxter | 1904: Samuel Jones | 1906: Cornelius Leahy | 1908: Harry Porter | 1912: Alma Richards | 1920: Richmond Landon | Harold Osborn | 1928: Robert King | 1932: Duncan McNaughton | 1936: Cornelius Johnson | 1948: John Winter | 1952: Walter Davis | 1956: Charles Dumas | 1960: Robert Shavlakadze | 1964: Valeriy Brumel | 1968: Dick Fosbury | 1972: Jüri Tarmak | 1976: Jacek Wszoła | 1980: Gerd Wessig | 1984: Dietmar Mögenburg | 1988: Gennadiy Avdeyenko | 1992: Javier Sotomayor | 1996: Charles Austin | 2000: Sergey Klyugin | 2004: Stefan Holm


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


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