Tadeusz Ślusarski
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's athletics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Montreal 1976 | Pole Vault | |
| Silver | Moscow 1980 | Pole Vault | |
Tadeusz Ślusarski (May 19, 1950 – August 17, 1998) was a Polish Olympic gold medalist in pole vault at the 1976 Olympics, as well as a silver medalist at the 1980 Olympics (behind another Polish champion Władysław Kozakiewicz).
He died in a car crash together with the Polish shot put gold medalist from Munich 1972, Władysław Komar.
| 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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