Welles Hoyt

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Men’s Athletics
Gold Athens 1896 Pole vault

William Welles Hoyt (born May 7, 1875 – died December 1, 1954) was an American athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.

He competed in the pole vault, winning the event with a height of 3.30 metres.

Hoyt also ran the 110 metres hurdles. He placed second in his heat, after Thomas Curtis, but did not run in the final.

He received his secondary education at The Roxbury Latin School.

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Olympic Champions in the 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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