Frank Foss (athletics)
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Athletics | |||
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| 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.
Foss graduated from Cornell University in 1917, where he was also a member of the Quill and Dagger society.
| Olympic champions in men's pole vault |
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| 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 |
Categories: 1895 births | 1989 deaths | Athletes at the 1920 Summer Olympics | American track and field athletes | Pole vaulters | Olympic competitors for the United States | Olympic gold medalists for the United States | Cornell University alumni | United States track and field athletics biography stubs
