Harry Babcock

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the American football player, see Harry Babcock (football player) .

Harry Babcock
Harry Babcock (1912)
Full name	Henry Stoddard Babcock
nation	United States
birthday	December 15, 1890
place of birth	Pelham Manor (New York),  USA
size	188 cm
Weight	75 kg
date of death	June 5, 1965
Place of death	Norwalk (Connecticut) , USA
Career
discipline	Pole vault
Best performance	Pole vault: 3.95 m
society	New York Athletic Club
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Olympic games gold Stockholm 1912 Pole vault

Harry Babcock (actually Harold Stoddard Babcock ; born December 15, 1890 in Pelham Manor , New York , † June 5, 1965 in Norwalk , Connecticut ) was an American pole vaulter and Olympic champion .

In 1911 Babcock was world best of the year with 3.86 meters, Leyland Scott's unofficial world record was 3.93 meters.

The official world records were only introduced the following year. The American Marc Wright was the first official world record holder with 4.02 meters, set up at the US trials. At the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912, however, Wright 3.85 meters was only enough for a silver medal. Because Babcock jumped 3.95 meters and won gold. Babcock also competed in the decathlon , but gave up after three competitions.

Harry Babcock was 1.88 m tall and weighed 75 kg during his playing days. He graduated from Columbia University with an engineering degree and worked as a timber merchant in Irvington, New York.

literature

• Bill Mallon , Ian Buchanan : Quest for Gold. New York 1984, ISBN 0-88011-217-4 .
• Ekkehard zur Megede : The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics. Berlin 1999.

Web links

• Harry Babcock in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Harry Babcock at the 1912 Olympics