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Robert Eugene Richards (February 20, 1926 – February 26, 2023) was an American athlete, minister, and politician. He made three U.S. Olympic Teams in two events: the 1948, 1952, and 1956 Summer Olympics as a pole vaulter and as a decathlete in 1956. [1]
The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was held on Tuesday July 22, 1952. [2] The event was won by Bob Richards of the United States, the nation's 12th consecutive victory in the men's pole vault.
The event was won by Bob Richards of the United States, the nation's 13th consecutive victory in the event. Richards was the first (and, through 2016, only) man to successfully defend Olympic gold in the pole vault; he was also the first (and, through 2016, only) man to win three total medals in the event.
Bob Richards United States: 4.55 m OR: Don Laz United States: 4.50 m Ragnar Lundberg Sweden: 4.40 m Long jump details: Jerome Biffle United States: 7.57 m Meredith Gourdine United States: 7.53 m Ödön Földessy Hungary: 7.30 m Triple jump details: Adhemar da Silva Brazil: 16.22 m WR: Leonid Shcherbakov Soviet Union: 15.98 m Asnoldo Devonish ...
Richards missed out on the 200m freestyle title by just 0.02 seconds - as well as finishing 4th and 5th in two relays. Richards will return home now with another big event on the horizon - he gets ...
Bob Richards — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault; Parry O'Brien — Athletics, Men's Shot Put; Millie McDaniel — Athletics, Women's High Jump; Dick Boushka, Carl Cain, Chuck Darling, William Evans, Gib Ford, Burdette Haldorson, Bill Hougland, Bob Jeangerard, K C Jones, Bill Russell, Ron Tomsic, and Jim Walsh — Basketball, Men's Team
Boo Morcom was the favorite in London, having won the 1945, 1947, and 1948 AAU championships (the last tied with Bob Richards) and tied the Olympic trials with Guinn Smith. However, Morcom was injured at the Games. [1] Iceland and Puerto Rico each made their first appearance in the event.
Veteran sportscaster Bob Costas has made his opinion on this year’s Winter Olympics set to take place in China extremely clear. The longtime sportscaster, who has been on hand for some notable ...