November 11, 1992 (aged 79) Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater
University of Southern California.[1]
Height
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight
159 lb (72 kg)
Sport
Sport
Pole vault
Club
USC Trojans, Los Angeles
Medal record
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
1936 Berlin
Pole vault
Earle Elmer Meadows (June 29, 1913 – November 11, 1992) was an American pole vaulter who won a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics. His winning vault is featured in Leni Riefenstahl's film Olympia.
Meadows had a long rivalry with Bill Sefton, his teammate from the University of Southern California. They shared the AAU title in 1935 and the NCAA title in 1935 and 1936. In May 1937 they both set a new world record at 4.48 m and then at 4.54 m. Meadows set two more world records (indoor) in 1941, winning three more times.. In 1948 he cleared 4.42 m, but later finished only sixth at the Olympic trials and thus was left out of the Olympic team. In retirement he ran a musical instrument business in Texas.[2] He was Inducted into the Texas Track and Field Coaches Hall of Fame, Class of 2016.[3]
^USC OLYMPIANS: 1904–2004 Archived 2018-09-16 at the Wayback Machine, USC Trojans Athletic Department, Accessed August 13, 2008.
^Earle Meadows. sports-reference.com
^"TX TF Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
Earle Elmer Meadows (June 29, 1913 – November 11, 1992) was an American pole vaulter who won a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics. His winning vault is featured...
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Statistics". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 25 January 2019. Note: EarleMeadows cleared the same height minutes later in the same competition Note:...
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the high jump. Delos Thurber – Won 1 bronze medal in the high jump. EarleMeadows – Won 1 gold medal in the pole vault. Ken Carpenter – Won 1 gold medal...
28 m (14 ft 1⁄2 in) 1935 EarleMeadows Southern Cal & 4.30 m (14 ft 1+1⁄4 in) William Sefton Southern Cal 1936 EarleMeadows Southern Cal & 4.31 m (14 ft...
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Dreyer Gordon Dunn Don Favor Sam Francis Bill Graber Cornelius Johnson EarleMeadows Malcolm Metcalf Glenn Morris Jesse Owens Jack Parker Rolland Romero...
1912 – John Toland, American historian and author (d. 2004) 1913 – EarleMeadows, American pole vaulter (d. 1992) 1914 – Rafael Kubelík, Czech-American...
Dreyer Gordon Dunn Don Favor Sam Francis Bill Graber Cornelius Johnson EarleMeadows Malcolm Metcalf Glenn Morris Jesse Owens Jack Parker Rolland Romero...
Dreyer Gordon Dunn Don Favor Sam Francis Bill Graber Cornelius Johnson EarleMeadows Malcolm Metcalf Glenn Morris Jesse Owens Jack Parker Rolland Romero...
Dreyer Gordon Dunn Don Favor Sam Francis Bill Graber Cornelius Johnson EarleMeadows Malcolm Metcalf Glenn Morris Jesse Owens Jack Parker Rolland Romero...
Dreyer Gordon Dunn Don Favor Sam Francis Bill Graber Cornelius Johnson EarleMeadows Malcolm Metcalf Glenn Morris Jesse Owens Jack Parker Rolland Romero...
championships with a new meeting record of 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m). Sefton and EarleMeadows were teammates at the University of Southern California and collectively...
Dreyer Gordon Dunn Don Favor Sam Francis Bill Graber Cornelius Johnson EarleMeadows Malcolm Metcalf Glenn Morris Jesse Owens Jack Parker Rolland Romero...
Dreyer Gordon Dunn Don Favor Sam Francis Bill Graber Cornelius Johnson EarleMeadows Malcolm Metcalf Glenn Morris Jesse Owens Jack Parker Rolland Romero...
Dreyer Gordon Dunn Don Favor Sam Francis Bill Graber Cornelius Johnson EarleMeadows Malcolm Metcalf Glenn Morris Jesse Owens Jack Parker Rolland Romero...
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