Bob Gutowski
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Born | 25 April 1935 | ||||||||||||||
Died | August 2, 1960(1960-08-02) (aged 25) | ||||||||||||||
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Robert Allen "Bob" Gutowski (25 April 1935 – 2 August 1960) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. He competed for the United States in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the Pole Vault where he won the silver medal behind Bob Richards' second consecutive gold medal, after finishing fourth in the US Olympic Trials and only getting to the games on the withdrawal of Jim Graham.
He attended Occidental College in Los Angeles where he won the NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 1956 (tied) and 1957. He set the World Record in the pole vault on April 27, 1957. Later in 1957 he cleared the highest height ever cleared with a "straight" pole at 15'9.75" though that mark was never ratified as a World Record because the pole passed under the bar.[1]
In 1980, Bob Gutowski was inducted into the National Polish American Sports Hall of Fame.[2] He is also a member of the Occidental College Track and Field Hall of Fame.[3]
He was killed in a head-on collision by a drunk driver at Camp Pendleton on 2 August 1960 while serving as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserves.[4]
References
- ^ "On Track 2011 Field and Track Catalog Online". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
- ^ "Bob Gutowski « National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame and Museum". Archived from the original on 2012-08-15. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
- ^ "Occidental College Track and Field Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2019-09-12. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- ^ "Bob Gutowski, Track Star, Killed in Auto Crash; He Held the World's Record for the Pole Vault". New York Times. 3 Aug 1960.
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bob Gutowski". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- National Polish-American Sports HOF profile
- Crane, Ralph (photographer) (July 1, 1957). "Views along a pole". Life. Vol. 43, no. 1. Time-Life. pp. 13–16. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
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Preceded by Cornelius Warmerdam | Men's Pole Vault World Record Holder April 27, 1957 – July 2, 1960 | Succeeded by Don Bragg |
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- 1906: Martin Sheridan
- 1907: Martin Sheridan
- 1908: Willard McLeod
- 1909: Harry Babcock
- 1910: Platt Adams
- 1911: Harry Babcock
- 1913: Platt Adams
- 1914: Platt Adams
- 1915: Platt Adams
- 1906: Alfred Carlton Gilbert
- 1907: Claude Allen
- 1908: Charles Vezin Jr.
- 1909: William Happeny (CAN), Harry Babcock (2nd)
- 1910: William Happeny (CAN), Theodore Babcock (2nd)
- 1911: Gordon Dukes
- 1925: Paul Jones
- 1926: Charles Hoff (NOR), Edwin Myers (2nd)
- 1927: Sabin Carr
- 1928: Sabin Carr
- 1929: Fred Sturdy
- 1930: Fred Sturdy
- 1931: Fred Sturdy
- 1932: Fred Sturdy
- 1933: Keith Brown, Frank Pierce
- 1934: Bill Graber
- 1935: Ray Lowry, Eldon Stutzman, Oscar Sutermeister
- 1936: David Hunn
- 1937: Earle Meadows
- 1938: Richard Ganslen
- 1939: Cornelius Warmerdam
- 1940: Earle Meadows
- 1941: Earle Meadows
- 1942: Boo Morcom
- 1943: Cornelius Warmerdam
- 1944: Jack DeField
- 1945: Bill Moore
- 1946: Bill Moore
- 1947: Guinn Smith
- 1948: Bob Richards
- 1949: Boo Morcom
- 1950: Bob Richards
- 1951: Bob Richards
- 1952: Bob Richards
- 1953: Bob Richards
- 1954: Jerry Welbourn
- 1955: Bob Richards
- 1956: Don Bragg, Bob Richards
- 1957: Bob Richards
- 1958: Don Bragg, Bob Gutowski
- 1959: Don Bragg
- 1960: Don Bragg
- 1961: Don Bragg
- 1962: Henry Wadsworth
- 1963: Dave Tork
- 1964: John Uelses
- 1965: Billy Gene Pemelton
- 1966: Bob Seagren
- 1967: Bob Seagren
- 1968: Dennis Phillips
- 1969: Peter Chen
- 1970: Bob Seagren
- 1971: Dick Railsback
- 1972: Kjell Isaksson (SWE), Steve Smith (3rd)
- 1973: Steve Smith
- 1974: Vic Dias
- 1975: Roland Carter
- 1976: Roland Carter
- 1977: Larry Jessee
- 1978: Larry Jessee
- 1979: Dan Ripley
- 1980: Earl Bell
- 1981: Thierry Vigneron (FRA), Dan Ripley (3rd)
- 1982: Billy Olson
- 1983: Billy Olson
- 1984: Sergey Bubka (URS), Earl Bell (3rd)
- 1985: Doug Lytle
- 1986: Sergey Bubka (URS), Brad Pursley (5th)
- 1987: Earl Bell
- 1988: Radion Gataullin (URS), Dave Kenworthy (2nd)
- 1989: Radion Gataullin (URS), Billy Olson (2nd)
- 1990: István Bagyula (HUN), Tim Bright (2nd)
- 1991: Kory Tarpenning
- 1992: Dean Starkey
- 1993: Greg West
- 1994: Kory Tarpenning
- 1995: Nick Hysong
- 1996: Pat Manson
- 1997: Lawrence Johnson
- 1998: Scott Hennig
- 1999: Jeff Hartwig
- 2000: Lawrence Johnson
- 2001: Lawrence Johnson
- 2002: Timothy Mack
- 2003: Derek Miles
- 2004: Toby Stevenson
- 2005: Brad Walker
- 2006: Brad Walker
- 2007: Jeff Hartwig
- 2008: Brad Walker
- 2009: Jeremy Scott
- 2010: Timothy Mack
- 2011: Mark Hollis
- 2012: Brad Walker
- 2013: Jordan Scott
- 2014: Mark Hollis
- 2015: Sam Kendricks
- 2016: Sam Kendricks
- 2017: Sam Kendricks
- 2018: Scott Houston
- 2019: Andrew Irwin
- 2020: Matt Ludwig
- 2022: Chris Nilsen
- 2023: Sam Kendricks
- 2024: Chris Nilsen
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