Fred Hansen

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Medal record
Fred Hansen
Fred Hansen
Men's Athletics
Competitor for Flag of the United States United States
Olympic Games
Gold 1964 Tokyo Pole vault

Fred Morgan Hansen (born 29 December 1940) is an American former athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault.

He competed for the United States in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the pole vault where he won the gold medal. He currently is a practicing dentist in Houston, Texas, in the Memorial area of town.

Records
Preceded by
Flag of the United States John Pennel		 Men's Pole Vault World Record Holder
June 5, 1964 – May 14, 1966		 Succeeded by
Flag of the United States Bob Seagren


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Olympic Champions in the Men's Pole Vault
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
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