NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships – Men's pole vault


This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the pole vault. Measurement of the jumps was conducted in imperial distances until 1975. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were measured in metric distances.

Champions

;Key:
YearName, TeamHeight
1921Truman GardnerYale
1921Eldon JenneWash St
1921Longino WelchGeorgia Tech &
1921Lloyd WilderWisconsin
1922John LandowskiMichigan &
1922Allen "Brick" NorrisCalifornia
1923James BrookerMichigan &
1923Earle McKownEmporia St
1924not held-
1925Royal BouschorNorthwestern
1925Kenneth LancasterMissouri
1925Earle McKownEmporia St
1925Philip NorthrupMichigan &
1925Frank PottsOklahoma
1926Paul HarringtonNotre Dame
1927William DroegemullerNorthwestern
1928Ward EdmondsStanford
1929Ward EdmondsStanford &
1929Tom WarneNorthwestern
1930Tom WarneNorthwestern
1931William GraberSouthern Cal
1931Verne McDermontIllinois &
1931Tom WarneNorthwestern
1932Bryce BeecherIndiana
1933Matt GordyLouisiana St &
1933William GraberSouthern Cal
1934Jack RandSan Diego St
1935Earle MeadowsSouthern Cal &
1935William SeftonSouthern Cal
1936Earle MeadowsSouthern Cal &
1936William SeftonSouthern Cal
1937William SeftonSouthern Cal
1938Loring DaySouthern Cal
1939Richard GanslenColumbia
1940Kenneth DillsSouthern Cal
1941Harold HuntNebraska &
1941Guinn SmithCalifornia
1942Jack DeFieldMinnesota
1943Jack DeFieldMinnesota
1944Phillip AndersonNotre Dame4.11 m
1944William BlackwellOberlin4.11 m
1944Robert PhelpsIllinois &4.11 m
1944John SchmidtOhio St4.11 m
1945Robert PhelpsIllinois4.11 m
1946Bill MooreNorthwestern
1947Robert HartSouthern CalA
1947Ray MaggardUCLAA
1947Bill MooreNorthwesternA
1947Richmond "Boo" MorcomNew HampshireA
1947George RasmussenOregon &A
1947Bob RichardsIllinoisA
1948Warren BatemanColorado &
1948George RasmussenOregon
1949Bobby SmithSan Diego St
1950Bobby SmithSan Diego St
1951Don LazIllinois
1952Dick ColemanIllinois
1952Lyle DickeyOregon St
1952Dave MartindaleIdaho
1952Bill PriddySan Jose St &
1952Gordon RiddellColorado St
1953Fred BarnesFresno St
1954Lawrence AndersonCalifornia &
1954Earl PoucherFlorida
1955Don BraggVillanova
1956Jim GrahamOklahoma St &
1956Bob GutowskiOccidental
1957Bob GutowskiOccidental
1958Robert DavisMissouri
1958Gene FreudenthalSouthern Cal
1958Jim JohnstonPurdue &
1958Stanley LyonsOhio St
1959Jim GrahamOklahoma St
1960J.D. MartinOklahoma
1961Jim BrewerSouthern Cal
1961George DaviesOklahoma St &
1961Dick GearSan Jose St
1962John BelitzaMaryland
1962Dexter ElkinsSouthern Meth
1962Fred HansenRice &-
1962Don MeyersColorado-
1963Brian SternbergWashingtonA
1964John UelsesLa Salle
1965Bill FosdickSouthern Cal
1966Chuck RogersColorado
1967Bob SeagrenSouthern CalA
1968Jon VaughanUCLA
1969Bob SeagrenSouthern Cal
1970Jan JohnsonKansasi
1971Dave RobertsRice
1972Dave RobertsRice
1973Dave RobertsRice
1974Ed LipscombOregon St
1975Earl BellArkansas StA
1976Earl BellArkansas St
1977Earl BellArkansas St
1978Mike TullyUCLA
1979Paul PillaArkansas St
1980Randy HallTexas A&M
1981Dave VolzIndiana
1982Dave KenworthySouthern CalA
1983Felix Böhni San Jose St
1984Joe DialOklahoma St
1985Joe DialOklahoma St
1986Jeff PascoeArkansas
1987Doug FraleyFresno St
1988Kelly RileyArkansas St
1989Tim McMichaelOklahomaA
1990István Bagyula George Mason
1991István Bagyula George Mason
1992István Bagyula George Mason
1993Mark BuseIndiana
1994Nick HysongArizona St
1995Lawrence JohnsonTennessee
1996Lawrence JohnsonTennessee
1997Clark HumphreysAuburn
1998Toby StevensonStanford
1999Jacob DavisTexas
2000Russ BullerLouisiana St
2001Dennis Kholev Southern Cal
2002Brian HunterTexas
2003Eric EshbachNebraska
2004Tommy SkipperOregon
2005Robison Pratt BYU
2006Tommy SkipperOregon
2007Tommy SkipperOregon
2008Maston WallaceTexas
2009Jason ColwickRice
2010Jordan ScottKansas
2011Scott RothWashington
2012Jack WhittOral Roberts
2013Sam KendricksMississippi
2014Sam KendricksMississippi
2015Shawn Barber Akron
2016Jake BlankenshipTennessee
2017Matthew LudwigAkron