
USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions
Men's Pole Vault
| 2007 | 5.70m / 18-8.25 | Brad Walker | Nike |
| 2006 | 5.80m / 19-0.25 | Russ Buller | Asics |
| 2005 | 5.75m / 18-10.25 | Brad Walker | Nike |
| 2004 | 5.90m / 19-4.25 | Timothy Mack | Nike |
| 2003 | 5.70m / 18-8.25 | Jeff Hartwig | Nike |
| 2002 | 19-2 | Jeff Hartwig | Nike |
| 2001 | 19-2.25 | Lawrence Johnson | adidas |
| 2000 | 19-1.5 | Lawrence Johnson | adidas |
| 1999 | 19-9 | Jeff Hartwig | Nike |
| 1998 | 19-2.25 | Jeff Hartwig | Bell Athletics |
| 1997 | 19-4.25 | Lawrence Johnson | adidas |
| 1996 | 19-0.25 | Lawrence Johnson | Tennessee |
| 1995 | 19-0.25 | Scott Huffman | Foot Locker |
| 1994 | 19-7 | Scott Huffman | Ft Locker |
| 1993 | 18-8.25 | Scott Huffman | Mizuno |
| 1992 | 19-0.25 | Tim Bright | Mizuno TC |
| 1991 | 18-8.25 | Tim Bright | Mizuno TC |
| 1990 | 18-10 | Earl Bell | Pacific CC |
| 1989 | 19-0 | Kory Tarpenning | Pac CC |
| 1988 | 18-6.5 | Kory Tarpenning | Pac CC |
| 1987 | 19-0.25 | Joe Dial | Athletics West |
| 1986 | 19-0.25 | Mike Tully | NYAC |
| 1985 | 18-9.25 | Joe Dial | Athletics West |
| 1984 | 19-0.25 | Earl Bell | Pac Coast Cl |
| 1983 | 18-0.5 | Jeff Buckingham | Ath.Attic |
| 1982 | 18-9.25 | Billy Olson | Pac Coast |
| 18-9.25 | Dan Ripley | Pac Coast | |
| 1981 | 18-2.5 | Billy Olson | Pac Coast |
| 1980 | 18-2.5 | Tom Hintnaus | AF Strid |
| 1979 | 18-0.5 | Mike Tully | IAA |
| 1978 | 18-3 | Dan Ripley | Pac Coast Cl |
| 1977 | 18-2 | Mike Tully | UCLA |
| 1976 | 17-10.25 | Earl Bell | Ark. State |
| 1975 | 17-6 | Don Baird | Lg Bch St/AUS |
| 1974 | 17-6 | Dave Roberts | Gulf CoastTC |
| 1973 | 17-4 | Mike Cotton | Florida |
| 1972 | 18-0.25 | Dave Roberts | Rice |
| 1971 | 17-0 | Jan Johnson | UCTC |
| 1970 | 17-2 | Bob Seagren | SC Striders |
| 1969 | 17-6 | Bob Seagren | Sn Cal |
| 1968 | 17-0.25 | Dick Railsback | SCS |
| 1967 | 17-7.75 | Paul Wilson | SC Strid |
| 1966 | 17-0 | Bob Seagren | SC Strid |
| 1965 | 17-0 | John Pennel | Unat |
| 1964 | 17-0 | Fred Hansen | Unat-TX |
| 1963 | 16-4 | Brian Sternberg | Wash |
| 1962 | 16-0.25 | Ron Morris | SC Striders |
| 1961 | 15-8 | Ron Morris | SC Striders |
| 1960 | 15-0.75 | Aubrey Dooley | Okla. St |
| 1959 | 15-3 | Don Bragg | US Army |
| 1958 | 14-9 | Ron Morris | SC Striders |
| 1957 | 15-1.5 | Bob Richards | LAAC |
| 1956 | 15-0 | Bob Richards | LAAC |
| 1955 | 15-0 | Bob Richards | LAAC |
| 1954 | 15-3.5 | Bob Richards | LAAC |
| 1953 | 14-1 | Don Laz | Unat-IL |
| 14-1 | George Mattos | US Army | |
| 1952 | 14-8 | Bob Richards | Unat-CA |
| 14-8 | Don Laz | Unat-IL | |
| 1951 | 14-4 | Bob Richards | Illinois AC |
| 1950 | 14-8 | Bob Richards | Illinois AC |
| 1949 | 14-4 | Bob Richards | Illinois |
| 1948 | 14-6 | Boo Morcom | NH State AA |
| 14-6 | Bob Richards | Illinois AC | |
| 1947 | 14-0 | Boo Morcom | New Hampshire |
| 1946 | 14-4.75 | Irving Moore | SFOC |
| 1945 | 13-6 | Boo Morcom | US Army |
| 13-6 | Robert Phelps | Illinois | |
| 1944 | 15-0 | Cornelius Warmerdam | SFOC |
| 1943 | 15-0 | Cornelius Warmerdam | SFOC |
| 1942 | 15-2.5 | Cornelius Warmerdam | SFOC |
| 1941 | 15-0 | Cornelius Warmerdam | SFOC |
| 1940 | 15-1.125 | Cornelius Warmerdam | SFOC |
| 1939 | 14-4 | George Varoff | SFOC |
| 1938 | 14-5.5 | Cornelius Warmerdam | SFOC |
| 1937 | 14-7.625 | Bill Sefton | SCSA |
| 1936 | 14-6.5 | George Varoff | SFOC |
| 1935 | 13-10.375 | Earle Meadows | Unat-CA |
| 13-10.375 | Bill Sefton | Unat-CA | |
| 1934 | 13-11.375 | Keith Brown | NYAC |
| 13-11.375 | Bill Graber | Unat | |
| 13-11.375 | Wirt Thompson | Meadowbrook Cl | |
| 1933 | 14-0 | Matt Gordy | LSU |
| 14-0 | Keith Brown | NYAC | |
| 1932 | 14-4.375 | Bill Graber | Sn Cal |
| 1931 | 13-4.5 | Jack Wool | SFOC |
| 1930 | 13-6 | Fred Sturdy | LAAC |
| 1929 | 13-9.25 | Fred Sturdy | LAAC |
| 1928 | 13-9 | Lee Barnes | Los Angeles AC |
| 1927 | 13-6 | Lee Barnes | Hollywood AC |
| 1926 | 13-0 | Paul Harrington | Boston AA |
| 1925 | 12-11.5 | Harry Smith | LAAC |
| 1924 | 13-0 | Ed Meyers | Chicago AA |
| 1923 | 13-1 | Ed Meyers | Chicago AA |
| 1922 | 13-0 | Ed Knourek | Illinois AC |
| 1921 | 12-7.5 | Ed Knourek | Illinois AC |
| 1920 | 13-1 | Frank Foss | Chicago AA |
| 1919 | 12-9 | Frank Foss | Chicago AA |
| 1918 | 12-3 | Carl Buck | Chicago AA |
| 1917 | 12-9 | Ed Knourek | Illinois AC |
| 1916 | 12-9 | Sherman Landers | Chi AA |
| 1915 | 12-9 | Sam Bellah | Multnomah AC |
| 1914 | 12-3 | Ken Curtis | NYAC |
| 1913 | 13-0 | Sam Wagoner | Missouri AC |
| 1912 | 12-0 | Harold Babcock | NYAC |
| 1911 | 12-6 | Edwin Cook | Cleveland AC |
| 12-6 | Frank Coyle | Chicago | |
| 12-6 | Sam Bellah | SFOC | |
| 1910 | 12-1 | Harold Babcock | NYAC |
| 1909 | 11-0 | Roy Paulding | Seattle AC |
| 1908 | 11-9 | Wm. Hapenny | Mont AA/CAN |
| 11-6 | 2-Claude Allen | Irish AAC | |
| 1907 | 12-3 | Edward Cook | Irish AAC |
| 1906 | 11-5 | LeRoy Samse | Chicago AA |
| 1905 | 11-6 | Edward Glover | Chicago AA |
| 1904 | 10-5.25 | H.L. Gardner | NYAC |
| 1903 | 11-0 | Charles Dvorak | 1 Reg AA |
| 1902 | 10-9 | August Anderson | NYAC |
| 1901 | 11-3 | Charles Dvorak | Detroit AC |
| 1900 | 11-3 | Bascom Johnson | NYAC |
| 1899 | 10-9 | Irving Baxter | NYAC |
| 1898 | 10-9 | Raymond Clapp | NYAC |
| 1897 | 11-1 | Jesse Hurlburt | NYAC |
| 1896 | 10-5 | Franklin Allis | Yale |
| 1895 | 10-0 | Hermann Thomas | NYAC |
| 1894 | 11-0 | Christian Buchholz | Bank Cl |
| 1893 | 10-6 | Christian Buchholz | Bank Cl |
| 1892 | 11-0 | Theodore Luce | Detroit AC |
| 1891 | 10-6.5 | Theodore Luce | Detroit AC |
| 1890 | 10-6 | Walter Rodenbaugh | Sch.Nav |
| 1889 | 10-0 | Lat Stones | GBR |
| 9-6 | D.F. O'Brien | Detroit AC | |
| 1888 | 10-0 | Lincoln Godshall | Man. AC |
| 1888 | 10-1 | G.P. Quinn | Penn |
| 1887 | 11-.75 | Tom Ray | GBR |
| 10-7 | 2-Hugh Baxter | NYAC | |
| 1886 | 10-0.5 | Hugh Baxter | NYAC |
| 1885 | 10-3 | Hugh Baxter | NYAC |
| 1884 | 10-6 | Hugh Baxter | NYAC |
| 1883 | 11-0.5 | Hugh Baxter | NYAC |
| 1882 | 10-0 | B.F. Richardson | ScotAAC |
| 1881 | 10-6 | Wm. van Houten | Scot-AM AC |
| 1880 | 10-11 | Wm. van Houten | Scot-Am AC |
| 1879 | 10-4.75 | Wm. van Houten | Scot-Am AC |
| 1878 | 9-4 | Alfred Ing | Scot-Am AC |
| 1877 | 9-7 | George McNichol | Scot-AmAC |
| 1876- | Not held | ||