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Rice University.
He held the world record in the Pole Vault for almost 2 years. He currently is a practicing dentist in Houston, Texas, in the Memorial area of town. Going in to the, the United States had never lost an Olympic pole vault competition.
In the final, the last remaining American was Hansen, who at the time was also the world record holder.
The field included two other previous world record holders and decathlete C. K. Yang. Hansen cleared 5 meters on his first attempt, but so did three German athletes.
Hansen then passed the next height, watching as only Wolfgang Reinhardt was able to clear. Re-entering the competition at 5.10, Hansen failed his first two attempts, but so did Reinhardt.
Hansen then sailed over his final attempt, while Reinhart could not.