Henry Stoddard Babcock (December 15, 1890 – June 5, 1965) was an American pole vaulter who won the gold medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics, setting an Olympic record at 3.95 meters.

[1] Babcock started as a long jumper and, only around 1910, changed to the pole vault.

He graduated in engineering from Columbia University in 1912 and later worked as a salesman with a lumber company in Irvington, New York.

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