Lee Stratford Barnes (July 16, 1906 – December 28, 1970) was an American athlete from Utah who competed in the men's pole vault.

He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and died in Oxnard, California.

[1] Barnes attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

[2] He competed in Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris and won gold, beating fellow American pole vaulter Glenn Graham, who received silver.

In Keaton's 1927 feature College, Barnes performed a pole vault through an open upper-story window.