Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
Men's pole vault at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||
Dates | September 5 (qualifying round) September 7 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 29 from 20 nations | |||||||||
Winning height | 4.70 OR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Decathlon | men | |
The men's
Background
This was the 14th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1956 Games were bronze medalist Georgios Roubanis of Greece, seventh-place finisher Eeles Landström of Finland, eighth-place finisher Manfred Preußger of the United Team of Germany, and fourteenth-place finisher Matti Sutinen of Finland. Ninth-place finisher Vladimir Bulatov of the Soviet Union was entered and expected to contend (he was ranked 5th in the world in 1959), but broke his ankle in warm-ups. Don Bragg of the United States was the favorite after breaking the world record at the U.S. trials.[2]
Bulgaria, Iraq, Nigeria, and Turkey each made their first appearance in the event; Germany competed as the "United Team of Germany" for the first time. The United States made its 14th appearance, the only nation to have competed at every Olympic men's pole vault to that point.
Competition format
The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1912, with results cleared between rounds. Vaulters received three attempts at each height. Ties were broken by the countback rule. At the time, total attempts was used after total misses.
In the qualifying round, the bar was set at 3.80 metres, 4.00 metres, 4.20 metres, 4.30 metres, and 4.40 metres. All vaulters clearing 4.40 metres advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 cleared that height, the top 12 (including ties) advanced.
In the final, the bar was set at 4.00 metres, 4.20 metres, 4.30 metres, 4.50 metres, 4.55 metres, 4.60 metres, and 4.70 metres; the winner could attempt further height to break a record.[2][3] The winner, Bragg, did attempt to improve his own world record at 4.82m, but failed in his three attempts.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Don Bragg (USA) | 4.80 | Palo Alto, United States | 2 July 1960 |
Olympic record | Bob Richards (USA) | 4.56 | Melbourne, Australia | 26 November 1956 |
Don Bragg and Ron Morris beat the Olympic record, clearing 4.60 metres. Bragg was also successful at 4.70 metres, setting the new mark.
Schedule
All times are
Date | Time | Round |
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Monday, 5 September 1960 | 9:00 | Qualifying |
Wednesday, 7 September 1960 | 13:30 | Final |
Results
Key
- o = Height cleared
- x = Height failed
- – = Height passed
- r = Retired
- SB = Season's best
- PB = Personal best
- NR = National record
- AR = Area record
- OR = Olympic record
- WR = World record
- WL = World lead
- NM = No mark
- DNS = Did not start
- DQ = Disqualified
Top twelve jumpers and ties and all jumpers reaching 4.40 metres advanced to the finals. All heights are listed in metres.
Qualifying
Final
Rank | Athlete | Nation | 4.00 | 4.20 | 4.30 | 4.40 | 4.50 | 4.55 | 4.60 | 4.70 | 4.82 | Height | Notes |
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Don Bragg | United States | — | — | o | xo | o | o | o | o | xxx | 4.70 | OR | |
Ron Morris |
United States | — | — | o | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | — | 4.60 | ||
Eeles Landström | Finland | — | o | — | xo | xo | o | xxx | — | 4.55 | |||
4 | Rolando Cruz | Puerto Rico | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | — | 4.55 | ||
5 | Günter Malcher | United Team of Germany | — | o | o | o | o | xxx | — | 4.50 | |||
6 | Ihor Petrenko | Soviet Union | — | o | — | xxo | o | xxx | — | 4.50 | |||
Matti Sutinen | Finland | — | o | — | xxo | o | xxx | — | 4.50 | ||||
8 | Rudolf Tomášek | Czechoslovakia | o | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | — | 4.50 | |||
9 | Leon Lukman | Yugoslavia | o | o | o | o | xxx | — | 4.40 | ||||
10 | Khristo Khristov | Bulgaria | — | xo | o | o | xxx | — | 4.40 | ||||
11 | Dimitar Khlebarov | Bulgaria | — | o | o | xxx | — | 4.30 | |||||
12 | Andrzej Krzesiński | Poland | o | o | o | xxx | — | 4.30 | |||||
13 | Jānis Krasovskis | Soviet Union | — | — | xo | xxx | — | 4.30 |
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Pole Vault". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Pole Vault, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ Official Report, p. 143.