Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
Men's pole vault at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Centennial Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Date | 31 July 1996 (qualifying) 2 August 1996 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 37 from 24 nations | |||||||||
Winning height | 5.92 OR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | women |
10,000 m | men | women |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
10 km walk | women | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | women |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
Wheelchair races | ||
The
Summary
In the final, the tie between returning silver medalist Igor Trandenkov and Jean Galfione was broke by counting the number of their misses, with Galfione having had one miss earlier in the competition, and Trandenkov having had two misses, meaning that Galfione won gold, while Tradenkov earned second straight silver. Andrei Tivontchik cleared 5.92 on his second attempt to take bronze.[3][4]
Background
This was the 23rd appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1992 Games were silver medalist
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Saint Lucia, and Ukraine each made their men's pole vaulting debut. The United States made its 22nd appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.
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.
In the qualifying round, the bar was set at 5.20 metres, 5.40 metres, 5.60 metres, and 5.70 metres. All vaulters clearing 5.70 metres advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 cleared that height, the top 12 (including ties, after applying the countback rules) advanced.
In the final, the bar was set at 5.40 metres, 5.60 metres, 5.70 metres, 5.80 metres, 5.86 metres, 5.92 metres, 5.97 metres, and 6.02 metres.[2][5]
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.
World record | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 6.14 | Sestriere, Italy | 31 July 1994 |
Olympic record | Sergey Bubka (URS) | 5.90 | Seoul, South Korea | 30 July 1988 |
The three medalists (Jean Galfione, Igor Trandenkov, and Andrei Tivontchik) all cleared 5.92 metres, breaking the Olympic record. None succeeded at any higher attempts.
Schedule
All times are
Date | Time | Round |
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Wednesday, 31 July 1996 | 9:30 | Qualifying |
Friday, 2 August 1996 | 17:00 | 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
Qualifying
The qualifying round was held on Wednesday July 31, 1996. Qualification rule: Qualifying performance 5.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
Rank | Group | Athlete | Nation | 5.20 | 5.40 | 5.60 | 5.70 | Height | Notes |
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1 | A | Alain Andji | France | – | o | o | o | 5.70 | Q |
A | Tim Lobinger | Germany | – | o | o | o | 5.70 | Q | |
B | Pyotr Bochkaryov | Russia | – | – | o | o | 5.70 | Q | |
B | Riaan Botha | South Africa | – | o | o | o | 5.70 | Q | |
5 | A | Jeff Hartwig | United States | – | o | xo | o | 5.70 | Q |
B | Jean Galfione | France | – | xo | o | o | 5.70 | Q | |
7 | A | Igor Trandenkov | Russia | – | – | xxo | o | 5.70 | Q |
8 | A | Igor Potapovich | Kazakhstan | – | – | o | xo | 5.70 | Q |
9 | B | Andrei Tivontchik | Germany | – | – | o | xxo | 5.70 | Q |
10 | A | Michael Stolle | Germany | xo | xo | o | xxo | 5.70 | Q |
11 | B | Lawrence Johnson | United States | – | xo | xxo | xxo | 5.70 | Q |
12 | A | Dmitriy Markov |
Belarus | – | o | o | xxx | 5.60 | q |
B | Scott Huffman | United States | – | o | o | xxx | 5.60 | q | |
B | Danny Krasnov | Israel | – | o | o | xxx | 5.60 | q | |
15 | B | José Manuel Arcos | Spain | – | xxo | o | xxx | 5.60 | |
16 | A | Jim Miller |
Australia | – | xo | xo | xxx | 5.60 | |
17 | A | Viktor Chistyakov |
Russia | – | xxo | xo | xxx | 5.60 | |
18 | A | Nuno Fernandes | Portugal | xo | o | xxo | xxx | 5.60 | |
B | Heikki Vääräniemi | Finland | – | xo | xxo | xxx | 5.60 | ||
20 | A | Konstantin Semyonov | Israel | – | o | x– | xx | 5.40 | |
B | Nick Buckfield | Great Britain | – | o | xxx | — | 5.40 | ||
B | Javier García |
Spain | – | o | xxx | — | 5.40 | ||
23 | A | Laurens Looije | Netherlands | xxo | o | xxx | — | 5.40 | |
24 | A | Neil Winter | Great Britain | o | xo | xxx | — | 5.40 | |
B | Kim Chul-kyun | South Korea | o | xo | xxx | — | 5.40 | ||
26 | B | Martin Voss | Denmark | xo | xo | x– | xx | 5.40 | |
27 | B | Aleksandrs Obižajevs | Latvia | – | xxo | xxx | — | 5.40 | |
28 | A | Edgar Díaz | Puerto Rico | xo | xxo | xxx | — | 5.40 | |
29 | B | Alexandru Jucov |
Moldova | o | xxx | — | 5.20 | ||
30 | A | Teruyasu Yonekura | Japan | xxo | xxx | — | 5.20 | ||
— | A | Okkert Brits | South Africa | – | – | xxx | — | No mark | |
A | Vasiliy Bubka | Ukraine | – | xxx | — | No mark | |||
A | Juan Gabriel Concepción | Spain | – | xxx | — | No mark | |||
A | Kersley Gardenne |
Mauritius | xxx | — | No mark | ||||
B | Simon Arkell | Australia | – | xxx | — | No mark | |||
B | Valeri Bukrejev | Estonia | – | xxx | — | No mark | |||
B | Dominic Johnson | Saint Lucia | xxx | — | No mark | ||||
— | B | Sergey Bubka | Ukraine | DNS |
Final
The final was held on Friday August 2, 1996.
Rank | Athlete | Nation | 5.40 | 5.60 | 5.70 | 5.80 | 5.86 | 5.92 | 5.97 | 6.02 | Height | Notes |
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Jean Galfione | France | – | o | – | xo | o | o | x– | xx | 5.92 | OR | |
Igor Trandenkov | Russia | – | – | o | – | xx– | o | – | xxx | 5.92 | OR | |
Andrei Tivontchik | Germany | – | xo | – | xo | xo | xo | xxx | — | 5.92 | OR | |
4 | Igor Potapovich | Kazakhstan | – | – | o | – | o | x– | xx | — | 5.86 | |
5 | Pyotr Bochkaryov | Russia | – | xo | – | xo | o | xx– | x | — | 5.86 | |
6 | Dmitriy Markov |
Belarus | o | o | xo | xxo | xo | xxx | — | 5.86 | ||
7 | Tim Lobinger | Germany | – | o | o | o | x– | xx | — | 5.80 | ||
8 | Lawrence Johnson | United States | o | o | o | xxx | — | 5.70 | ||||
9 | Alain Andji | France | o | o | xxo | xxx | — | 5.70 | ||||
Michael Stolle | Germany | o | o | xxo | xxx | — | 5.70 | |||||
11 | Jeff Hartwig | United States | o | o | xxx | — | 5.60 | |||||
Danny Krasnov | Israel | o | o | xxx | — | 5.60 | ||||||
13 | Scott Huffman | United States | xo | o | xxx | — | 5.60 | |||||
14 | Riaan Botha | South Africa | o | xo | – | xxx | — | 5.60 |
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Pole Vault". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Pole Vault, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "The changing face of men's Pole Vaulting | NEWS | World Athletics".
- ^ "Olympic pole-vault champ commits suicide - The Local". Archived from the original on 2016-01-04.
- ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 90.