1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

Events at the 1946 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
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
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's pole vault at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadium on 25 August 1946.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Allan Lindberg  Sweden
Silver	Nikolay Ozolin  Soviet Union
Bronze	Jan Bem  Czechoslovakia

Results

Final

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Allan Lindberg	Sweden	4.17	CR NR
	Nikolay Ozolin	Soviet Union	4.10
	Jan Bem	Czechoslovakia	4.10
4	Erling Kaas	Norway	4.10
5	Hugo Olsson	Sweden	4.00
6	Georges Breitman	France	3.90
7	Miroslav Krejcar	Czechoslovakia	3.90
8	Helmer Petersen	Denmark	3.90
9	Cor Lamorée	Netherlands	3.90
10	Zoltán Zsitvai	Hungary	3.80

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 10 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.

Czechoslovakia (2)  Denmark (1)

France (1)  Hungary (1)

Netherlands (1)  Norway (1)

Soviet Union (1)  Sweden (2)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014