1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

Events at the
1954 European
Athletics Championships

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
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
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's pole vault at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 and 28 August 1954.[1]

Medalists

Gold Eeles Landström
 Finland
Silver Ragnar Lundberg
 Sweden
Bronze Geoffrey Elliott
 United Kingdom
Bronze Jukka Piironen
 Finland

Results

Final

28 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Eeles Landström  Finland 4.40 CR NR
2nd Ragnar Lundberg  Sweden 4.40 CR
3rd Geoffrey Elliott  United Kingdom 4.30 NR
3rd Jukka Piironen  Finland 4.30
5 Tamás Homonnay  Hungary 4.30
6 Georgios Roubanis  Greece 4.25
7 Victor Sillon  France 4.25
8 Vitaliy Chernobay  Soviet Union 4.25
9 Edward Adamczyk  Poland 4.25
10 Lennart Lindberg  Finland 4.20
11 Zenon Ważny  Poland 4.15
12 Edmondo Ballotta  Italy 4.10
13 Viktor Knyazev  Soviet Union 4.10
13 Jiří Krejcar  Czechoslovakia 4.10
15 Richard Larsen  Denmark 4.10
16 Julius Schneider  West Germany 4.10
17 Dimitar Khlebarov  Bulgaria 4.10 NR
18 Walter Hofstetter   Switzerland 4.10
19 Milan Milakov  Yugoslavia 4.00
20 Torfi Bryngeirsson  Iceland DNS

Qualification

26 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Tamás Homonnay  Hungary 4.05 Q
2 Zenon Ważny  Poland 4.05 Q
3 Julius Schneider  West Germany 4.05 Q
4 Edward Adamczyk  Poland 4.05 Q
5 Victor Sillon  France 4.05 Q
6 Richard Larsen  Denmark 4.05 Q
7 Ragnar Lundberg  Sweden 4.05 Q
8 Walter Hofstetter   Switzerland 4.05 Q
9 Jiří Krejcar  Czechoslovakia 4.05 Q
10 Milan Milakov  Yugoslavia 4.05 Q
11 Edmondo Ballotta  Italy 4.05 Q
12 Eeles Landström  Finland 4.05 Q
13 Geoffrey Elliott  United Kingdom 4.05 Q
14 Lennart Lindberg  Finland 4.05 Q
15 Vitaliy Chernobay  Soviet Union 4.05 Q
16 Jukka Piironen  Finland 4.05 Q
17 Dimitar Khlebarov  Bulgaria 4.05 Q
18 Viktor Knyazev  Soviet Union 4.05 Q
19 Georgios Roubanis  Greece 4.05 Q
20 Torfi Bryngeirsson  Iceland 4.05 Q
21 Zenon Dragomir  Romania 3.95
22 Giulio Chiesa  Italy 3.80
23 Jacques Pirlot  Belgium 3.80
24 Fredy Bossert   Switzerland 3.80

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References

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