Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

Men's pole vault
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad

Left-right: Ron Morris, Don Bragg, Eeles Landström
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 5 (qualifying round)
September 7 (final)
Medalists
 
 
 
Athletics at the
1960 Summer Olympics
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 pole vault field event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 5 and September 7.

Results

Top twelve jumpers and ties and all jumpers reaching 4.40 metres advanced to the finals. All heights are listed in metres.

Qualifying

Rank Name Nationality Mark 3.80 4.00 4.20 4.30 4.40 Notes
1T Khristo Khristov Bulgaria 4.40 p o o o o
1T Matti Sutinen Finland 4.40 p o o o o
3 Don Bragg United States 4.40 p p o xo o
4T Eeles Landström Finland 4.40 p o o xo o
4T Günter Malcher Germany 4.40 p o xo o o
6 Rudolf Tomášek Czechoslovakia 4.40 o xo o o o
7 Leon Lukman Yugoslavia 4.40 p o xxo o o
8T Rolando Cruz Puerto Rico 4.40 p o o o xxo
8T Igor Petrenko Soviet Union 4.40 p o o o xxo
10 Jānis Krasovskis Soviet Union 4.40 p p o xo xxo
11 Ron Morris United States 4.30 p p o o xxx
12T Dimitar Khlebarov Bulgaria 4.20 p o o o xxx
12T Andrzej Krzesiński Poland 4.20 p o o o xxx
14T Peter Laufer Germany 4.20 p o o p xxx
14T Manfred Preußger Germany 4.20 p o o p xxx
14T Roman Lešek Yugoslavia 4.20 p o o xxx
14T Valbjörn Þorláksson Iceland 4.20 p o o xxx
18T Dave Clark United States 4.20 o o o xxx
18T Janusz Gronowski Poland 4.20 o o o xxx
18T Georgios Roubanis Greece 4.20 o o o xxx
18T Victor Sillon France 4.20 o o o xxx
22 Noriaki Yasuda Japan 4.20 p xxo o xxx
23T Bjørn Andersen Denmark 4.00 p o xxx
23T Gérard Barras Switzerland 4.00 p o xxx
23T Raymond Van Dijck Belgium 4.00 p o xxx
26 Allah Ditta Pakistan 4.00 xo o xxx
Owen Okundaye Nigeria p xxx
Mohamed Abdullah Iraq xxx
Orhan Altan Turkey xxx

Final

Rank Name Nationality Mark 4.00 4.20 4.30 4.40 4.50 4.55 4.60 4.70 4.82 Notes
1st Don Bragg United States 4.70 p p o xo o o o o xxx OR
2nd Ron Morris United States 4.60 p p o o xo o xo xxx
3rd Eeles Landström Finland 4.55 p o p xo xo o xxx
4 Rolando Cruz Puerto Rico 4.55 o o o o o xo xxx
5 Günter Malcher Germany 4.50 p o o o o xxx
6T Igor Petrenko Soviet Union 4.50 p o p xxo o xxx
6T Matti Sutinen Finland 4.50 p o p xxo o xxx
8 Rudolf Tomášek Czechoslovakia 4.50 o o o xxo o xxx
9 Leon Lukman Yugoslavia 4.40 o o o o xxx
10 Khristo Khristov Bulgaria 4.40 p xo o o xxx
11 Dimitar Khlebarov Bulgaria 4.30 p o o xxx
12 Andrzej Krzesiński Poland 4.30 o o o xxx
13 Jānis Krasovskis Soviet Union 4.30 p p xo xxx

Key: OR = Olympic record; o = clear ; p = pass; x = fail

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, March 07, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.