Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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The Men's Pole Vault event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 19 competitors, with two qualifying groups (19 jumpers) before the final (12) took place on Wednesday August 8, 1984.

Medalists

Gold	Pierre Quinon France (FRA)
Silver	Mike Tully United States (USA)
Bronze	Earl Bell United States (USA)
Bronze	Thierry Vigneron France (FRA)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics
World Record	Sergey Bubka (URS)	5.90 m	July 13, 1984	London, United Kingdom
Olympic Record	Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz (POL)	5.78 m	July 30, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union

Qualifying round

• Held on Monday August 6, 1984.

RANK	GROUP A	HEIGHT
1.	Earl Bell (USA)	5.45 m
	Thierry Vigneron (FRA)
	Mike Tully (USA)
4.	Alberto Ruiz (ESP)	5.45 m
5.	Pierre Quinon (FRA)	5.40 m
6.	Felix Böhni (SUI)	5.40 m
7.	Tom Hintnaus (BRA)	5.35 m
8.	Serge Ferreira (FRA)	5.30 m
9.	Doug Lytle (USA)	5.30 m
—	Miro Zalar (SWE)	NM

RANK	GROUP B	HEIGHT
1.	Kimmo Pallonen (FIN)	5.40 m
2.	Mauro Barella (ITA)	5.35 m
3.	Yang Weimin (CHN)	5.30 m
4.	Jeff Gutteridge (GBR)	5.30 m
5.	Tomomi Takahashi (JPN)	5.30 m
6.	John Morrisette (ISV)	5.20 m (NR)
7.	Keith Stock (GBR)	5.20 m
8.	Ji Zebiao (CHN)	5.10 m
9.	Edgardo Rivera (PUR)	5.10 m
—	Alfonso Cano (ESP)	NM

Final

RANK	FINAL	HEIGHT
	Pierre Quinon (FRA)	5.75 m
	Mike Tully (USA)	5.65 m
	Earl Bell (USA)	5.60 m
	Thierry Vigneron (FRA)
5.	Kimmo Pallonen (FIN)	5.45 m
6.	Doug Lytle (USA)	5.40 m
7.	Felix Böhni (SUI)	5.30 m
8.	Mauro Barella (ITA)	5.30 m
9.	Alberto Ruiz (ESP)	5.20 m
10.	Yang Weimin (CHN)	5.10 m
11.	Jeff Gutteridge (GBR)	5.10 m
–	Tom Hintnaus (BRA)	NM
	Serge Ferreira (FRA)
	Tomomi Takahashi (JPN)

See also

• 1982 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Athens)
• 1983 Men's World Championships Pole Vault (Helsinki)
• 1986 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships Pole Vault (Rome)

References

• (English) Official Report
• (English) sports-reference