Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

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Men's pole vault
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Medalists
 Sergey Bubka  Soviet Union
 Rodion Gataullin  Soviet Union
 Grigoriy Yegorov  Soviet Union
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1988 Summer Olympics
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The men's pole vault at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 21 competitors, with two qualifying groups (21 jumpers) before the final (15) took place on Wednesday September 28, 1988.

Three Soviet, French and American athletes made the final, but it was the Soviet block that dominated the event, sweeping the medals, with Sergey Bubka already the dominant vaulter. His world record 6.06 set two months earlier, has only been cleared by one other person, Steven Hooker, since. But while Bubka would vault in 3 more Olympics and would continue to dominate the World Championships with ultimately 6 consecutive wins, this would be the only Olympic medal he would achieve.

Medalists

Gold Sergey Bubka
Soviet Union (URS)
Silver Rodion Gataullin
Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze Grigoriy Yegorov
Soviet Union (URS)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record 6.06 Soviet Union Sergey Bubka Nice (FRA) July 10, 1988
Olympic Record 5.78 Poland Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz Moscow (URS) July 30, 1980

The following Olympic record was set during this competition.

Date Event Athlete Height OR WR
September 28, 1988Final  Sergey Bubka (URS) 5.90m OR

Final

RANK FINAL HEIGHT
 Sergey Bubka (URS) 5.90 m OR
 Rodion Gataullin (URS) 5.85 m
 Grigoriy Yegorov (URS) 5.80 m
4.  Earl Bell (USA) 5.70 m
5.  Thierry Vigneron (FRA) 5.70 m
 Philippe Collet (FRA)
7.  István Bagyula (HUN) 5.60 m
8.  Philippe d'Encausse (FRA) 5.60 m
9.  Asko Peltoniemi (FIN) 5.60 m
10.  Kory Tarpenning (USA) 5.50 m
11.  Zdeněk Lubenský (TCH) 5.50 m
12.  Billy Olson (USA) 5.50 m
13.  Hermann Fehringer (AUT) 5.40 m
–  Miroslaw Chmara (POL) NM
 Marian Kolasa (POL)

Non-Qualifiers

RANK NON-QUALIFIERS HEIGHT
16.  Kim Chul-Kyun (KOR) 5.30 m
17.  Paul Just (CAN) 5.30 m
–  Lee Jae-Bok (KOR) NM
 Javier García (ESP)
 Andy Ashurst (GBR)
 Atanas Tarev (BUL)

See also

References


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