Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

By this competition, Sergey Bubka had already pushed the world record to its current state and was the overwhelming favorite to win. But continuing his Olympic curse, Bubka came into the competition with a heel injury and did not make an attempt. To add further injury, his brother Vasiliy Bubka was one of seven athletes unable to clear a height in qualifying.

In the final, returning silver medalist Igor Trandenkov was the first to clear 5.92 on his first attempt which would have been his only attempt because he had two misses at 5.86, but Jean Galfione equaled that moments later. Galfione had only one miss earlier in the competition, while Trandenkov had the two. That proved the difference, Galfione taking gold while Trandenkov was relegated to a second straight silver. Andrei Tivontchik cleared 5.92 on his second attempt to take bronze.

Medalists

Gold	Jean Galfione France (FRA)
Silver	Igor Trandenkov Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Andrei Tivontchik Germany (GER)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record	6.14	Sergey Bubka	Sestriere (ITA)	July 31, 1994
Olympic Record	5.90	Sergey Bubka	Seoul (KOR)	September 28, 1988

All three medalists set a new Olympic record. At first Igor Trandenkov, followed by Jean Galfione and Andrei Tivontchik.

Results

RANK	FINAL	HEIGHT
	Jean Galfione (FRA)	5.92 m =OR
	Igor Trandenkov (RUS)	5.92 m OR
	Andrei Tivontchik (GER)	5.92 m =OR
4.	Igor Potapovich (KAZ)	5.86 m
5.	Pyotr Bochkaryov (RUS)	5.86 m
6.	Dmitriy Markov (BLR)	5.86 m
7.	Tim Lobinger (GER)	5.80 m
8.	Lawrence Johnson (USA)	5.70 m
9.	Alain Andji (FRA)	5.70 m
9.	Michael Stolle (GER)	5.70 m
11.	Jeff Hartwig (USA)	5.60 m
11.	Danny Krasnov (ISR)	5.60 m
13.	Scott Huffman (USA)	5.60 m
14.	Riaan Botha (RSA)	5.60 m

Igor Potapovich in Atlanta

Non-qualifiers

RANK	NON-QUALIFIERS	HEIGHT
—	José Manuel Arcos (ESP)	5.60 m
—	Heikki Vaaraniemi (FIN)	5.60 m
—	Jim Miller (AUS)	5.60 m
—	Viktor Chistyakov (RUS)	5.60 m
—	Nuno Fernandes (POR)	5.60 m
—	Konstantin Semyonov (ISR)	5.40 m
—	Laurens Looije (NED)	5.40 m
—	Neil Winter (GBR)	5.40 m
—	Edgar Díaz (PUR)	5.40 m
—	Nick Buckfield (GBR)	5.40 m
—	Javier García (ESP)	5.40 m
—	Kim Chul-Kyun (KOR)	5.40 m
—	Martin Voss (DEN)	5.40 m
—	Aleksandrs Obižajevs (LAT)	5.40 m
—	Alexandru Jucov (MDA)	5.20 m
—	Teruyasu Yonekura (JPN)	5.20 m
—	Simon Arkell (AUS)	NM
—	Valeri Bukrejev (EST)	NM
—	Dominic Johnson (LCA)	NM
—	Okkert Brits (RSA)	NM
—	Vasiliy Bubka (UKR)	NM
—	Juan Gabriel Concepción (ESP)	NM
—	Kersley Gardenne (MRI)	NM
—	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	DNS

References

Pole vault at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

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