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|event = Men's pole vault |
|event = Men's pole vault |
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|games = 1952 Summer |
|games = 1952 Summer |
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|image = File:Don Laz and Bob Richards 1951.jpg |
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|caption = Don Laz and Bob Richards (1951) |
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|venue = [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium]] |
|venue = [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium]] |
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|dates = July 21 ( |
|dates = July 21 (qualifying)<br>July 22 (final) |
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|competitors = |
|competitors = 28 |
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|nations = 18 |
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|win_value = 4.55 {{OlyR|athletics}} |
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|win_label = Winning height |
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|gold = [[Bob Richards]] |
|gold = [[Bob Richards]] |
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|goldNOC = USA |
|goldNOC = USA |
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The '''[[Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics|men's pole vault]]''' was an event at the '''[[1952 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[Helsinki, Finland]]. Twenty-eight athletes from 18 nations competed.<ref name=Olympedia/> The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was held on Tuesday July 22, 1952.<ref name="SR">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/ATH/mens-pole-vault.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173925/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/ATH/mens-pole-vault.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Pole Vault |access-date=3 January 2018 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref> The event was won by [[Bob Richards]] of the United States, the nation's 12th consecutive victory in the men's pole vault. Another American, [[Don Laz]], took silver. [[Ragnar Lundberg]]'s bronze was Sweden's first medal in the event since 1912. |
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These are the official results of the '''[[Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics|men's pole vault]]''' event at the '''[[1952 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[Helsinki, Finland]]. The final was held on Tuesday July 22, 1952. |
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==Summary== |
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[[Bob Richards]] was the returning bronze medalist. His closest domestic competitor was [[Don Laz]], who shared the US championship earlier in the year after 4 years of Richards dominance. In the final both remained clean to 4.40m, just ahead of [[Ragnar Lundberg]] and [[Petro Denysenko]], who each had one miss earlier. Lundberg had passed at 4.10m, which became significant because neither could go any higher. While modern rules would make that a tie, in that era, the third tiebreaker was the number of attempts, which gave Lundberg the bronze medal. Both Richards and Laz cleared the next height, 4.50m on their second attempts, still tied. They remained tied to their final attempt at {{T&Fcalc|4.60}} when Laz missed and Richards cleared it to take his first gold medal. |
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Richards was only the second man to win multiple medals in the pole vault. He would go on to defend the championship four years later, jumping 1 cm higher and went on to [[List of athletes on Wheaties boxes#Individual athletes|Wheaties box fame]]. No other man has defended the pole vault title, though [[Yelena Isinbayeva]] defended the women's title in 2008. Richards is also the only man to win three medals in the event (Isinbayeva is the only woman to do so). |
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==Background== |
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This was the 12th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Half of the finalists from the 1948 Games returned: silver medalist [[Erkki Kataja]] of Finland, bronze medalist [[Bob Richards]] of the United States, fourth-place finisher [[Erling Kaas]] of Norway, fifth-place finisher [[Ragnar Lundberg]] of Sweden, seventh-place finisher [[Valto Olenius]] of Finland, and ninth-place finisher [[José Vicente (pole vaulter)|José Vicente]] of Puerto Rico. Richards was the favorite in Helsinki after four wins at the AAU championships from 1949 to 1952 (the last tied with [[Don Laz]]). The most significant challenger to the Americans was European champion [[Ragnar Lundberg]] of Sweden.<ref name=Olympedia>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/59008 |work=Olympedia |title=Pole Vault, Men |access-date=18 September 2020}}</ref> |
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Egypt, Romania, the Soviet Union, and Switzerland each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its 12th appearance, the only nation to have competed at every Olympic men's pole vault to that point. |
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==Competition format== |
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The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1912, with results cleared between rounds. Vaulters received three attempts at each height. Ties were broken by the countback rule; at the time, total attempts was used after total misses. |
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In the qualifying round, the bar was set at 3.60 metres, 3.80 metres, 3.90 metres, and 4.00 metres. All vaulters clearing 4.00 metres advanced to the final. |
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In the final, the bar was set at 3.60 metres, 3.80 metres, 3.95 metres, 4.10 metres, 4.20 metres, 4.30 metres, 4.40 metres, 4.50 metres, 4.55 metres, and 4.60 metres.<ref name=Olympedia/><ref name=OR311>Official Report, p. 311.</ref> |
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==Records== |
==Records== |
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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. |
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. |
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{{World Olympic Record |
{{World Olympic Record |
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| world_athlete |
| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|[[Cornelius Warmerdam]]|USA}} |
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| world_mark |
| world_mark = 4.77 |
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| world_place |
| world_place = [[Modesto, California|Modesto]], [[United States]] |
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| world_date |
| world_date = 23 May 1942 |
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| olympic_athlete = {{flagIOCathlete|[[Earle Meadows]]|USA| |
| olympic_athlete = {{flagIOCathlete|[[Earle Meadows]]|USA|1936 Summer}} |
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| olympic_mark |
| olympic_mark = 4.35 |
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| olympic_place |
| olympic_place = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] |
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| olympic_date |
| olympic_date = 5 August 1936 |
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[[Bob Richards]], [[Don Laz]], [[Ragnar Lundberg]], and [[Petro Denysenko]] all cleared 4.40 metres to break the Olympic record. Richards and Laz extended the record to 4.50 metres. Only Richards was able to clear 4.55 metres, the new Olympic record at the end of the Games. |
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The following Olympic record was set during this competition. |
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==Schedule== |
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{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center |
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<small>All times are [[Eastern European Time|Eastern European Summer Time]] ([[UTC+3]])</small> |
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! Date !! Event !! Athlete !! Time !! OR !! WR |
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The final took nearly 6 hours. |
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{| class="wikitable" |
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! Date |
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! Time |
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! Round |
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| Monday, 21 July 1952 || '''15:00''' || '''Qualifying''' |
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|- style=background:lemonchiffon |
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| Tuesday, 22 July 1952 || '''15:00''' || '''Final''' |
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==Results== |
==Results== |
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{{Olympic pole vault key}} |
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===Qualifying round=== |
===Qualifying round=== |
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! Rank !! Group !! Athlete !! |
! Rank !! Group !! Athlete !! Nation !! 3.60 || 3.80 || 3.90 || 4.00 || Height !! Notes |
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| 1 || A || align="left" | [[Petro Denysenko]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} |
|rowspan=5| 1 || A || align="left" | [[Petro Denysenko]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || — || o || '''o''' || '''4.00''' || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by height}} |
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| A || align="left" | [[Tamás Homonnay]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || — || o || '''o''' || '''4.00''' || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by height}} |
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|| 4.00 || |
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| B || align="left" | [[Erkki Kataja]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || — || o || '''o''' || '''4.00''' || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by height}} |
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|| 4.00 || |
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| B || align="left" | [[Ragnar Lundberg]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || — || o || '''o''' || '''4.00''' || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by height}} |
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|| 4.00 || |
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| B || align="left" | [[Jukka Piironen]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || — || o || '''o''' || '''4.00''' || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by height}} |
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|| 4.00 || |
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| 6 || A || align="left" | [[Zeno Dragomir]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|ROU|1952 Summer}} |
|rowspan=5| 6 || A || align="left" | [[Zeno Dragomir]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|ROU|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || o || o || '''o''' || '''4.00''' || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by height}} |
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| B || align="left" | [[Don Laz]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || o || o || '''o''' || '''4.00''' || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by height}} |
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| B || align="left" | [[Lennart Lind (athlete)|Lennart Lind]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || o || o || '''o''' || '''4.00''' || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by height}} |
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| B || align="left" | [[George Mattos]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || o || o || '''o''' || '''4.00''' || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by height}} |
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|| 4.00 || |
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| B || align="left" | [[Bob Richards]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || o || o || '''o''' || '''4.00''' || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by height}} |
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| 11 || A || align="left" | [[Rigas Efstathiadis]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|GRE|1952 Summer}} |
| 11 || A || align="left" | [[Rigas Efstathiadis]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|GRE|1952 Summer}} |
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| ? || ? || ? || '''o''' || '''4.00''' || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by height}}, one miss before 4.00 |
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| 11 || B || align="left" | [[Erling Kaas]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|NOR|1952 Summer}} |
| 11 || B || align="left" | [[Erling Kaas]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|NOR|1952 Summer}} |
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| ? || ? || ? || '''o''' || '''4.00''' || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by height}}, one miss before 4.00 |
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| 13 || B || align="left" | [[Valto Olenius]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}} |
| 13 || B || align="left" | [[Valto Olenius]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || — || — || x'''o''' || '''4.00''' || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by height}} |
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| 14 || B || align="left" | [[Viktor Knyazev]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} |
| 14 || B || align="left" | [[Viktor Knyazev]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || — || o || x'''o''' || '''4.00''' || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by height}} |
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| 15 || A || align="left" | [[Volodymyr Brazhnyk]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} |
| 15 || A || align="left" | [[Volodymyr Brazhnyk]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || o || o || x'''o''' || '''4.00''' || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by height}} |
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| 16 || A || align="left" | [[Theodosios Balafas]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|GRE|1952 Summer}} |
|rowspan=2| 16 || A || align="left" | [[Theodosios Balafas]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|GRE|1952 Summer}} |
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| o || o || o || x'''o''' || '''4.00''' || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by height}} |
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| A || align="left" | [[Torfy Bryngeirsson]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|ISL|1952 Summer}} |
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| o || o || o || x'''o''' || '''4.00''' || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by height}} |
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| 18 || B || align="left" | [[Bunkichi Sawada]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|JPN|1952 Summer}} |
| 18 || B || align="left" | [[Bunkichi Sawada]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|JPN|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || ? || ? || x'''o''' || '''4.00''' || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by height}}, one miss before 4.00 |
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| 19 || B || align="left" | [[Milan Milakov]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|YUG|1952 Summer}} |
| 19 || B || align="left" | [[Milan Milakov]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|YUG|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || o || o || xx'''o''' || '''4.00''' || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final by height}} |
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| 20 || A || align="left" | [[Walter Hofstetter]] |
| 20 || A || align="left" | [[Walter Hofstetter]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}} |
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| ? || ? || '''o''' || xxx || '''3.90''' || One miss before 3.90 |
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| 21 || B || align="left" | [[ |
| 21 || B || align="left" | [[Ron Miller (athlete)|Ron Miller]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|CAN|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || o || x'''o''' || xxx || '''3.90''' || |
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|rowspan=3| 22 || A || align="left" | [[Tim Anderson (athlete)|Tim Anderson]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer}} |
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| o || '''o''' || xxx || {{n/a}} || '''3.80''' || |
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| A || align="left" | [[Geoff Elliott]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer}} |
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| o || '''o''' || xxx || {{n/a}} || '''3.80''' || |
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| B || align="left" | [[Zenon Ważny]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|POL|1952 Summer}} |
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| o || '''o''' || xxx || {{n/a}} || '''3.80''' || |
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| 25 || A || align="left" | Hélcio da Silva|| align="left" | {{flagIOC|BRA|1952 Summer}} |
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| '''o''' || xxx ||colspan=2 {{n/a}} || '''3.60''' || |
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| 26 || A || align="left" | [[Gamal El-Din El-Sherbini]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|EGY|1952 Summer}} |
| 26 || A || align="left" | [[Gamal El-Din El-Sherbini]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|EGY|1952 Summer}} |
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| xx'''o''' || xxx ||colspan=2 {{n/a}} || '''3.60''' || |
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| || B || align="left" | [[Georgios Roubanis]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|GRE|1952 Summer}} |
|rowspan=2 data-sort-value=27| — || B || align="left" | [[Georgios Roubanis]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|GRE|1952 Summer}} |
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| xxx ||colspan=3 {{n/a}} ||data-sort-value=1.00| No mark || |
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| B || align="left" | [[José Vicente (pole vaulter)|José Vicente]] || align="left" | {{flagIOC|PUR|1952 Summer}} |
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| xxx ||colspan=3 {{n/a}} ||data-sort-value=1.00| No mark || |
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===Final=== |
===Final=== |
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The final was held on |
The final was held on July 22. |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |
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! Rank !! Athlete !! Nation !! 3.60!!3.80!!3.95!!4.10!!4.20!!4.30!!4.40!!4.50!!4.55!!4.60!! Height || Notes |
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! Rank !! Athlete !! Nationality !! 3.60!!3.80!!3.95!!4.10!!4.20!!4.30!!4.40!!4.50!!4.55!!4.60!! Result |
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| {{Gold01}} ||align="left"| [[Bob Richards]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} |
| {{Gold01}} ||align="left"| [[Bob Richards]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || — || o || o || o || o || o || xo || xx'''o''' || xxx ||'''4.55''' || {{OlyR|athletics}} |
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| {{Silver02}} ||align="left"| [[Don Laz]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} |
| {{Silver02}} ||align="left"| [[Don Laz]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || — || o || o || o || o || o || x'''o''' || xxx || {{n/a}} ||'''4.50''' |
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| {{Bronze03}} ||align="left"| [[Ragnar Lundberg]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} |
| {{Bronze03}} ||align="left"| [[Ragnar Lundberg]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || — || o || — || o || xo || '''o''' || xxx ||colspan=2 {{n/a}} ||'''4.40''' |
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|4||align="left"| [[Petro Denysenko]] ||align="left"| |
|4||align="left"| [[Petro Denysenko]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || — || o || o || xo || o || '''o''' || xxx ||colspan=2 {{n/a}} ||'''4.40''' |
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|5||align="left"| [[Valto Olenius]] ||align="left"| |
|5||align="left"| [[Valto Olenius]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || — || — || o || xo || x'''o''' || xxx ||colspan=3 {{n/a}} ||'''4.30''' |
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|6||align="left"| [[Bunkichi Sawada]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|JPN|1952 Summer}} |
|6||align="left"| [[Bunkichi Sawada]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|JPN|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || o || xxo || o || '''o''' || xxx ||colspan=4 {{n/a}} ||'''4.20''' |
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|7||align="left"| [[Volodymyr Brazhnyk]] |
|7||align="left"| [[Volodymyr Brazhnyk]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || o || o || o || x'''o''' || xxx ||colspan=4 {{n/a}} ||'''4.20''' |
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|8||align="left"| [[Viktor Knyazev]] |
|8||align="left"| [[Viktor Knyazev]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || o || o || xo || x'''o''' || xxx ||colspan=4 {{n/a}} ||'''4.20''' |
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|9||align="left"| [[George Mattos]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} |
|9||align="left"| [[George Mattos]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || — || o || xo || xx'''o''' || xxx ||colspan=4 {{n/a}} ||'''4.20''' |
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|10||align="left"| [[Erkki Kataja]] |
|10||align="left"| [[Erkki Kataja]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || — || o || '''o''' || xxx ||colspan=5 {{n/a}} ||'''4.10''' |
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|11||align="left"| [[Tamás Homonnay]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC| |
|rowspan=2| 11 ||align="left"| [[Tamás Homonnay]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || o || o || '''o''' || xxx ||colspan=5 {{n/a}} ||'''4.10''' |
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|align="left"| [[Lennart Lind (athlete)|Lennart Lind]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || o || O || '''o''' || xxx ||colspan=5 {{n/a}} ||'''4.10''' |
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|13||align="left"| [[Milan Milakov]] |
|13||align="left"| [[Milan Milakov]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|YUG|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || o || xo || x'''o''' || xxx ||colspan=5 {{n/a}} ||'''4.10''' |
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|14||align="left"| [[Rigas Efstathiadis]] |
|rowspan=2| 14 ||align="left"| [[Rigas Efstathiadis]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|GRE|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || o || '''o''' || xxx ||colspan=6 {{n/a}} ||'''3.95''' |
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|align="left"| [[Torfy Bryngeirsson]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|ISL|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || o || '''o''' || xxx ||colspan=6 {{n/a}} ||'''3.95''' |
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|16||align="left"| [[Erling Kaas]] |
|16||align="left"| [[Erling Kaas]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|NOR|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || '''o''' || xxx ||colspan=7 {{n/a}} ||'''3.80''' |
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|17||align="left"| [[Theodosios Balafas]] |
|17||align="left"| [[Theodosios Balafas]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|GRE|1952 Summer}} |
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| o || '''o''' || xxx ||colspan=7 {{n/a}} ||'''3.80''' |
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|18||align="left"| [[Jukka Piironen]] |
|rowspan=2| 18 ||align="left"| [[Jukka Piironen]] ||align="left"| {{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}} |
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| — || x'''o''' || xxx ||colspan=7 {{n/a}} ||'''3.80''' |
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==References== |
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*[http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/OR1952.pdf Official Olympic Report], ''la84.org''. |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080411091045/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/OR1952.pdf Official Olympic Report], ''la84.org''. |
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Revision as of 15:01, 9 July 2024
Men's pole vault at the Games of the XV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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![]() Don Laz and Bob Richards (1951) | ||||||||||
Venue | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | July 21 (qualifying) July 22 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 28 from 18 nations | |||||||||
Winning height | 4.55 OR | |||||||||
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Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | |
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 | |
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Marathon | men | |
10 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 was an event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Twenty-eight athletes from 18 nations competed.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was held on Tuesday July 22, 1952.[2] The event was won by Bob Richards of the United States, the nation's 12th consecutive victory in the men's pole vault. Another American, Don Laz, took silver. Ragnar Lundberg's bronze was Sweden's first medal in the event since 1912.
Summary
Bob Richards was the returning bronze medalist. His closest domestic competitor was Don Laz, who shared the US championship earlier in the year after 4 years of Richards dominance. In the final both remained clean to 4.40m, just ahead of Ragnar Lundberg and Petro Denysenko, who each had one miss earlier. Lundberg had passed at 4.10m, which became significant because neither could go any higher. While modern rules would make that a tie, in that era, the third tiebreaker was the number of attempts, which gave Lundberg the bronze medal. Both Richards and Laz cleared the next height, 4.50m on their second attempts, still tied. They remained tied to their final attempt at 4.60 m (15 ft 1 in) when Laz missed and Richards cleared it to take his first gold medal.
Richards was only the second man to win multiple medals in the pole vault. He would go on to defend the championship four years later, jumping 1 cm higher and went on to Wheaties box fame. No other man has defended the pole vault title, though Yelena Isinbayeva defended the women's title in 2008. Richards is also the only man to win three medals in the event (Isinbayeva is the only woman to do so).
Background
This was the 12th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Half of the finalists from the 1948 Games returned: silver medalist Erkki Kataja of Finland, bronze medalist Bob Richards of the United States, fourth-place finisher Erling Kaas of Norway, fifth-place finisher Ragnar Lundberg of Sweden, seventh-place finisher Valto Olenius of Finland, and ninth-place finisher José Vicente of Puerto Rico. Richards was the favorite in Helsinki after four wins at the AAU championships from 1949 to 1952 (the last tied with Don Laz). The most significant challenger to the Americans was European champion Ragnar Lundberg of Sweden.[1]
Egypt, Romania, the Soviet Union, and Switzerland each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its 12th appearance, the only nation to have competed at every Olympic men's pole vault to that point.
Competition format
The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1912, with results cleared between rounds. Vaulters received three attempts at each height. Ties were broken by the countback rule; at the time, total attempts was used after total misses.
In the qualifying round, the bar was set at 3.60 metres, 3.80 metres, 3.90 metres, and 4.00 metres. All vaulters clearing 4.00 metres advanced to the final.
In the final, the bar was set at 3.60 metres, 3.80 metres, 3.95 metres, 4.10 metres, 4.20 metres, 4.30 metres, 4.40 metres, 4.50 metres, 4.55 metres, and 4.60 metres.[1][3]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
4.77 | Modesto, United States | 23 May 1942 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
4.35 | Berlin, Germany | 5 August 1936 |
Bob Richards, Don Laz, Ragnar Lundberg, and Petro Denysenko all cleared 4.40 metres to break the Olympic record. Richards and Laz extended the record to 4.50 metres. Only Richards was able to clear 4.55 metres, the new Olympic record at the end of the Games.
Zeitplan
All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)
The final took nearly 6 hours.
Date | Zeit | Round |
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Monday, 21 July 1952 | 15:00 | Qualifying |
Tuesday, 22 July 1952 | 15:00 | Final |
Results
Key
- o = Height cleared
- x = Height failed
- – = Height passed
- r = Retired
- SB = Season's best
- PB = Personal best
- NR = National record
- AR = Area record
- OR = Olympic record
- WR = World record
- WL = World lead
- NM = No mark
- DNS = Did not start
- DQ = Disqualified
Qualifying round
Qualification Criteria: Qualifying Performance 4.00 m advance to the Final.
Rank | Group | Athlete | Nation | 3.60 | 3.80 | 3.90 | 4.00 | Height | Notes |
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1 | A | Petro Denysenko | ![]() |
— | — | o | o | 4.00 | Q |
A | Tamás Homonnay | ![]() |
— | — | o | o | 4.00 | Q | |
B | Erkki Kataja | ![]() |
— | — | o | o | 4.00 | Q | |
B | Ragnar Lundberg | ![]() |
— | — | o | o | 4.00 | Q | |
B | Jukka Piironen | ![]() |
— | — | o | o | 4.00 | Q | |
6 | A | Zeno Dragomir | ![]() |
— | o | o | o | 4.00 | Q |
B | Don Laz | ![]() |
— | o | o | o | 4.00 | Q | |
B | Lennart Lind | ![]() |
— | o | o | o | 4.00 | Q | |
B | George Mattos | ![]() |
— | o | o | o | 4.00 | Q | |
B | Bob Richards | ![]() |
— | o | o | o | 4.00 | Q | |
11 | A | Rigas Efstathiadis | ![]() |
? | ? | ? | o | 4.00 | Q, one miss before 4.00 |
11 | B | Erling Kaas | ![]() |
? | ? | ? | o | 4.00 | Q, one miss before 4.00 |
13 | B | Valto Olenius | ![]() |
— | — | — | xo | 4.00 | Q |
14 | B | Viktor Knyazev | ![]() |
— | — | o | xo | 4.00 | Q |
15 | A | Volodymyr Brazhnyk | ![]() |
— | o | o | xo | 4.00 | Q |
16 | A | Theodosios Balafas | ![]() |
o | o | o | xo | 4.00 | Q |
A | Torfy Bryngeirsson | ![]() |
o | o | o | xo | 4.00 | Q | |
18 | B | Bunkichi Sawada | ![]() |
— | ? | ? | xo | 4.00 | Q, one miss before 4.00 |
19 | B | Milan Milakov | ![]() |
— | o | o | xxo | 4.00 | Q |
20 | A | Walter Hofstetter | ![]() |
? | ? | o | xxx | 3.90 | One miss before 3.90 |
21 | B | Ron Miller | ![]() |
— | o | xo | xxx | 3.90 | |
22 | A | Tim Anderson | ![]() |
o | o | xxx | — | 3.80 | |
A | Geoff Elliott | ![]() |
o | o | xxx | — | 3.80 | ||
B | Zenon Ważny | ![]() |
o | o | xxx | — | 3.80 | ||
25 | A | Hélcio da Silva | ![]() |
o | xxx | — | 3.60 | ||
26 | A | Gamal El-Din El-Sherbini | ![]() |
xxo | xxx | — | 3.60 | ||
— | B | Georgios Roubanis | ![]() |
xxx | — | No mark | |||
B | José Vicente | ![]() |
xxx | — | No mark |
Final
The final was held on July 22.
Rank | Athlete | Nation | 3.60 | 3.80 | 3.95 | 4.10 | 4.20 | 4.30 | 4.40 | 4.50 | 4.55 | 4.60 | Height | Notes |
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Bob Richards | ![]() |
— | — | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 4.55 | OR |
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Don Laz | ![]() |
— | — | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | — | 4.50 | |
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Ragnar Lundberg | ![]() |
— | — | o | — | o | xo | o | xxx | — | 4.40 | ||
4 | Petro Denysenko | ![]() |
— | — | o | o | xo | o | o | xxx | — | 4.40 | ||
5 | Valto Olenius | ![]() |
— | — | — | o | xo | xo | xxx | — | 4.30 | |||
6 | Bunkichi Sawada | ![]() |
— | o | xxo | o | o | xxx | — | 4.20 | ||||
7 | Volodymyr Brazhnyk | ![]() |
— | o | o | o | xo | xxx | — | 4.20 | ||||
8 | Viktor Knyazev | ![]() |
— | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | — | 4.20 | ||||
9 | George Mattos | ![]() |
— | — | o | xo | xxo | xxx | — | 4.20 | ||||
10 | Erkki Kataja | ![]() |
— | — | o | o | xxx | — | 4.10 | |||||
11 | Tamás Homonnay | ![]() |
— | o | o | o | xxx | — | 4.10 | |||||
Lennart Lind | ![]() |
— | o | O | o | xxx | — | 4.10 | ||||||
13 | Milan Milakov | ![]() |
— | o | xo | xo | xxx | — | 4.10 | |||||
14 | Rigas Efstathiadis | ![]() |
— | o | o | xxx | — | 3.95 | ||||||
Torfy Bryngeirsson | ![]() |
— | o | o | xxx | — | 3.95 | |||||||
16 | Erling Kaas | ![]() |
— | o | xxx | — | 3.80 | |||||||
17 | Theodosios Balafas | ![]() |
o | o | xxx | — | 3.80 | |||||||
18 | Jukka Piironen | ![]() |
— | xo | xxx | — | 3.80 | |||||||
Zeno Dragomir | ![]() |
— | xo | xxx | — | 3.80 |
References
- ^ a b c "Pole Vault, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Pole Vault". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ Official Report, p. 311.
External links
- Official Olympic Report, la84.org.