1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 13 and 15 September 1962.

Just before the meeting, the IAAF council approved the optional use of glass fibre poles.

Medalists

Gold	Pentti Nikula Finnland
Silver	Rudolf Tomášek Czechoslovakia
Bronze	Kauko Nyström Finnland

Results

Final

15 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Pentti Nikula	Finnland	4.80	CR
	Rudolf Tomášek	Czechoslovakia	4.60
	Kauko Nyström	Finnland	4.60
4	Risto Ankio	Finnland	4.55
5	Maurice Houvion	Frankreich	4.55
6	Roman Lešek	Yugoslavia	4.55	NR
7	Günter Malcher	East Germany	4.50
8	Manfred Preußger	East Germany	4.50
9	Bernard Balastre	Frankreich	4.50
10	Ihor Petrenko	Soviet Union	4.40
11	Petre Astafei	Rumänien	4.40
12	Kjell Hovik	Norwegen	4.40
13	Klaus Lehnertz	West Germany	4.30
14	Janusz Gronowski	Polen	4.30

Qualification

13 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Janusz Gronowski	Polen	4.40	Q
	Klaus Lehnertz	West Germany	4.40	Q
	Maurice Houvion	Frankreich	4.40	Q
	Günter Malcher	East Germany	4.40	Q
	Kauko Nyström	Finnland	4.40	Q
	Ihor Petrenko	Soviet Union	4.40	Q
	Risto Ankio	Finnland	4.40	Q
	Kjell Hovik	Norwegen	4.40	Q
	Roman Lešek	Yugoslavia	4.40	Q
	Bernard Balastre	Frankreich	4.40	Q
	Manfred Preußger	East Germany	4.40	Q
	Petre Astafei	Rumänien	4.40	Q
	Rudolf Tomášek	Czechoslovakia	4.40	Q
	Pentti Nikula	Finnland	4.40	Q
	Gérard Barras	Schweiz	4.30
	Mirko Kuzmanović	Yugoslavia	4.30
	Dimitar Khlebarov	Bulgarien	4.30
	Mikael Schie	Norwegen	4.20
	Franc Rojko	Yugoslavia	4.20
	Reidulv Førde	Norwegen	4.20
	Christos Papanikolaou	Griechenland	4.20
	Valbjörn Þorláksson	Island	4.10
	Roland Gras	Frankreich	4.00

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

• Bulgarien (1)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• East Germany (2)
• Finnland (3)
• Frankreich (3)
• Griechenland (1)
• Island (1)
• Norwegen (3)
• Polen (1)
• Rumänien (1)
• Soviet Union (1)
• Schweiz (1)
• West Germany (1)
• Yugoslavia (3)