1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

Men's pole vault at the European Athletics Championships

The men's pole vault at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 and 28 August 1954.

Medalists

Gold	Eeles Landström Finland
Silver	Ragnar Lundberg Sweden
Bronze	Geoffrey Elliott Great Britain
Bronze	Jukka Piironen Finland

Results

Final

28 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Eeles Landström	Finland	4.40	CR NR
	Ragnar Lundberg	Sweden	4.40	CR
	Geoffrey Elliott	Great Britain	4.30	NR
	Jukka Piironen	Finland	4.30
5	Tamás Homonnay	Hungary	4.30
6	Georgios Roubanis	Greece	4.25
7	Victor Sillon	France	4.25
8	Vitaliy Chernobay	Soviet Union	4.25
9	Edward Adamczyk	Poland	4.25
10	Lennart Lindberg	Finland	4.20
11	Zenon Ważny	Poland	4.15
12	Edmondo Ballotta	Italy	4.10
13	Viktor Knyazev	Soviet Union	4.10
13	Jiří Krejcar	Czechoslovakia	4.10
15	Richard Larsen	Denmark	4.10
16	Julius Schneider	West Germany	4.10
17	Dimitar Khlebarov	Bulgaria	4.10	NR
18	Walter Hofstetter	Switzerland	4.10
19	Milan Milakov	Yugoslavia	4.00
	Torfi Bryngeirsson	Iceland	DNS

Qualification

26 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Tamás Homonnay	Hungary	4.05	Q
	Zenon Ważny	Poland	4.05	Q
	Julius Schneider	West Germany	4.05	Q
	Edward Adamczyk	Poland	4.05	Q
	Victor Sillon	France	4.05	Q
	Richard Larsen	Denmark	4.05	Q
	Ragnar Lundberg	Sweden	4.05	Q
	Walter Hofstetter	Switzerland	4.05	Q
	Jiří Krejcar	Czechoslovakia	4.05	Q
	Milan Milakov	Yugoslavia	4.05	Q
	Edmondo Ballotta	Italy	4.05	Q
	Eeles Landström	Finland	4.05	Q
	Geoffrey Elliott	Great Britain	4.05	Q
	Lennart Lindberg	Finland	4.05	Q
	Vitaliy Chernobay	Soviet Union	4.05	Q
	Jukka Piironen	Finland	4.05	Q
	Dimitar Khlebarov	Bulgaria	4.05	Q
	Viktor Knyazev	Soviet Union	4.05	Q
	Georgios Roubanis	Greece	4.05	Q
	Torfi Bryngeirsson	Iceland	4.05	Q
	Zeno Dragomir	Romania	3.95
	Giulio Chiesa	Italy	3.80
	Jacques Pirlot	Belgium	3.80
	Fredy Bossert	Switzerland	3.80

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (1)
• Bulgaria (1)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• Denmark (1)
• Finland (3)
• France (1)
• Greece (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Iceland (1)
• Italy (2)
• Poland (2)
• Romania (1)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Sweden (1)
• Switzerland (2)
• Great Britain (1)
• West Germany (1)
• Yugoslavia (1)