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Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

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Men's pole vault
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Left-right: Ron Morris, Don Bragg, Eeles Landström
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 5 (qualifying round)
September 7 (final)
Competitors29 from 20 nations
Winning height4.70 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Don Bragg
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ron Morris
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eeles Landström
 Finland
← 1956
1964 →

The men's pole vault field event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 5 and September 7.[1] Twenty-nine athletes from 20 nations competed.[2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Don Bragg of the United States, the nation's 14th consecutive victory in the men's pole vault. Ron Morris took silver, making it three straight Games the American team had finished 1–2. Eeles Landström's bronze was Finland's first medal in the event since 1948.

Background

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This was the 14th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1956 Games were bronze medalist Georgios Roubanis of Greece, seventh-place finisher Eeles Landström of Finland, eighth-place finisher Manfred Preußger of the United Team of Germany, and fourteenth-place finisher Matti Sutinen of Finland. Ninth-place finisher Vladimir Bulatov of the Soviet Union was entered and expected to contend (he was ranked 5th in the world in 1959), but broke his ankle in warm-ups. Don Bragg of the United States was the favorite after breaking the world record at the U.S. trials.[2]

Bulgaria, Iraq, Nigeria, and Turkey each made their first appearance in the event; Germany competed as the "United Team of Germany" for the first time. The United States made its 14th appearance, the only nation to have competed at every Olympic men's pole vault to that point.

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.

In the qualifying round, the bar was set at 3.80 metres, 4.00 metres, 4.20 metres, 4.30 metres, and 4.40 metres. All vaulters clearing 4.40 metres advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 cleared that height, the top 12 (including ties) advanced.

In the final, the bar was set at 4.00 metres, 4.20 metres, 4.30 metres, 4.50 metres, 4.55 metres, 4.60 metres, and 4.70 metres; the winner could attempt further height to break a record.[2][3]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Don Bragg (USA) 4.80 Palo Alto, United States 2 July 1960
Olympic record  Bob Richards (USA) 4.56 Melbourne, Australia 26 November 1956

Don Bragg and Ron Morris beat the Olympic record, clearing 4.60 metres. Bragg was also successful at 4.70 metres, setting the new mark.

Schedule

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All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Monday, 5 September 1960 9:00 Qualifying
Wednesday, 7 September 1960 13:30 Final

Results

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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

Top twelve jumpers and ties and all jumpers reaching 4.40 metres advanced to the finals. All heights are listed in metres.

Qualifying

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Rank Athlete Nation 3.80 4.00 4.20 4.30 4.40 Height Notes
1 Khristo Khristov  Bulgaria o o o o 4.40 Q
Matti Sutinen  Finland o o o o 4.40 Q
3 Don Bragg  United States o xo o 4.40 Q
4 Eeles Landström  Finland o o xo o 4.40 Q
Günter Malcher  United Team of Germany o xo o o 4.40 Q
6 Rudolf Tomášek  Czechoslovakia o xo o o o 4.40 Q
7 Leon Lukman  Yugoslavia o xxo o o 4.40 Q
8 Rolando Cruz  Puerto Rico o o o xxo 4.40 Q
Ihor Petrenko  Soviet Union o o o xxo 4.40 Q
10 Jānis Krasovskis  Soviet Union o xo xxo 4.40 Q
11 Ron Morris  United States o o xxx 4.30 q
12 Dimitar Khlebarov  Bulgaria o o o xxx 4.30 q
Andrzej Krzesiński  Poland o o o xxx 4.30 q
14 Peter Laufer  United Team of Germany o o xxx 4.20
Manfred Preußger  United Team of Germany o o xxx 4.20
Roman Lešek  Yugoslavia o o xxx 4.20
Valbjörn Þorláksson  Iceland o o xxx 4.20
18 Dave Clark  United States o o o xxx 4.20
Janusz Gronowski  Poland o o o xxx 4.20
Georgios Roubanis  Greece o o o xxx 4.20
Victor Sillon  France o o o xxx 4.20
22 Noriaki Yasuda  Japan xxo o xxx 4.20
23 Bjørn Andersen  Denmark o xxx 4.00
Gérard Barras  Switzerland o xxx 4.00
Raymond Van Dijck  Belgium o xxx 4.00
26 Allah Ditta  Pakistan xo o xxx 4.00
Owen Okundaye  Nigeria xxx No mark
Mohamed Abdullah  Iraq xxx No mark
Orhan Altan  Turkey xxx No mark
Vladimir Bulatov  Soviet Union DNS

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation 4.00 4.20 4.30 4.40 4.50 4.55 4.60 4.70 4.82 Height Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Don Bragg  United States o xo o o o o xxx 4.70 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ron Morris  United States o o xo o xo xxx 4.60
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eeles Landström  Finland o xo xo o xxx 4.55
4 Rolando Cruz  Puerto Rico o o o o o xo xxx 4.55
5 Günter Malcher  United Team of Germany o o o o xxx 4.50
6 Ihor Petrenko  Soviet Union o xxo o xxx 4.50
Matti Sutinen  Finland o xxo o xxx 4.50
8 Rudolf Tomášek  Czechoslovakia o o o xxo o xxx 4.50
9 Leon Lukman  Yugoslavia o o o o xxx 4.40
10 Khristo Khristov  Bulgaria xo o o xxx 4.40
11 Dimitar Khlebarov  Bulgaria o o xxx 4.30
12 Andrzej Krzesiński  Poland o o o xxx 4.30
13 Jānis Krasovskis  Soviet Union xo xxx 4.30

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Pole Vault". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Pole Vault, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 143.