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Track and field Almanac
Men's pole vault
Note: Height in meters
Olympics Medal Athlete Country Height
Atlanta 1996Gold
Silver
Bronze
Jean Galfione
Igor Trandenkov
Andrei Tivontchik
France
Russia
Germany
5.92
5.92
5.92
Barcelona 1992Gold
Silver
Bronze
Maksim Tarasov
Igor Trandenkov
Javier Garcia
Russia
Russia
Spain
5.80
5.80
5.75
Seoul 1988Gold
Silver
Bronze
Sergei Bubka
Rodion Gataullin
Grigori Egorov
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
5.90
5.85
5.80
Los Angeles 1984Gold
Silver
Bronze
Pierre Quinon
Mike Tully
Earl Bell
France
United States
United States
5.75
5.65
5.60
Moscow 1980Gold
Silver
Bronze
W. Kozakiewicz
Tadeusz Slusarki
Konstantin Volkov
Poland
Poland
Soviet Union
5.78
5.65
5.65
Montreal 1976Gold
Silver
Bronze
Tadeusz Slusarski
Antti Kalliomaki
David Roberts
Poland
Finland
United States
5.50
5.50
5.50
Munich 1972Gold
Silver
Bronze
Wolfgang Nordwig
Bob Seagren
Jan Johnson
East Germany
United States
United States
5.50
5.40
5.35
Mexico City 1968Gold
Silver
Bronze
Bob Seagren
Claus Schiprowski
Wolfgang Nordwig
United States
West Germany
East Germany
5.40
5.40
5.40
Tokyo 1964Gold
Silver
Bronze
Fred Hansen
Wolfgang Reinhardt
Klaus Lenhertz
United States
West Germany
West Germany
5.10
5.05
5.00
Rome 1960Gold
Silver
Bronze
Donald Bragg
Ronald Morris
Eeles Landstrom
United States
United States
Finland
4.70
4.60
4.55
Melbourne 1956Gold
Silver
Bronze
Robert Richards
Robert Gutkowski
Georgios Roubanis
United States
United States
Greece
4.56
4.53
4.50
Helsinki 1952Gold
Silver
Bronze
Robert Richards
Donald Laz
Ragnar Lundberg
United States
United States
Sweden
4.55
4.50
4.40
London 1948Gold
Silver
Bronze
Guinn Smith
Erkki Kataja
Robert Richards
United States
Finland
United States
4.30
4.20
4.20
Berlin 1936Gold
Silver
Bronze
Earle Meadows
Shuhei Nishida
Sueo Oe
United States
Japan
Japan
4.35
4.30
4.25
Los Angeles 1932Gold
Silver
Bronze
William Miller
Shuhei Nishida
George Jefferson
United States
Japan
United States
4.31
4.30
4.20
Amsterdam 1928Gold
Silver
Bronze
Sabin Carr
William Drogemuller
Charles McGinnis
United States
United States
United States
4.20
4.10
3.95
Paris 1924Gold
Silver
Bronze
Lee Barnes
Glenn Graham
James Brooker
United States
United States
United States
3.95
3.95
3.90
Antwerp 1920Gold
Silver
Bronze
Frank Foss
Henry Petersen
Edwin Myers
United States
Denmark
United States
4.09
3.70
3.60
Stockholm 1912Gold
Silver
Bronze
Harry Babcock
Frank Nelson
Marcus Wright
William Happenny
Frank Murphy
Bertil Uggla
United States
United States
United States
Canada
United States
Sweden
3.95
3.85
3.85
3.85
3.85
3.85
London 1908Gold
Silver
Bronze
Edward Cooke
Alfred Gilbert
Ed Archibald
Charles Jacobs
Bruno Soderstrom
United States
United States
Canada
United States
Sweden
3.71
3.71
3.58
3.58
3.58
St. Louis 1904Gold
Silver
Bronze
Charles Dvorak
LeRoy Samse
Louis Wilkins
United States
United States
United States
3.50
3.43
3.43
Paris 1900Gold
Silver
Bronze
Irving Baxter
Michael Coklet
Carl Albert Andersen
United States
United States
Norway
3.30
3.25
3.20
Athens 1896Gold
Silver
Bronze
William Hoyt
Albert Tyler
Evangelos Damaskos
United States
United States
Greece
3.30
3.25
2.85


 



 
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