European Athletics Championships 1934 / men's pole vault

1st European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's pole vault
city	Turin
Stadion	Stadio Benito Mussolini
Attendees	11 athletes from 9 countries
Competition phase	September 8th (qualification / final)
Medalist
gold	Gustav Wegner ( GER )
silver	Bo Ljungberg ( SWE )
bronze	John Lindroth ( FIN )

Turin Olympic Stadium - then called
Stadio Benito Mussolini

The men's pole vault at the 1934 European Athletics Championships was held on September 8, 1934 in the Turin Stadio Benito Mussolini .

European champion was the German Gustav Wegner , who won before the Swede Bo Ljungberg . Bronze went to the Finn John Lindroth .

Existing records

World record	4.37 m	William Graber	Palo Alto , USA	July 16, 1932
Championship record	There was not yet a European championship record.

execution

On the IAAF page with the pole vault result there are two lists of results: one with the qualification results and one with the final result. September 8, 1934 is given as the date for both parts of the competition. To what extent this was a real qualification with a previously set minimum level is not entirely clear. All eleven competitors jumped 3.60 m and all then continued in the final. It is therefore not entirely understandable why all participants started in a group. Aside from the pole vault, according to the IAAF website, there was only one other technical discipline at these European championships with a qualification, that was the discus throw . There, too, the process is not clear from the overviews offered.

At the Olympic Games during this period, it was common practice in the jumping and throwing disciplines to first conduct a qualifying round on the morning of the competition day if the number of participants was not too small. However, this preliminary round was held in two groups. The final usually took place in the afternoon of the same day.

qualification

Vice European Champion Bo Ljungberg

Pierre Ramadier came in fifth

September 8, 1934

space	Surname	nation	height
1	John Lindroth	Finland	3.60 m
	Robert Vintousky	France
	Bo Ljungberg	Sweden
	Lyuben Doychev	Bulgaria
	Henry Lindblad	Sweden
	Viktor Zsuffka	Hungary
	Evald Äärma	Estonia
	Danilo Innocenti	Italy
9	Gustav Wegner	German Empire	3.60 m
	Pierre Ramadier	France
11	Adolf Meier	Switzerland	3.60 m

final

September 8, 1934

space	Surname	nation	height
1	Gustav Wegner	German Empire	4.00 m CR
2	Bo Ljungberg	Sweden	4.00 m CR
3	John Lindroth	Finland	3.90 m PB
4th	Viktor Zsuffka	Hungary	3.90 m PB
5	Pierre Ramadier	France	3.90 m PB
6th	Danilo Innocenti	Italy	3.80 m PB
7th	Robert Vintousky	France	3.80 m PB
	Henry Lindblad	Sweden	3.80 m PB
	Evald Äärma	Estonia	3.80 m NO
10	Adolf Meier	Switzerland	3.70 m PB
	Lyuben Doychev	Bulgaria	3.70 m PB

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  Danilo Innocenti finished sixth

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  Robert Vintousky finished in seventh place

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  Henry Lindblad, along with two other athletes in seventh place

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  Evald Äarma was the third pole vaulter in seventh place

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Torino 1934 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed March 6, 2019
• Men Pole Vault Athletics I European Championships 1934 Torino (ITA) on todor66.com, accessed March 9, 2019
• I European Championship, Turin 1934 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed March 6, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1934, men's pole vault on sportschau.de, accessed on March 6, 2019
• 1st European Men's Athletics Championships 1934 in Turin, Italy from ifosta.de, accessed on March 6, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Pole vault , accessed March 6, 2019
2. ↑ European Athletics Championships - Torino 1934 , accessed March 6, 2019