European Athletics Championships 1938 / men's pole vault

2. European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's pole vault
city	Paris
Stadion	Stade Olympique
Attendees	14 athletes from 12 countries
Competition phase	September 3
Medalist
gold	Karl Sutter ( GER )
silver	Bo Ljungberg ( SWE )
bronze	Pierre Ramadier ( FRA )

Olympic Stadium in Paris 1924

The men's pole vault at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held on September 3, 1938 in the Stade Olympique in the French capital, Paris .

European champion was the German Karl Sutter . As in the European Championships in 1934, the Swede Bo Ljungberg won the silver medal . Bronze went to the Frenchman Pierre Ramadier .

Records

Existing records

World record	4.54 m	Earle Meadows	Los Angeles , USA	May 29, 1937
Championship record	4.00 m	Gustav Wegner	EM Turin , Italy	September 7, 1934
		Bo Ljungberg

Record improvement

 Karl Sutter improved the EM record in the final by five centimeters to 4.05 meters.

execution

On the IAAF website there is only one list of results for all technical disciplines with the final result for all participants. A qualification is not listed there for any jumping, pushing or throwing competition. Accordingly, all fourteen pole vaulters started together in one group for the final.

At the Olympic Games during this time, it was common practice in the technical disciplines to first conduct a qualifying round on the morning of the competition day if the number of participants was not too small. This preliminary round was held in two groups. The final with the qualified athletes usually took place in the afternoon of the same day.

final

Karl Sutter became European champion with a new EM record

September 5, 1938, 3:15 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Height (m)
1	Karl Sutter	German Empire	4.05 CR
2	Bo Ljungberg	Sweden	4.00 SB
3	Pierre Ramadier	France	4.00 PB
4th	Wilhelm Schneider	Poland	4.00 PB
5	Mario Romeo	Italy	4.00 PB
6th	Aulis Reinikka	Finland	3.90 PB
7th	Richard Webster	Great Britain	3.80 PB
8th	Richard Kiipsaar	Estonia	3.70 PB
9	Ernst Larsen	Denmark	3.70 PB
10	Svend Aage Thomsen	Denmark	3.70 PB
11	Robert Vintousky	France	3.50 SB
12	Carol Eilhardt	Romania	3.50 PB
NM	Frans van Peteghem	Belgium
	Viktor Zsuffka	Hungary

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  Like four years earlier, Bo Ljungberg won the silver medal in Turin

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  Bronze medalist Pierre Ramadier

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  Robert Vintousky came in eleventh place

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Paris 1938 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed March 11, 2019
• Men Pole Vault European Championships 1938 Paris (FRA) on todor66.com, accessed March 11, 2019
• II European Championship, Paris 1938 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed March 11, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1938, men's pole vault on sportschau.de, accessed on March 11, 2019
• 2nd European Men's Athletics Championships 1938 in Paris, France from ifosta.de, accessed on March 11, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Pole Vault Men , accessed March 11, 2019
2. ^ European Athletics Championships - Paris 1938 , accessed March 11, 2019