1912 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Pole Vault (Men)

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Olympic rings
Stockholm's Olympic Stadium, 070310.JPG
sport athletics
discipline Pole vault
gender Men
Attendees 25 athletes from 11 countries
Competition location Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Competition phase July 10, 1912 (qualification)
July 11, 1912 (final)
Medalist
gold medal Harry Babcock ( USA ) United States 48United States 
Silver medal Frank Nelson ( USA ) Marc Wright ( USA ) United States 48United States 
United States 48United States 
Bronze medal William Halpenny ( CAN ) Frank Murphy ( USA ) Bertil Uggla ( SWE ) Canada 1868Canada 
United States 48United States 
SwedenSweden 

The men's pole vault at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm was held on July 10th and 11th, 1912 in the Stockholm Olympic Stadium. 25 athletes took part.

The US athlete Harry Babcock became Olympic champion . Two silver medals went to his compatriots Frank Nelson and Marc Wright . Although two jumpers had won silver medals, the three jumpers who were actually fourth together were also rewarded with bronze medals - a unique event at the Olympic Games: the Canadian William Halpenny , the US jumper Frank Murphy and the Swede Bertil Uggla .

Existing records

World record Marc Wright ( USA ) United States 48United States  4.02 m Cambridge, Massachusetts June 8, 1912
Olympic record Edward Cook ( USA ) Alfred Gilbert ( USA ) United States 48United States 
United States 48United States 		 3.71 m London July 24, 1908

Conducting the competition

All 25 jumpers had to jump a qualifying round on July 10th. The qualification level to be skipped was 3.65 meters. The final for the qualified jumpers took place on July 11th.

Note: o = skipped height; x = failed attempt. The qualified jumpers are highlighted in light blue.

Preliminary round

space Surname nation result 3.00 3.20 3.40 3.50 3.60 3.65
1 Harry Babcock United States 48United States United States 3.65 m - O O O O O
William Halpenny Canada 1868Canada Canada - - O O O O
Frank Murphy United States 48United States United States - O O O xxo O
Sam Bellah United States 48United States United States - - xo xxo xo O
Gordon Dukes United States 48United States United States - xxo O xxo O O
Bill Fritz United States 48United States United States - O O O O O
Robert Pasemann German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire O O O O xxo O
Frank Nelson United States 48United States United States O - O O O xo
Marc Wright United States 48United States United States - - O O O xo
Bertil Uggla SwedenSweden Sweden O O O O O xo
Frank Coyle United States 48United States United States - - O O O xxo
12 Carl Hårleman SwedenSweden Sweden 3.60 m - xo O xo O xxx
Richard Sjöberg SwedenSweden Sweden O O O O xxo xxx
Clas Gille SwedenSweden Sweden - O O xxo xxo xxx
15th Fernand Gonder Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 3.50 m xo xo O O xxx -
16 Ulrich Baasch Russian Empire 1883Russian Empire Russia 3.40 m O O O xxx - -
Fritz Bøchen Vikke DenmarkDenmark Denmark O O O xxx - -
18th Magnus Nilsson SwedenSweden Sweden 3.20 m - O xxx - - -
Hugo Svensson SwedenSweden Sweden O O xxx - - -
Sander Santesson SwedenSweden Sweden xo O xxx - - -
Viktor Franzl Austria CisleithanienCisleithania Austria xxo O xxx - - -
Georgios Banikas Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece Greece xo xo xxx - - -
23 Jindřich Jirsák BohemiaBohemia Bohemia 3.00 m O xxx - - - -
Manlio's legacy Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy O xxx - - - -
ogV Johann Martin Russian Empire 1883Russian Empire Russia - xxx - - - - -

Date: July 10, 1912

final

space Surname nation result 3.40 3.50 3.60 3.65 3.75 3.80 3.85 3.95 4.06
1 Harry Babcock United States 48United States United States 3.95 m OR O O O - O O O O xxx
2 Frank Nelson United States 48United States United States 3.85 m O O O xo O O xo xxx -
Marc Wright United States 48United States United States O O O O xo xo xo xxx -
3 William Halpenny Canada 1868Canada Canada 3.80 m O xo O O xo xo - - -
Frank Murphy United States 48United States United States O O xo xo O O xxx - -
Bertil Uggla SwedenSweden Sweden O O O O O xo xxx - -
7th Sam Bellah United States 48United States United States 3.75 m O O xo O xo xxx - - -
8th Frank Coyle United States 48United States United States 3.65 m O O xo xo xxx - - - -
Gordon Dukes United States 48United States United States O O O xxo xxx - - - -
Bill Fritz United States 48United States United States O xo xo xxo xxx - - - -
11 Robert Pasemann German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire 3.40 m xo xxx - - - - - - -

Date: July 11, 1912

Of the eleven finalists, eight came from the USA, a dominance like hardly any other discipline. There were also a Swede, a Canadian and a German. Robert Pasemann failed early and retired with a height of 3.40 m, all other starters reached 3.65 m. The Americans Frank Coyle, Gordon Dukes and Bill Fritz were eliminated at 3.75 m, Sam Bellah failed at 3.80 m. Frank Murphy and Bertil Uggla could not cross the 3.85 m, the Canadian William Halpenny had to retire due to an injury sustained on his second and successful attempt over 3.80 m. Marc Wright and Frank Nelson failed at the next height, 3.95 m, which Harry Babcock had safely crossed in the first attempt. Babcock had the bar set to the new world record height of 4.06 m, but failed with all three attempts.

Overall, the old Olympic record of 3.71 m was improved 17 times in this competition: seven jumpers crossed the 3.75 m, six the 3.80 m, three the 3.85 m and one the 3.95 m.

Babcock's gold medal was the fifth US victory in the fifth Olympic final in the discipline.

Picture gallery

  • Olympic Champion Harry Babcock (USA)

  • Frank Nelson (USA), silver medal winner

  • Marc Wright (USA), the world record holder, also wins silver

  • Bertil Uggla (SWE), one of three bronze medalists

  • Gordon Dukes (USA) finished eighth

  • Fernand Gonder (FRA), winner of the 1906 interludes, came 15th

literature

  • Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 117

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 555 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Description of the finals in the official report ( Memento of the original from February 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Pp. 400-401, engl. (PDF) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / library.la84.org