1928 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Pole Vault (Men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | Pole vault | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 20 athletes from 13 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Olympic Stadium Amsterdam | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 1, 1928 | ||||||||
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The men's pole vault at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam was held on August 1, 1928 in the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium. Twenty athletes took part.
In the pole vault there was a triple triumph for the US team. Sabin Carr won ahead of William Droegemueller and Charles McGinnis .
Existing records
- World record : 4.30 m - Lee Barnes ( USA ), Fresno , April 28, 1928
- Olympic record : 4.09 m - Frank Foss ( USA ), Olympic pole vault final in Antwerp , August 20, 1920
Conducting the competition
On August 1st, a qualifying round was held in two groups. The qualification height was 3.66 meters. The final for the qualified jumpers took place on the same day.
Note: The qualified jumpers are highlighted in light blue.
qualification
Date: August 1, 1928
Group 1
space | Surname | nation | height | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lee Barnes | United States | 3.66 m | |
William Droegemueller | United States | |||
János Karlovits | Hungary | |||
Nakazawa Yonetaro | Japan | |||
5 | Laurence Bond | Great Britain | 3.50 m | |
Aksel Nikolajsen | Denmark | |||
7th | Stelios Benardis | Greece | 3.30 m | |
Gérard Noël | Belgium | |||
Age van der Zee | Netherlands | |||
ogV | René Joannes-Powell | Belgium |
Group 2
space | Surname | nation | height | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sabin Carr | United States | 3.66 m | |
Henry Lindblad | Sweden | |||
Charles McGinnis | United States | |||
Julius Muller | German Empire | |||
Victor Pickard | Canada | |||
6th | José Culí | Spain | 3.50 m | |
Maurice Henrijean | Belgium | |||
ogV | Argyris Karagiannis | Greece | ||
Pierre Ramadier | France | |||
Robert Vintousky | France |
final
space | Surname | nation | height | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sabin Carr | United States | 4.20 m | OR |
2 | William Droegemueller | United States | 4.10 m | |
3 | Charles McGinnis | United States | 3.95 m | after stabbing with Pickard and Barnes |
4th | Victor Pickard | Canada | 3.95 m | after stinging with McGinnis and Barnes |
5 | Lee Barnes | United States | 3.95 m | after stabbing with McGinnis and Pickard |
6th | Nakazawa Yonetaro | Japan | 3.90 m | |
7th | Henry Lindblad | Sweden | 3.90 m | |
8th | János Karlovits | Hungary | 3.80 m | |
9 | Julius Muller | German Empire | 3.65 m |
Date: August 1, 1928
After nine jumpers had made it to the qualification level, they started from a duel between the two Americans Lee Barnes, who competed as Olympic champion in Paris and world record holder with 4.30 m, and Sabin Carr, who also competed in the hall had already reached 4.29 m. In pouring rain, five jumpers crossed 3.95 m, which had been enough to win the Olympic Games four years earlier. This led to a playoff for the bronze medal between Barnes, his compatriot Charles McGinnis and the Canadian Victor Pickard. McGinnis eventually won that bronze medal, Pickard fourth, Barnes fifth. Sabin Carr lived up to expectations and became Olympic champion with the new Olympic record of 4.20 m, ahead of his compatriot William Droegemueller, who mastered a strong 4.10 m.
Sabin Carr's victory brought the ninth gold medal of a US jumper in the eighth Olympic pole vault final - in 1908 there were two gold medals for US jumpers.
It was also the fifth US double win and the second triple success in a row.
Picture gallery
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 203
Video
- Amsterdam 1928 osa 3 , range 5:40 min to 7:30 min, published on May 28, 2009 on youtube.com, accessed on September 14, 2017
Web links
- SportsReference pole vault , accessed September 14, 2017
- Official report pp. 448–450, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 14, 2017
Individual evidence
- ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 555 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Official report, pp. 448 - 450 (Eng.)
- ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)