1948 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Pole Vault (Men)

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Olympic rings
Opening of the Olympic Games in London, July 29, 1948. (7649948798) .jpg
sport athletics
discipline Pole vault
gender Men
Attendees 19 athletes from 10 countries
Competition location Wembley Stadium
Competition phase July 31, 1948 (qualification)
August 2, 1948 (final)
Medalist
gold medal Guinn Smith ( USA ) United States 48United States 
Silver medal Erkki Kataja ( FIN ) FinlandFinland 
Bronze medal Bob Richards ( USA ) United States 48United States 

The men's pole vault at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held on July 31 and August 2, 1948 at Wembley Stadium . 19 athletes took part. For the first time at the Olympic Games, the number of unsuccessful attempts at the same level decided the placement.

The American Guinn Smith became Olympic champion . He won ahead of the Finn Erkki Kataja and the American Bob Richards .

Existing records

Conducting the competition

Participants competed in a qualifying round on July 31. 4.00 meters were required as a qualification height. All jumpers who made this height qualified for the final on August 2nd.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

qualification

space Surname nation height annotation
1 José Barbosa Puerto Rico OlympiaPuerto Rico Puerto Rico 4.00 m
1 Hugo Göllors SwedenSweden Sweden 4.00 m
1 Erling Kaas NorwayNorway Norway 4.00 m
1 Erkki Kataja FinlandFinland Finland 4.00 m
1 Allan Lindberg SwedenSweden Sweden 4.00 m
1 Ragnar Lundberg SwedenSweden Sweden 4.00 m
1 Boo Morcom United States 48United States United States 4.00 m
1 Valto Olenius FinlandFinland Finland 4.00 m
1 Bob Richards United States 48United States United States 4.00 m
1 Victor Sillon France 1946Fourth French Republic France 4.00 m
1 Guinn Smith United States 48United States United States 4.00 m
1 José Vicente Puerto Rico OlympiaPuerto Rico Puerto Rico 4.00 m
13 Georges Breitman France 1946Fourth French Republic France 3.90 m
14th Theodosios Balafas Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece Greece 3.80 m
14th Torfi Bryngeirsson IcelandIceland Iceland 3.80 m
16 Luis Ganoza Peru 1825Peru Peru 3.70 m
17th Charles Bouvet France 1946Fourth French Republic France 3.60 m
17th Jaime Piqueras Peru 1825Peru Peru 3.60 m
17th Richard Webster United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 3.60 m

July 31, 1948, 11 a.m.

The order and series of experiments are unknown.

final

space Surname nation result 3.95 m 4.10 m 4.20 m 4.30 m
1 Guinn Smith United States 48United States United States 4.30 m xo xo O xxo
2 Erkki Kataja FinlandFinland Finland 4.30 m O O O xxx
3 Bob Richards United States 48United States United States 4.20 m O xo xo xxx
4th Erling Kaas NorwayNorway Norway 4.10 m O O xxx
5 Ragnar Lundberg SwedenSweden Sweden 4.10 m O xxo xxx
6th Boo Morcom United States 48United States United States 3.95 m O - xxx
7th Hugo Göllors SwedenSweden Sweden 3.95 m xo
Valto Olenius FinlandFinland Finland 3.95 m xo
9 José Barbosa Puerto Rico OlympiaPuerto Rico Puerto Rico 3.95 m xxo
Victor Sillon France 1946Fourth French Republic France 3.95 m xxo
José Vicente Puerto Rico OlympiaPuerto Rico Puerto Rico 3.95 m xxo
12 Allan Lindberg SwedenSweden Sweden 3.80 m xxx

August 2, 1948, 2:30 p.m.

The US jumpers Boo Morcom, Bob Richards and Guinn Smith were favorites. Morcom, reigning US champion and Olympic elimination winner, were given the best chance. But he suffered from an ankle injury and only came in sixth. The competition, which took place in the rain, developed into a three-way battle between Smith, Richards and the Finn Erkki Kataja. The three athletes had jumped 4.20 m and according to the newly introduced rule of multiple attempts, Kataja was ahead. Smith was the only one to reach the 4.30 m in the last attempt, while Kataja and Richards failed. After a failed attempt over 4.40 m, Smith abandoned the competition because of the pouring rain. The Finn won silver and Bob Richards, gold medalist at the next two Olympic Games in 1952 and 1956 , came third.

In the eleventh Olympic competition, Guinn Smith jumped to the twelfth US gold medal - in 1908 there had been two US winners.
In the Olympic pole vault 39 medals were awarded in eleven competitions, of which US jumpers alone won 26.
In 1896 there were two third places, in 1908 two winners and three bronze medalists, in 1912 two silver and three bronze medals.
Erkki Kataja won the first Finnish medal in the pole vault.

literature

  • Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, p. 33f

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 555 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Official report "Athletic Timetable" p. 240, engl. (PDF)
  3. ^ Official report "Athletic Timetable" p. 240, engl. (PDF)
  4. SportsReference (Eng.)