1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Pole Vault (Men)

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Olympic rings
Nations at 1952 Olympics.jpg
sport athletics
discipline Pole vault
gender Men
Attendees 26 athletes from 17 countries
Competition location Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Competition phase July 21, 1952 (qualification)
July 22, 1952 (final)
Medalist
gold medal Bob Richards ( USA ) United States 48United States 
Silver medal Don Laz ( USA ) United States 48United States 
Bronze medal Ragnar Lundberg ( SWE ) SwedenSweden 

The men's pole vault at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki was held on July 21 and 22, 1952. 26 athletes took part.

The American Bob Richards became Olympic champion . He won ahead of his compatriot Don Laz and the Swede Ragnar Lundberg .

Existing records

World record 4.77 m Cornelius Warmerdam ( USA ) United States 48United States  Modesto , USA May 23, 1942
Olympic record 4.35 m Earle Meadows ( USA ) United States 48United States  Berlin , Germany August 5, 1936

Conducting the competition

On July 21, the participants competed in two qualifying rounds, the qualifying height was 4.00 meters. All qualified jumpers entered the final on July 22nd.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

Time schedule

July 21: Qualification

July 22, 3 p.m .: Final

qualification

Date: July 21, 1952, 10 a.m. The order of the test series is unknown.

Group A

space Surname nation height annotation
01 Theodosios Balafas Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece Greece 4.00 m
Volodymyr Braschnyk Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Soviet Union
Torfi Bryngeirsson IcelandIceland Iceland
Petro Denyssenko Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Soviet Union
Zeno Dragomir Romania 1952Romania Romania
Rigas Efstathiadis Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece Greece
Tamás Homonnay Hungary 1949Hungary Hungary
08th Walter Hofstetter SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 3.90 m
09 Tim Anderson United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 3.80 m
Geoff Elliott United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain
11 Hélcio da Silva Brazil 1889Brazil Brazil 3.60 m
Gamal El-Din El-Sherbini Egypt 1922Egypt Egypt

Group B

space Surname nation height annotation
01 Erling Kaas NorwayNorway Norway 4.00 m
Erkki Kataja FinlandFinland Finland
Viktor Knyazev Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Soviet Union
Don Laz United States 48United States United States
Lennart Lind SwedenSweden Sweden
Ragnar Lundberg SwedenSweden Sweden
George Mattos United States 48United States United States
Milan Milakov YugoslaviaYugoslavia Yugoslavia
Valto Olenius FinlandFinland Finland
Jukka Piironen FinlandFinland Finland
Bob Richards United States 48United States United States
Bunkichi Sawada Japan 1870Japan Japan
13 Ron Miller SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 3.90 m
14th Zenon Ważny Poland 1944Poland Poland 3.80 m
ogV Georgios Roumbanis Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece Greece without height
José Vicente Puerto Rico OlympiaPuerto Rico Puerto Rico

final

space Surname nation 3.60 m 3.80 m 3.95 m 4.10 m 4.20 m 4.30 m 4.40 m 4.50 m 4.55 m 4.60 m result annotation
1 Bob Richards United States 48United States United States - - O O O O O xo xx o xxx 4.55 m OR
2 Don Laz United States 48United States United States - - O O O O O x o xxx 4.50 m
3 Ragnar Lundberg SwedenSweden Sweden - - O - O xo O xxx 4.40 m
4th Petro Denyssenko Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Soviet Union - - O O xo O O xxx 4.40 m
5 Valto Olenius FinlandFinland Finland - - - O xo x o xxx 4.30 m
6th Bunkichi Sawada Japan 1870Japan Japan - O xxo O O xxx 4.20 m
7th Volodymyr Braschnyk Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Soviet Union - O O O x o xxx 4.20 m
8th Viktor Knyazev Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Soviet Union - O O xo x o xxx 4.20 m
9 George Mattos United States 48United States United States - - O xo xx o xxx 4.20 m
10 Erkki Kataja FinlandFinland Finland - - O O xxx 4.10 m
11 Tamás Homonnay Hungary 1949Hungary Hungary - O O O xxx 4.10 m
Lennart Lind SwedenSweden Sweden
13 Milan Milakov YugoslaviaYugoslavia Yugoslavia - O xo x o xxx 4.10 m
14th Torfi Bryngeirsson IcelandIceland Iceland - O O xxx 3.95 m
Rigas Efstathiadis Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece Greece
16 Erling Kaas NorwayNorway Norway - O xxx 3.80 m
17th Theodosios Balafas Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece Greece O O xxx 3.80 m
18th Zeno Dragomir Romania 1952Romania Romania - x o xxx 3.80 m
Jukka Piironen FinlandFinland Finland

Date: July 22, 1952, 3 p.m.

The 1948 bronze medal winner, Bob Richards of the USA, was considered the favorite in the 19-man final. He and his teammate Don Laz were the only ones who came up to and including 4.40 m without unsuccessful attempts. The Swede Ragnar Lundberg and Petro Denyssenko from the Soviet Union each had a failed attempt. The last two jumpers named had to pass at 4.50 m. Lundberg was awarded the bronze medal due to the multiple attempts rule - he had made a total of one jump less than Denisenko. Richards and Laz both crossed the 4.50 m height on the second attempt. At 4.55 m, Laz tore the bar three times and thus remained on the silver rank, because Richards crossed the height on the third attempt.

He missed Cornelius Warmerdam's world record by 22 centimeters, but set a new Olympic record .

In the twelfth Olympic final, Bob Richards won the 13th gold medal for the USA - in 1908 there were two Olympic champions from the USA.

literature

  • Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 90f

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 555 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. a b c Official report p. 266, engl. (PDF)
  3. SportsReference (Eng.)