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Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

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Men's pole vault
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Olympic Stadium (2003)
VenueOlympic Stadium, Montréal
Dates24 & 26 July
Competitors27 from 13 nations
Winning height5.50 =OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tadeusz Ślusarski
 Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antti Kalliomäki
 Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dave Roberts
 United States
← 1972
1980 →

The men's pole vault competition featured in the athletics programme at the 1976 Summer Olympics and was held at the Olympic Stadium in Montréal on 24 and 26 July.[1] Twenty-seven athletes from 13 nations competed.[2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.

All three medallists tied the Olympic record mark of 5.50 metres. Tadeusz Ślusarski of Poland and Antti Kalliomäki of Finland both cleared all heights up to 5.50 m with no misses; Ślusarski passed two heights more than Kalliomäki, and won on the basis of fewer vaults in accordance with the rules of the time. American Dave Roberts, who also cleared 5.50 m on his first try but had one miss from an earlier height, took the bronze medal.[1]

Ślusarski's gold medal was Poland's first medal in the men's pole vault. Kalliomäki's silver was Finland's first medal since 1960 and matched the nation's best result to date (from 1948). Roberts's bronze was the worst result yet for the Americans, who had won the first 16 editions of the event and taken silver at the 17th in 1972.

Background

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This was the 18th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1972 Games were fifth-place finisher Bruce Simpson of Canada, eighth-place finisher François Tracanelli of France, ninth-place finisher Ingemar Jernberg of Sweden, tenth-place finisher Wojciech Buciarski, and twelfth-place finishers Antti Kalliomäki and Tadeusz Ślusarski of Poland (each of whom had not cleared any height in the final). The favorites were David Roberts (the world record holder) and Earl Bell of the United States and Władysław Kozakiewicz of Poland.[2]

Cuba was the only nation that made its pole vaulting debut in the event. The United States made its 18th appearance, the only nation to have competed at every Olympic men's pole vault to that point.

Competition format

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The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1912, with results cleared between rounds. Vaulters received three attempts at each height. Ties were broken by the countback rule. At the time, total attempts was used after total misses.

In the qualifying round, the bar was set at 4.60 metres (which all vaulters passed on), 4.80 metres, 5.00 metres, and 5.10 metres. All vaulters clearing 5.10 metres advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 cleared that height, the top 12 (including ties) advanced.

In the final, the bar was set at 4.80 metres (which all vaulters passed on), 5.00 metres, 5.10 metres, 5.20 metres, and then increased by 5 centimetres as a time.[2][3]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  David Roberts (USA) 5.70 Eugene, United States 22 June 1976
Olympic record  Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR) 5.50 Munich, East Germany 2 September 1972

The three medalists (Tadeusz Ślusarski, Antti Kalliomäki, and David Roberts) all matched the Olympic record at 5.50 metres; none were able to break it.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Saturday, 24 July 1976 10:00 Qualifying
Monday, 26 July 1976 12:30 Final

Results

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Key

  • o = Height cleared
  • x = Height failed
  • = Height passed
  • r  = Retired
  • SB = Season's best
  • PB = Personal best
  • NR = National record
  • AR = Area record
  • OR = Olympic record
  • WR = World record
  • WL = World lead
  • NM = No mark
  • DNS = Did not start
  • DQ = Disqualified

Qualifying

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The qualification was set to 5.10 metres. A total of 20 athletes achieved this height.

Rank Group Athlete Nation 4.80 5.00 5.10 Height Note
1 A Antti Kalliomäki  Finland o 5.10 Q
A Kjell Isaksson  Sweden o 5.10 Q
A Earl Bell  United States o 5.10 Q
A Władysław Kozakiewicz  Poland o 5.10 Q
A Günther Lohre  West Germany o 5.10 Q
A Dave Roberts  United States o 5.10 Q
A Terry Porter  United States o 5.10 Q
A Yuriy Prokhorenko  Soviet Union o 5.10 Q
A Wojciech Buciarski  Poland o 5.10 Q
B Patrick Abada  France o 5.10 Q
B François Tracanelli  France o 5.10 Q
12 B Roberto Moré  Cuba o o 5.10 Q
B Tapani Haapakoski  Finland o o 5.10 Q
B Bruce Simpson  Canada o o 5.10 Q
B Itsuo Takanezawa  Japan o o 5.10 Q
16 A Vladimir Kishkun  Soviet Union xo 5.10 Q
A Tadeusz Ślusarski  Poland xo 5.10 Q
18 B Brian Hooper  Great Britain xo xo 5.10 Q
19 A Don Baird  Australia xxo 5.10 Q
A Jean-Michel Bellot  France xxo 5.10 Q
21 B Ray Boyd  Australia o xxx 5.00
22 B Ken Wenman  Canada o o xxx 5.00
23 B Dimitrios Kyteas  Greece xo xxx 5.00
24 B Jeffrey Gutteridge  Great Britain o xxx 4.80
A Yury Isakov  Soviet Union xxx No mark
B Yoshiomi Iwama  Japan xxx No mark
B Ingemar Jernberg  Sweden xxx No mark
B Rihan Obaid  Saudi Arabia DNS

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation 5.00 5.10 5.20 5.25 5.30 5.35 5.40 5.45 5.50 5.55 5.60 Height Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tadeusz Ślusarski  Poland o o o xxx 5.50 =OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antti Kalliomäki  Finland o o o o o xxx 5.50 =OR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dave Roberts  United States xo o xxx 5.50 =OR
4 Patrick Abada  France xo xo xxx 5.45
5 Wojciech Buciarski  Poland o xo –- xo x- xx 5.45
6 Earl Bell  United States o o xxo xxx 5.45
7 Jean-Michel Bellot  France o o xxx 5.40
8 Itsuo Takanezawa  Japan xo xo xo xxo xxx 5.40
9 Günther Lohre  West Germany xo xo xxo xxx 5.35
10 Yuriy Prokhorenko  Soviet Union o xxx 5.25
11 Władysław Kozakiewicz  Poland xo xxx 5.25
12 Don Baird  Australia o xo xxx 5.25
13 Vladimir Kishkun  Soviet Union o xxx 5.20
Terry Porter  United States o xxx 5.20
15 Tapani Haapakoski  Finland xo o xxx 5.20
16 Brian Hooper  Great Britain xo xxx 5.00
Bruce Simpson  Canada xxx No mark
Roberto Moré  Cuba xxx No mark
François Tracanelli  France xxx No mark
Kjell Isaksson  Sweden xxx No mark

References

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  1. ^ a b "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Pole Vault". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Pole Vault, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 74.
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