Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's pole vault
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The men's pole vault was one of six jumping events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London.
[edit] Medallists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Edward Cooke United States of America Alfred Gilbert United States of America |
None | Edward Archibald Canada Charles Jacobs United States of America Bruno Söderström Sweden |
[edit] Results
All jumpers had three attempts at each height.
Place | Name | Nation | Distance |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Edward Cooke | United States of America | 3.71 metres |
Alfred Gilbert | United States of America | 3.71 metres | |
3 | Edward Archibald | Canada | 3.58 metres |
Charles Jacobs | United States of America | 3.58 metres | |
Bruno Söderström | Sweden | 3.58 metres | |
6 | Georgios Banikas | Greece | 3.50 metres |
Samuel Bellah | United States of America | 3.50 metres | |
8 | Szathmáry Károly | Hungary | 3.35 metres |
9 | Stefanos Kountouriotis | Greece | 3.25 metres |
10 | Robert Pascarel | France | 3.20 metres |
Carl Silfverstrand | Sweden | 3.20 metres | |
12 | Thomas Jackson | United States of America | 3.05 metres |
G. Koeger | France | 3.05 metres | |
14 | Coenraad Van Veenhuijsen | Netherlands | 2.89 metres |
15 | Bram Evers | Netherlands | 2.82 metres |
[edit] Sources
- Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
- De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at [1].
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