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.

It is the only one of the 111 events featured in 1908 to not have any competitors from the host nation.

[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].

The 1908 Summer Olympics in London

Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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