| Men's pole vault at the Games of the V Olympiad |
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Gold medalist Harry Babcock. |
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| Venue | Stockholm Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | July 10–11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics |
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | |
| 4×400 m relay | men | |
| 3000 m team race | men | |
| 10 km walk | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Standing long jump | men | |
| Standing high jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | |
| 2-hand shot put | men | |
| 2-hand discus | men | |
| 2-hand javelin | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | men | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Cross-country events | ||
| Individual | men | |
| Team | men | |
The men's pole vault was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Wednesday, July 10, 1912 and on Thursday, July 11, 1912.
Twenty-five pole vaulters from eleven nations competed.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 4.02 | Marc Wright | Cambridge, MA (USA) | June 8, 1912 |
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| Olympic Record | 3.71 | Edward Cook | London (GBR) | July 24, 1908 |
| 3.71 | Alfred Carlton Gilbert | London (GBR) | July 24, 1908 |
The Olympic record was equalized or improved 18 times during this competition. Finally Harry Babcock set a new Olympic record with 3.95 metres.
Halpenny was forced to withdraw after he broke two ribs while clearing 3.80m and had to be carried off the field on a stretcher.
| Place | Athlete | Preliminary | Final | Mark | ||||||||||||||
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| 3.00 | 3.20 | 3.40 | 3.50 | 3.60 | 3.65 | Qual. | 3.40 | 3.50 | 3.60 | 3.65 | 3.75 | 3.80 | 3.85 | 3.95 | 4.06 | |||
| 1 | Harry Babcock (USA) | --- | O | O | O | O | O | QF | O | O | O | --- | O | O | O | O | XXX | 3.95 |
| 2 | Frank Nelson (USA) | O | --- | O | O | O | XO | QF | O | O | O | XO | O | O | XO | XXX | --- | 3.85 |
| 2 | Marc Wright (USA) | --- | --- | O | O | O | XO | QF | O | O | O | O | XO | XO | XO | XXX | --- | 3.85 |
| 3 | William Halpenny (CAN) | --- | --- | O | O | O | O | QF | O | XO | O | O | XO | XO | --- | --- | --- | 3.80 |
| 3 | Frank Murphy (USA) | --- | O | O | O | XXO | O | QF | O | O | XO | XO | O | O | XXX | --- | --- | 3.80 |
| 3 | Bertil Uggla (SWE) | O | O | O | O | O | XO | QF | O | O | O | O | O | XO | XXX | --- | --- | 3.80 |
| 7 | Sam Bellah (USA) | --- | --- | XO | XXO | XO | O | QF | O | O | XO | O | XO | XXX | --- | --- | --- | 3.75 |
| 8 | Frank Coyle (USA) | --- | --- | O | O | O | XXO | QF | O | O | XO | XO | XXX | --- | --- | --- | --- | 3.65 |
| Gordon Dukes (USA) | --- | XXO | O | XXO | O | O | QF | O | O | O | XXO | XXX | --- | --- | --- | --- | 3.65 | |
| Bill Fritz (USA) | --- | O | O | O | O | O | QF | O | XO | XO | XXO | XXX | --- | --- | --- | --- | 3.65 | |
| 11 | Robert Pasemann (GER) | O | O | O | O | XXO | O | QF | XO | XXX | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 3.40 |
| 12 | Carl Hårleman (SWE) | --- | XO | O | XO | O | XXX | 3.60 | ||||||||||
| Richard Sjöberg (SWE) | O | O | O | O | XXO | XXX | 3.60 | |||||||||||
| Clas Gille (SWE) | --- | O | O | XXO | XXO | XXX | 3.60 | |||||||||||
| 15 | Fernand Gonder (FRA) | XO | XO | O | O | XXX | --- | 3.50 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Ulrich Baasch (RUS) | O | O | O | XXX | --- | --- | 3.40 | ||||||||||
| Fritz Vikke (DEN) | O | O | O | XXX | --- | --- | 3.40 | |||||||||||
| 18 | Magnus Nilsson (SWE) | --- | O | XXX | --- | --- | --- | 3.20 | ||||||||||
| Hugo Svensson (SWE) | O | O | XXX | --- | --- | --- | 3.20 | |||||||||||
| Sander Santesson (SWE) | XO | O | XXX | --- | --- | --- | 3.20 | |||||||||||
| Viktor Franzl (AUT) | XXO | O | XXX | --- | --- | --- | 3.20 | |||||||||||
| Georgios Banikas (GRE) | XO | XO | XXX | --- | --- | --- | 3.20 | |||||||||||
| 23 | Jindřich Jirsák (BOH) | O | XXX | --- | --- | --- | --- | 3.00 | ||||||||||
| Manlio Legat (ITA) | O | XXX | --- | --- | --- | --- | 3.00 | |||||||||||
| - | Johann Martin (RUS) | XXX | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | NM | ||||||||||
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