Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

Men's pole vault
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Medalists
    United States
    United States
    Sweden
«1948 1956»
Athletics at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
10 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Decathlon men

These are the official results of the men's pole vault event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The final was held on Tuesday July 22, 1952.

Final classification

RANK NAME ATHLETE HEIGHT
 Bob Richards (USA) 4.55 m
 Don Laz (USA) 4.50 m
 Ragnar Lundberg (SWE) 4.40 m
4.  Pyotr Denisenko (URS) 4.40 m
5.  Valto Olenius (FIN) 4.30 m
6.  Bunkichi Sawada (JPN) 4.20 m
7.  Vladimir Braznik (URS) 4.20 m
8.  Viktor Knyazev (URS) 4.20 m
9.  George Mattos (USA) 4.20 m
10.  Erkki Kataja (FIN) 4.10 m
11.  Lennart Lind (SWE) 4.10 m
12.  Tamás Hommonnai (HUN) 4.10 m
13.  Milan Milakov (YUG) 4.10 m
14.  Rigas Efstathiadis (GRE) 3.95 m
 Torfi Bryngeirsson (ISL) 3.95 m
16.  Erling Kaas (NOR) 3.80 m
17.  Theodoseos Balafas (GRE) 3.80 m
18.  Zeno Dragomir (ROU) 3.80 m
 Jukka Piironen (FIN) 3.80 m

Non-qualifiers

RANK NAME ATHLETE HEIGHT
20.  Walter Hofstetter (SUI) 3.90 m
 Roland Miller (CAN) 3.90 m
22.  Timothy Anderson (GBR) 3.80 m
 Jeff Elliott (GBR) 3.80 m
 Zenon Wazny (POL) 3.80 m
25.  Helcio da Silva (BRA) 3.60 m
26.  Gamal el Sherbiny (EGY) 3.60 m

References