Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

Men's pole vault
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad

Venue

Dates

September 5 (qualifying round)
September 7 (final)

Medalists

Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men	women
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
20 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

The men's pole vault field event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 5 and September 7.

Results

Top twelve jumpers and ties and all jumpers reaching 4.40 metres advanced to the finals. All heights are listed in metres.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Mark	3.80	4.00	4.20	4.30	4.40
1T	Khristo Khristov	Bulgaria	4.40	p	o	o	o	o
1T	Matti Sutinen	Finland	4.40	p	o	o	o	o
3	Don Bragg	United States	4.40	p	p	o	xo	o
4T	Eeles Landström	Finland	4.40	p	o	o	xo	o
4T	Günter Malcher	Germany	4.40	p	o	xo	o	o
6	Rudolf Tomášek	Czechoslovakia	4.40	o	xo	o	o	o
7	Leon Lukman	Yugoslavia	4.40	p	o	xxo	o	o
8T	Rolando Cruz	Puerto Rico	4.40	p	o	o	o	xxo
8T	Igor Petrenko	Soviet Union	4.40	p	o	o	o	xxo
10	Jānis Krasovskis	Soviet Union	4.40	p	p	o	xo	xxo
11	Ron Morris	United States	4.30	p	p	o	o	xxx
12T	Dimitar Khlebarov	Bulgaria	4.20	p	o	o	o	xxx
12T	Andrzej Krzesiński	Poland	4.20	p	o	o	o	xxx
14T	Peter Laufer	Germany	4.20	p	o	o	p	xxx
14T	Manfred Preußger	Germany	4.20	p	o	o	p	xxx
14T	Roman Lešek	Yugoslavia	4.20	p	o	o	xxx
14T	Valbjörn Þorláksson	Iceland	4.20	p	o	o	xxx
18T	Dave Clark	United States	4.20	o	o	o	xxx
18T	Janusz Gronowski	Poland	4.20	o	o	o	xxx
18T	Georgios Roubanis	Greece	4.20	o	o	o	xxx
18T	Victor Sillon	France	4.20	o	o	o	xxx
22	Noriaki Yasuda	Japan	4.20	p	xxo	o	xxx
23T	Bjørn Andersen	Denmark	4.00	p	o	xxx
23T	Gérard Barras	Switzerland	4.00	p	o	xxx
23T	Raymond Van Dijck	Belgium	4.00	p	o	xxx
26	Allah Ditta II	Pakistan	4.00	xo	o	xxx
-	Owen Okundaye	Nigeria	-	p	xxx
-	Mohamed Abdullah	Iraq	-	xxx
-	Orhan Altan	Turkey	-	xxx

Rank	Name	Nationality	Mark	4.00	4.20	4.30	4.40	4.50	4.55	4.60	4.70	4.82	Notes
1 !	Don Bragg	United States	4.70	p	p	o	xo	o	o	o	o	xxx	OR
2 !	Ron Morris	United States	4.60	p	p	o	o	xo	o	xo	xxx
3 !	Eeles Landström	Finland	4.55	p	o	p	xo	xo	o	xxx
4	Rolando Cruz	Puerto Rico	4.55	o	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx
5	Günter Malcher	Germany	4.50	p	o	o	o	o	xxx
6T	Igor Petrenko	Soviet Union	4.50	p	o	p	xxo	o	xxx
6T	Matti Sutinen	Finland	4.50	p	o	p	xxo	o	xxx
8	Rudolf Tomášek	Czechoslovakia	4.50	o	o	o	xxo	o	xxx
9	Leon Lukman	Yugoslavia	4.40	o	o	o	o	xxx
10	Khristo Khristov	Bulgaria	4.40	p	xo	o	o	xxx
11	Dimitar Khlebarov	Bulgaria	4.30	p	o	o	xxx
12	Andrzej Krzesiński	Poland	4.30	o	o	o	xxx
13	Jānis Krasovskis	Soviet Union	4.30	p	p	xo	xxx

Key: OR = Olympic record; o = clear ; p = pass; x = fail

Pole vault at the Athletics at the Summer Olympics

Men's	1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008

Women's	2000 • 2004 • 2008