1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

Events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men
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The men's pole vault at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 30 August and 1 September 1978.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Vladimir Trofimenko  Soviet Union
Silver	Antti Kalliomäki  Finland
Bronze	Rauli Pudas  Finland

Results

Final

1 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Vladimir Trofimenko	Soviet Union	5.55	CR
02 !	Antti Kalliomäki	Finland	5.50
03 !	Rauli Pudas	Finland	5.45
4	Władysław Kozakiewicz	Poland	5.45
5	Yevgeniy Tananyka	Soviet Union	5.40
6	Philippe Houvion	France	5.40
7	François Tracanelli	France	5.30
7	Brian Hooper	United Kingdom	5.30
9	Patrick Abada	France	5.30
10	Tapani Haapakoski	Finland	5.30
11	Günther Lohre	West Germany	5.20
12	Mariusz Klimczyk	Poland	NH
13	Roger Oriol	Spain	DNS

Qualification

30 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Władysław Kozakiewicz	Poland	5.25	Q
2	Günther Lohre	West Germany	5.25	Q
3	Mariusz Klimczyk	Poland	5.25	Q
4	Yevgeniy Tananyka	Soviet Union	5.15	q
5	Philippe Houvion	France	5.15	q
6	Rauli Pudas	Finland	5.15	q
7	François Tracanelli	France	5.15	q
8	Vladimir Trofimenko	Soviet Union	5.15	q
9	Patrick Abada	France	5.15	q
10	Brian Hooper	United Kingdom	5.15	q
11	Roger Oriol	Spain	5.15	q
12	Tapani Haapakoski	Finland	5.15	q
13	Antti Kalliomäki	Finland	5.15	q
14	Domenico D'Alisera	Italy	4.90
15	Roman Zrun	Czechoslovakia	4.90
16	Elias Sakellariadis	Greece	4.90
17	Peter Jensen	Denmark	4.90
18	Reinhard Lechner	Austria	4.90
19	Tadeusz Ślusarski	Poland	NH
20	Jiří Lesák	Czechoslovakia	NH
21	Antonín Hadinger	Czechoslovakia	NH
22	Keith Stock	United Kingdom	NH
23	Patrick Desruelles	Belgium	NH

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References