1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

Events at the 1950 European Athletics Championships
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
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		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

The men's pole vault at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 24 and 26 August 1950.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Ragnar Lundberg  Sweden
Silver	Valto Olenius  Finland
Bronze	Jukka Piironen  Finland

Results

Final

26 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Ragnar Lundberg	Sweden	4.30	CR
02 !	Valto Olenius	Finland	4.25
03 !	Jukka Piironen	Finland	4.25
4	Victor Sillon	France	4.10
5	Erling Kaas	Norway	4.10
6	Armin Scheurer	Switzerland	4.00
7	Birger Hultqvist	Sweden	4.00
8	Rudy Stjernild	Denmark	3.80
9	Georges Breitman	France	3.80
10	Torfi Bryngeirsson	Iceland	DNS

Qualification

24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Valto Olenius	Finland	4.00	Q
2	Erling Kaas	Norway	4.00	Q
3	Jukka Piironen	Finland	4.00	Q
4	Rudy Stjernild	Denmark	4.00	Q
5	Birger Hultqvist	Sweden	4.00	Q
6	Ragnar Lundberg	Sweden	4.00	Q
7	Torfi Bryngeirsson	Iceland	4.00	Q
8	Armin Scheurer	Switzerland	4.00	Q
9	Victor Sillon	France	4.00	Q
10	Georges Breitman	France	4.00	Q
11	Muhittin Akın	Turkey	3.90
12	Milan Milakov	Yugoslavia	3.90
13	Rigas Efstatiadis	Greece	3.80
14	Ferdinand Degens	Belgium	3.60
15	Albert Van Herck	Belgium	NH

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References