The men's
pole vault
Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...
event was part of the
track and field athletics programme at the
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...
. The competition was held on Wednesday, July 9, 1924, on Thursday, July 10, 1924. Twenty pole vaulters from 13 nations competed.
The maximum number of athletes per nation was 4. The event was won by
Lee Barnes
Lee Stratford Barnes (July 16, 1906 – December 28, 1970) was an American athlete from Utah who competed in the men's pole vault. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and died in Oxnard, California.
Barnes attended the University of Southern Ca ...
of the United States, the nation's seventh consecutive victory in the men's pole vault. Americans
Glen Graham (silver) and
James Brooker (bronze) completed the sweep, the second time (after 1904) the United States had done so—though the Americans had taken two golds and a bronze in 1908 and a gold, two silvers, and a bronze in 1912.
Background
This was the seventh appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The only returning finalist from the 1920 Games was silver medalist
Henry Petersen
Henry Petersen (1 October 1900 – 24 September 1949) was a Danish athlete. He competed in the pole vault at the 1920 and 1924 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1920, placing fourth in 1924. Petersen won the national pole vault title in 1920†...
of Denmark. The biggest threat to American dominance of the event was
Charles Hoff of Norway, the world record holder; however, he was injured and did not compete in the pole vault.
Ralph Spearow was the top American coming into the event.
Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, and Poland each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its seventh appearance, the only nation to have competed at every Olympic men's pole vault to that point.
Competition format
The competition continued to use the two-round format introduced in 1912, with results cleared between rounds. Vaulters received three attempts at each height.
In the qualifying round, all vaulters clearing 3.66 metres advanced to the final.
[Official Report, p. 136.]
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.
No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.
Schedule
Results
The current world record holder at that time harles Hoffdid not participate in this competition due to an injured ankle.
Qualifying
The qualification was held on Wednesday, July 9, 1924, and started at 2:00 p.m. All pole vaulters who were able to clear 3.66 metres qualified for the final. The jumping order and the jumping series are not available.
Final
The final was held on Thursday, July 10, 1924, and started at 2:30 p.m. The jumping order and the jumping series are not available.
Barnes won the gold medal in a jump-off beating Graham. Brooker won the bronze medal in a jump-off beating Petersen.
References
External links
Olympic Report
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Men's pole vault
Pole vault at the Olympics