Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

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Men's pole vault
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Sabin Carr (1904 - 1983) (14592469054) (cropped).jpg
Sabin Carr (c. 1930)
Venue Olympic Stadium
DateAugust 1
Competitors20 from 13 nations
Winning height4.20 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Sabin Carr US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg William Droegemuller US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Charles McGinnis US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
  1924
1932  

The men's pole vault event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place on August 1. [1] Twenty athletes from thirteen nations competed. [2] The maximum number of athletes per nation was four. [3] The event was won by Sabin Carr of the United States, for the nation's eighth consecutive victory in the men's pole vault. Americans William Droegemuller and Charles McGinnis won silver and bronze respectively, giving Team USA their second consecutive and third overall medal sweep in the Olympic pole vault event.

Background

This was the eighth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1924 Games were gold medalist Lee Barnes of the United States, fifth-place finisher Victor Pickard of Canada, and seventh-place finisher Maurice Henrijean of Belgium. Sabin Carr of the United States had been the first to break 14 feet, in 1927, but Barnes had broken Carr's record in 1928 and was favored to repeat. [2]

Japan and Spain each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its eighth 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, the bar was set at 3.30 metres, 3.50 metres, and 3.66 metres. All vaulters clearing 3.66 metres advanced to the final.

In the final, the bar was set at 3.50 metres, 3.65 metres, 3.80 metres, 3.90 metres, and then increased by 5 centimetres at a time. [2] [4]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Lee Barnes  (USA)4.30 Fresno, United States 28 April 1928
Olympic recordUS flag 48 stars.svg  Frank Foss  (USA)4.09 Antwerp, Belgium 20 August 1920

Sabin Carr and William Droegemuller both succeeded at 4.10 metres, breaking the Olympic record. Carr was able to extent the new record to 4.20 metres.

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 1 August 1928Unknown
16:00
Qualifying
Final

Results

Key

Qualifying round

All athletes clearing 3.66 metres advanced to the final. Jump sequences are not known.

RankAthleteNation3.303.503.66HeightNotes
1 Lee Barnes US flag 48 stars.svg  United States ooo3.66Q
Sabin Carr US flag 48 stars.svg  United States ooo3.66Q
William Droegemuller US flag 48 stars.svg  United States ooo3.66Q
János Karlovits Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary ooo3.66Q
Henry Lindblad Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden ooo3.66Q
Charles McGinnis US flag 48 stars.svg  United States ooo3.66Q
Julius Müller Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany ooo3.66Q
Yonetaro Nakazawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan ooo3.66Q
Victor Pickard Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada ooo3.66Q
10 Laurence Bond Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain ooxxx3.50
José Culí Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg  Spain ooxxx3.50
Maurice Henrijean Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium ooxxx3.50
Aksel Nikolajsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark ooxxx3.50
14 Stelios Benardis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece oxxx3.30
Gérard Noël Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium oxxx3.30
Age van der Zee Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands oxxx3.30
René Joannes-Powell Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium xxxNo mark
Argyris Karagiannis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece xxxNo mark
Pierre Ramadier Flag of France.svg  France xxxNo mark
Robert Vintousky Flag of France.svg  France xxxNo mark

Final

There was a jump-off for third place between McGinnis, Pickard, and Barnes, who had all achieved 3.95 metres but not 4.00 metres. In the jump-off, McGinnis was the only one to succeed at 4.10 metres, so he received the bronze medal. Pickard was able to repeat at 3.95 metres, while Barnes was not, so Pickard took fourth place and Barnes took fifth place.

RankAthleteNation3.503.653.803.903.954.004.104.154.204.31HeightNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Sabin Carr US flag 48 stars.svg  United States ooooxxoooooxxx4.20 OR
Silver medal icon.svg William Droegemuller US flag 48 stars.svg  United States ooooxxoooxxx4.10
Bronze medal icon.svg Charles McGinnis US flag 48 stars.svg  United States oooooxxx3.95
4 Victor Pickard Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada oooooxxx3.95
5 Lee Barnes US flag 48 stars.svg  United States oooooxxx3.95
6 Yonetaro Nakazawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan oooxoxxx3.90
7 Henry Lindblad Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden oooxxoxxx3.90
8 János Karlovits Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary oooxxx3.80
9 Julius Müller Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany ooxxx3.65

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