1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

Events at the
1962 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
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
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 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Beograd, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 13 and 15 September 1962.[1]

Just before the meeting, the IAAF council approved the use glass fibre poles for pole vaulting. As a consequence, competitors were able to use them during the meeting if they wished.[2]

Medalists

Gold Pentti Nikula
 Finland
Silver Rudolf Tomášek
 Czechoslovakia
Bronze Kauko Nyström
 Finland

Results

Final

15 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Pentti Nikula  Finland 4.80 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Rudolf Tomášek  Czechoslovakia 4.60
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Kauko Nyström  Finland 4.60
4 Risto Ankio  Finland 4.55
5 Maurice Houvion  France 4.55
6 Roman Lešek  Yugoslavia 4.55 NR
7 Günter Malcher  East Germany 4.50
8 Manfred Preußger  East Germany 4.50
9 Bernard Balastre  France 4.50
10 Igor Petrenko  Soviet Union 4.40
11 Petre Astafei  Romania 4.40
12 Kjell Hovik  Norway 4.40
13 Klaus Lehnertz  West Germany 4.30
14 Janusz Gronowski  Poland 4.30

Qualification

13 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Janusz Gronowski  Poland 4.40 Q
2 Klaus Lehnertz  West Germany 4.40 Q
3 Maurice Houvion  France 4.40 Q
4 Günter Malcher  East Germany 4.40 Q
5 Kauko Nyström  Finland 4.40 Q
6 Igor Petrenko  Soviet Union 4.40 Q
7 Risto Ankio  Finland 4.40 Q
8 Kjell Hovik  Norway 4.40 Q
9 Roman Lešek  Yugoslavia 4.40 Q
10 Bernard Balastre  France 4.40 Q
11 Manfred Preußger  East Germany 4.40 Q
12 Petre Astafei  Romania 4.40 Q
13 Rudolf Tomášek  Czechoslovakia 4.40 Q
14 Pentti Nikula  Finland 4.40 Q
15 Gérard Barras   Switzerland 4.30
16 Mirko Kuzmanović  Yugoslavia 4.30
17 Dimitar Khlebarov  Bulgaria 4.30
18 Mikael Schie  Norway 4.20
19 Franc Rojko  Yugoslavia 4.20
20 Reidulv Førde  Norway 4.20
21 Christos Papanikolaou  Greece 4.20
22 Valbjörn Þorláksson  Iceland 4.10
23 Roland Gras  France 4.00

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014
  2. Federation's Approval, Glasgow Herald, September 12, 1962, p. 5, retrieved September 1, 2014
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