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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 (c. 1930)
VenueOlympic Stadium
DateAugust 1
Competitors20 from 13 nations
Winning height4.20 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sabin Carr  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) William Droegemuller  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Charles McGinnis  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

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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

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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

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

World record  Lee Barnes (USA) 4.30 Fresno, United States 28 April 1928
Olympic record  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

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Date Time Round
Wednesday, 1 August 1928 Unknown
16:00
Qualifying
Final

Results

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Key

  • o = Height cleared
  • x = Height failed
  • = Height passed
  • r  = Retired
  • SB = Season's best
  • PB = Personal best
  • NR = National record
  • AR = Area record
  • OR = Olympic record
  • WR = World record
  • WL = World lead
  • NM = No mark
  • DNS = Did not start
  • DQ = Disqualified

Qualifying round

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

Rank Athlete Nation 3.30 3.50 3.66 Height Notes
1 Lee Barnes  United States o o o 3.66 Q
Sabin Carr  United States o o o 3.66 Q
William Droegemuller  United States o o o 3.66 Q
János Karlovits  Hungary o o o 3.66 Q
Henry Lindblad  Sweden o o o 3.66 Q
Charles McGinnis  United States o o o 3.66 Q
Julius Müller  Germany o o o 3.66 Q
Yonetaro Nakazawa  Japan o o o 3.66 Q
Victor Pickard  Canada o o o 3.66 Q
10 Laurence Bond  Great Britain o o xxx 3.50
José Culí  Spain o o xxx 3.50
Maurice Henrijean  Belgium o o xxx 3.50
Aksel Nikolajsen  Denmark o o xxx 3.50
14 Stelios Benardis  Greece o xxx 3.30
Gérard Noël  Belgium o xxx 3.30
Age van der Zee  Netherlands o xxx 3.30
René Joannes-Powell  Belgium xxx No mark
Argyris Karagiannis  Greece xxx No mark
Pierre Ramadier  France xxx No mark
Robert Vintousky  France xxx No mark

Final

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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.

Rank Athlete Nation 3.50 3.65 3.80 3.90 3.95 4.00 4.10 4.15 4.20 4.31 Height Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sabin Carr  United States o o o o xxo o o o o xxx 4.20 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) William Droegemuller  United States o o o o xxo o o xxx 4.10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Charles McGinnis  United States o o o o o xxx 3.95
4 Victor Pickard  Canada o o o o o xxx 3.95
5 Lee Barnes  United States o o o o o xxx 3.95
6 Yonetaro Nakazawa  Japan o o o xo xxx 3.90
7 Henry Lindblad  Sweden o o o xxo xxx 3.90
8 János Karlovits  Hungary o o o xxx 3.80
9 Julius Müller  Germany o o xxx 3.65

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Pole Vault". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Pole Vault, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 374.
  4. ^ Official Report, p. 448.