Men Pole Vault Athletics XVIII Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 1964 - Saturday, 17th October - Gold Medal:
Final 13:20HeightJF440460470480485490495500505510
1. Fred HansenUSA United States5.10m72 OOO O XXO
2. Wolfgang ReinhardtGER UT Germany5.05m104XOXO XO XO OOXXX
3. Klaus LehnertzGER UT Germany5.00m91OOOOOOXOOXXX
4. Manfred PreussgerGER UT Germany5.00m62 XXO O O OXXX
5. Gennadiy BliznyetsovURS Soviet Union4.95m50OOO O OX-XX
6. Rudolf TomasekTCH Czechoslovakia4.90m51 OOXO O XX-X
7. Pentti NikulaFIN Finland4.90m115XOXOOXXOXOOXXX
8. Billy PemeltonUSA United States4.80m20 OOXXX
9. Igor FeldURS Soviet Union4.80m63 OXXOXO XXX
10.Guerrino MoroCAn Canada4.70m41OXOOXXX
11.John Thomas PennelUSA United States4.70m21 XO XXX
12.Risto Antero AnkioFIN Finland4.70m31 OXOXXX
13.Roman LesekYUG Yugoslavia4.70m63OXXOXOXXX
14.Taisto Raikas LaitinenFIN Finland4.60m20OOXXX
15.Herve D'EncausseFRA France4.40m10OXXX
15.Ignacio SolaESP Spain4.40m10OXXX
15.Sergey DeminURS Soviet Union4.40m10OXXX
18.Christos PapanikolaouGRE Greece4.40m21XOXXX
-. Yang Chuan KwangTPE TaiwanDNS

world Men Pole Vault History

Venue: Olympic Stadium, Tokyo 57,363 (48,000 seats).
30 competitors from 20 nations.
The development of the fibreglass pole revolutionised the event between 1960 and 1964 with 10 accepted (plus seven unratified) records, taking the world record from 4.81 to 5.28. The last of these was set by Fred Hansen in the USA versus USSR match of 1964, mak- ing him the gold medal favourite. Eighteen athletes cleared the 4.60 qualifying height, presaging a lengthy final. Thirteen men cleared the Olympic record height of 4.70, among them John Pennel, the first man to clear 17 feet (5.18). Pennel was suf- fering with an injured back and failed at 4.85, a height which defeated the number three American Billy Pemelton. Seven men were now left in. Pentti Nikūla, the first man to clear 5m, then missed at 4.95. Tomášek, the gymnastic Czech, and the big (1.90/90kg) Ukrainian, Bliznetsov, were the next to depart - at 5.05. Earlier Hansen, and the German triumvirate - Reinhardt Lehnertz and the veteran Preussger, all cleared 5.00 first time. Hansen then gambled, passing 5.05, and when Reinhardt cleared first time, Hansen had to make 5.10 to win, as the other Germans failed 5.05. Hansen failed twice, and more than six hours after the competition started, he scraped over 5.10 for the gold.

Qualification - Thursday 15.10

Mark 4.60m. 19 Athletes passed the Mark and advanced to Final.
Group 13:00HeightJF420430440450455460
1. Fred Morgan HansenUSA United States4.60m10 O
1. Billy Gene PemeltonUSA United States4.60m10 O
1. Gennady BliznetsovURS Soviet Union4.60m10 O
4. Wolfgang ReinhardtGER UT Germany4.60m20 O O
4. Rudolf TomasekTCH Czechoslovakia4.60m20 O O
4. Roman LesekYUG Yugoslavia4.60m20 O O
4. Risto Antero AnkioFIN Finland4.60m20 O O
4. Igor FeldURS Soviet Union4.60m20 O O
4. Pentti Kustaa NikulaFIN Finland4.60m20 O O
10.Chuan Kwang YangTPE Taiwan4.60m30 OO O
10.Herve D`EncausseFRA France4.60m30O O O
12.Sergey DeminURS Soviet Union4.60m31 XO O
13.Klaus LehnertzGER UT Germany4.60m41 O XO O
14.Manfred PreussgerGER UT Germany4.60m42 XXO O
15.Christos PapanikolausGRE Greece4.60m52 XO XO O
15.Guerrino MoroCAN Canada4.60m52XO XO O
17.John Thomas PennelUSA United States4.60m21 XO
18.Taisto Raikas LaitinenFIN Finland4.60m31 O XO
19.Ignacio SolaESP Spain4.60m62O OO XXO
eliminated
20.David Deas StevensonGBR Great Britain4.50m30O O XXX
21.Rolando CruzPUR Puerto Rico4.50m52 OXXOO XXX
22.Hisao MoritaJPN Japan4.40m10 O XXX
23.Werner DuttweilerSUI Switzerland4.40m20O O XXX
24.Yoshimasa ToriiJPN Japan4.40m31O XO XXX
25.Masashi OtsuboJPN Japan4.20m10O XXX
26.Paul CoppejansBEL Belgium4.20m32XXO XXX
27.Renato DionisiITA Italy4.20m10OXXX
-. Wlodzimierz SokolowskiPOL PolandNM00 XXX
-. Dimitar P. HlebarovBUL BulgariaNM00 XXX
-. Maurice HouvionFRA FranceNM00XXX
-. Valbjoern ThorlakssonISL IselandDNS00
-. Ar Min WuTPE TaiwanDNS00
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