Men Pole Vault Athletics XX Olympic Games Munich, West Germany 1972 - Saturday 02 September - Gold Medal: Wolfgang Nordwig, East Germany
_( world Men Pole Vault HistoryOlympic Men Pole Vault 1968 Olympic Men Pole Vault 1976
FinalHeightSOA/FA480500510520530535540545550age
1. Wolfgang NordwigGDR East Germany5.50m OR10.10/4 O XOOXOOXXO28
2. Robert SeagrenUSA United States5.40m12.5/2 O OXXOXXX 25
3. Jan JohnsonUSA United States5.35m4.6/4 XXO XXOXXX 21
4. Reinhard KuretzkyFRG West Germany5.30m13.9/4OXOXXOXOOXXX 24
5. Bruce SimpsonCAN Canada5.20m1.5/2 OXXOOXXX 22
6. Volker OhlFRG West Germany5.20m3.6/4 XXOXXOXXX 22
7. Hans LagerqvistSWE Sweden5.20m11.6/4 XXO XXOXXX 32
8. Francois TracanelliFRA France5.10m7.1/0 O XXX 21
9. Ingemar JernbergSWE Sweden5.10m--.5/3 XXOXOXXX 21
10.Wojciech BuciarskiPOL Poland5.00m--.1/0 O XXX 22
11.Christos PapanikolaouGRE Greece5.00m--.2/0OO XXX 30
-. Antti KalliomekiFIN FinlandNM--. XXX 25
-. Herve d'EncausseFRA FranceNM--. XXX 28
-. Tadeusz SlusarskiPOL PolandNM--. XXX 22
Competitors: 21; Countries: 12;
A/FA - Attempts/Failed Attempts
Seagren and Kjell Isaksson (SWE) had been the best vaulters of the year, but the Swede was injured by Munich, and failed to clear a height in the qualifying round. He was affected in part by the IAAF’s decision to ban the “Cata-poles” used by Seagren and Isaksson, among others, on the grounds that the pole had not been available to all competitors for 12 months. This left quite a few vaulters at a disadvantage (partly psychological) at a time when equipment should not have been a prime factor. Renato Dionisi (ITA), bronze medallist in the ’71 Europeans was injured, and, along with Steve Smith (USA), who was flustered by the equipment ruling, failed to qualify. Four men cleared 5.30 or better, as compared to six four years earlier. At 5.40, only three men were left, with Seagren leading from Nordwig, and Johnson third. Johnson, the fastest man on the runway (9.5 speed for 100y), failed to clear, leaving the two veterans to duel. Nordwig cleared 5.45 first time, and Seagren was well over on his third attempt, but came down on the bar. Nordwig then improved his Olympic record to 5.50 with his final clearance before failing three times at 5.56. The GDR star dealt best with the cold conditions, with unhelpful swirling winds, and might well have won even if Seagren “et al” had been allowed to use their preferred poles.

Qualification - Friday 01.09

Mark 5.10m 10 Athletes passed the Mark and next 4 Best with 5.00m advanced to Final.
Group 1HeightA/FA460480500510
1. Antti KalliomekiFIN Finland5.10m1/0 O
1. Wolfgang NordwigGDR East Germany5.10m1/0 O
3. Herve d'EncausseFRA France5.10m2/0 OO
4. Robert SeagrenUSA United States5.10m2/1 XO
5. Hans LagerqvistSWE Sweden5.10m3/1 OXO
6. Volker OhlFRG West Germany5.10m4/1 OOXO
7. Jan JohnsonUSA United States5.10m4/2 XOXO
8. Christos PapanikolaouGRE Greece5.00m5/3 XXOXOXXX
9. Stephen SmithUSA United States4.80m3/2 XXOXXX
-. Kjell IsakssonSWE SwedenNM XXX
-. Renato DionisiITA ItalyNM XXX
Group 2HeightA/FA460480500510
1. Bruce SimpsonCAN Canada5.10m2/0 OO
2. Reinhard KuretzkiFRG West Germany5.10m3/0 OOO
3. Francois TracanelliFRA France5.10m2/1 XO
4. Tadeusz SlusarskiPOL Poland5.00m1/0 OXXX
5. Wojciech BuciarskiPOL Poland5.00m2/1 XOXXX
6. Ingemar JernbergSWE Sweden5.00m5/3 XOXXOXXX
7. Silvio FraquelliITA Italy4.80m1/0 OXXX
8. Raymond BoydAUS Australia4.80m2/1 XOXXX
8. Michael BullGBR Great Britain4.80m2/1 XOXXX
-. Kirk BrydeCAN CanadaNM XXX
-. Abass GoudiabySEN SenegalDNS
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