Men Pole Vault Athletics XXII Olympic Games Moskva, Soviet Union 1980 - Wednesday, 30th July - Gold Medal: Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz, Poland
FinalHeightSO515525535545550555560565570575578582
1. Wladyslaw KozakiewiczPOL Poland5.78m WR5. O O OOOOXOXXX
2. Konstantin VolkovURS Soviet Union5.65m6. O O XXOXX-X
3. Tadeusz ŚlusarskiPOL Poland5.65m12. O O XXOXXX
4. Philippe HouvionFRA France5.65m8. XO XO O XXOXXX
5. Jean-Michel BellotFRA France5.60m1. O O OXXX
6. Mariusz KlimczykPOL Poland5.55m3. O XO O XXX
7. Thierry VigneronFRA France5.45m2. O O XXX
8. Sergei KulibabaURS Soviet Union5.45m9. XO O XXX
9. Tapani HaapakoskiFIN Finland5.45m--. XO XO XXX
10.Kazimir ZalarSWE Sweden5.35m--. OOXX-X
11.Brian HooperGBR Great Britain5.35m--.OOXXOXXX
12.Rauli PudasFIN Finland5.25m--. O XXX
Competitors: 19; Countries: 10
The pole vault, the most frequently beaten field event world record, was improved by three vaulters in 1980 before Moscow; Kozakiewicz (5.72), Vigneron (5.75) and Houvion (5.77). All three safely qualified for the final, though Montreal’s silver medallist Kalliomäki was elimi- nated after failing his opening height. Houvion and Klimczyk had failures at early heights in the final, and Vigneron had an off-day, missing at 5.55. None of the top six missed at 5.50, 5.55 or 5.60, though four passed 5.60 after clearing the preceding height. Kozakiewicz was the only man to clear 5.65 first time, with Volkov, the - 1979 number one - clearing only on his final jump to tie Ślusarski for silver. Kozakiewicz was faultless at 5.70 - to the disap- pointment of the booing, ill-mannered crowd - and set a lifetime best of 5.75, before missing first time at 5.78. On his second attempt he brushed the bar, but it stayed on, for a new world record. Kozakiewicz celebrated by gesturing to the crowd to let them know his opinion of them, and then had three misses at 5.82, one of them very close.

Qualification - Monday 28.07

Group AHeight515525535540
1. Tadeusz ŚlusarskiPOL Poland5.40m XO O
2. Jean-Michel BellotFRA France5.40m OXOO
3. Thierry VigneronFRA France5.40mXOXOXOO
4. Wladyslaw KozakiewiczPOL Poland5.40m O XO
5. Konstantin VolkovURS Soviet Union5.35m OO
6. Sergei KulibabaURS Soviet Union5.35m XOXO
7. Philippe HouvionFRA France5.35mOXXOXOX
8. Felix BohniSUI Switzerland5.15mOXXX
-. Antti KalliomakiFIN FinlandNM XXXO
-. Yuri ProkhorenkoURS Soviet UnionNM XXXO
Group BHeight515525535540
1. Mariusz KlimczykPOL Poland5.40m XO O
2. Kazimir ZalarSWE Sweden5.40mOOOXO
3. Tapani HaapakoskiFIN Finland5.40m OXOXO
4. Rauli PudasFIN Finland5.35m OOXXX
5. Brian HooperGBR Great Britain5.35mOOXOXXX
6. Atanas TarevBUL Bulgaria5.25m XOXXX
7. Axel WeberGDR East Germany5.15mXOXXX
-. Patrick DesruellesBEL BelgiumNMXXX
-. Ivo YanchevBUL BulgariaNMXXX
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Moscow 1980 index
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Athletics Moscow 1980
Men 100mWomen 100m
Men 200mWomen 200m
Men 400mWomen 400m
Men 800mWomen 800m
Men 1500mWomen 1500m
Men 5000m
Men 10000m
Men Marathon
Men 110m HurdlesWomen 100m Hurdles
Men 400m Hurdles
Men 3000m Steeplechase
Men 4x100m RelayWomen 4x100m Relay
Men 4x400m RelayWomen 4x400m Relay
Men High JumpWomen High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long JumpWomen Long Jump
Men Triple Jump
Men Shot PutWomen Shot Put
Men Discus ThrowWomen Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw
Men Javelin ThrowWomen Javelin Throw
Men 20km Walk
Men 50km Walk
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Men DecathlonWomen Pentathlon
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