Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault


The men's pole vault event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 5, 1936. The final was won by Earle Meadows of the United States.

Results

Qualifying

RankAthleteNationalityHeightNotes
1Earle Meadows3.80
1Shuhei Nishida3.80
1Sueo Ōe3.80
1Bill Sefton3.80
1Bill Graber3.80
1Kiyoshi Adachi3.80
1Syl Apps3.80
1Péter Bácsalmási3.80
1Josef Haunzwickel3.80
1Danilo Innocenti3.80
1Jan Korejs3.80
1Bo Ljungberg3.80
1Alfred Proksch3.80
1Wilhelm Schneider3.80
1Dick Webster3.80
1Viktor Zsuffka3.80
1Andries du Plessis3.80
1Ernst Larsen3.80
1Julius Müller3.80
1Miroslav Klásek3.80
1Fu Baolu3.80
1Pierre Ramadier3.80
1Siegfried Schulz3.80
1Adolfo Schlegel3.80
1André Crépin3.80
26Aulis Reinikka3.70
26Evald Äärma3.70
26Jaša Bakov3.70
29Guillermo Chirichigno3.50
29Rigoberto Pérez3.50

Final

RankAthleteNationality3.403.603.804.004.154.254.354.45ResultNotes
Earle Meadowspassopassooxoxoxxx4.35OR
Shuhei Nishidapasspassooooxxx4.25
Sueo Ōepasspassoooxoxxx4.25
4Bill Seftonpassopassoxxooxxx4.25
5Bill Graberpassopassoxoxxx4.15
6Kiyoshi Adachipassoooxxx4.00
6Syl Appspassoooxxx4.00
6Péter Bácsalmásipassooxxoxxx4.00
6Josef Haunzwickelpassooxoxxx4.00
6Danilo Innocentipassooxoxxx4.00
6Jan Korejspassxooxxoxxx4.00
6Bo Ljungbergpassoooxxx4.00
6Alfred Prokschpassoooxxx4.00
6Wilhelm Schneiderpasspassooxxx4.00
6Dick Websterpassoooxxx4.00
6Viktor Zsuffkapassooxxoxxx4.00
17Andries du Plessisoooxxx3.80
17Ernst Larsenpassooxxx3.80
17Julius Müllerpassooxxx3.80
17Miroslav Klásekpassooxxx3.80
17Fu Baolupassooxxx3.80
17Pierre Ramadierpassooxxx3.80
17Siegfried Schulzpassooxxx3.80
24Adolfo Schlegelpassxoxxx3.60
25André Crépinoxxx3.40

Key: OR = Olympic record

Tie of second and third place

The two Japanese vaulters who tied for second place refused to participate in a tie-breaker. The Japanese team was told to make its own decision about who should claim second place and who third. After lengthy discussion, it was agreed that Nishida, who had vaulted 4.25 at his first attempt, should take precedence over Oe, who had needed two attempts at that height. Upon returning to Japan, they cut their medals in half and fused them to one another so each athlete ended up with a half-silver, half-bronze medal. They became known as “The Medals of Friendship”.