The men's pole vault

Pole vault

Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...

event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics

At the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, 27 athletics events were contested, all for men only.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-Participating nations:657 athletes from 40 nations competed. Ten nations competed in athletics for the first time...

 at the 1924 Summer Olympics

1924 Summer Olympics

The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...

. The competition was held on Wednesday, July 9, 1924 on Thursday, July 10, 1924.

Twenty pole vaulters from 13 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record	4.21	Charles Hoff Charles Hoff Charles Hoff was a Norwegian athlete, coach, sports journalist and sports administrator.As an active athlete he competed in pole vault, long jump, triple jump, sprints and middle distance events...	Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...  (DEN Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... )	July 22, 1923
Olympic Record	4.09	Frank Foss Frank Foss (athlete) Frank Kent Foss was an American athlete who competed in the men's pole vault. He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics and won gold, beating Danish pole vaulter Henry Petersen. Foss set a world record in winning the event with a height of 4.09 meters, or approximately 13 feet, 5 and 1/8 inches...	Antwerp (BEL Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... )	August 20, 1920

Results

The current world record holder at that time Charles Hoff

Charles Hoff

Charles Hoff was a Norwegian athlete, coach, sports journalist and sports administrator.As an active athlete he competed in pole vault, long jump, triple jump, sprints and middle distance events...

 did not participate in this competition due to an injured ankle.

Qualification

The qualification was held on Wednesday, July 9, 1924 and started at 2:00 p.m.

12-hour clock

The 12-hour clock is a time conversion convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods called ante meridiem and post meridiem...

 All pole vaulters who were able to clear 3.66 metres qualified for the final. The jumping order and the jumping series are not available.

Group 1

Place	Athlete	Height	Overall Rank	Qual.
1		3.66	=1	Q
		3.66	=1	Q
		3.66	=1	Q
4		3.55	=8
5		3.40	=11
		3.40	=11
7		3.20	=15
		3.20	=15
		3.20	=15

Group 2

Place	Athlete	Height	Overall Rank	Qual.
1		3.66	=1	Q
		3.66	=1	Q
		3.66	=1	Q
		3.66	=1	Q
5		3.55	=8
		3.55	=8
7		3.40	=11
		3.40	=11
9		3.20	=15
		3.20	=15
		3.20	=15

Final

The final was held on Thursday, July 10, 1924 and started at 2:30 p.m.

12-hour clock

The 12-hour clock is a time conversion convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods called ante meridiem and post meridiem...

 The jumping order and the jumping series are not available.

Barnes

Lee Barnes

Lee Stratford Barnes was an American athlete from Utah who competed in the men's pole vault.He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and died in Oxnard, California....

 won the gold medal in a jump-off beating Graham

Glen Graham

Glenn Graham was an American athlete who competed in the men's pole vault. He competed in Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris and won silver, behind fellow American pole vaulter Lee Barnes who won gold....

 and Brooker

James Brooker

James Kent Brooker was an American athlete who competed in the men's pole vault. He competed in Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris and won bronze, behind fellow American polevaulters Lee Barnes and Glen Graham, who won gold and silver medals respectively.Brooker attended the...

 won the bronze medal in a jump-off beating Petersen

Henry Petersen

Henry Petersen was a Danish athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault.He competed for Denmark in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the pole vault where he won the silver medal behind the gold medal winner Frank Foss....

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Place	Athlete	Final Height
1		3.95
2		3.95
3		3.90
4		3.90
5		3.80
6		3.70
(7)		NM