Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place August 1.

Qualifying round

All athletes tied for first place advanced to the Final Round.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Height (m)
1	János Karlovits	Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...	3.66
1	Lee Barnes	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	3.66
1	William Droegemuller	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	3.66
1	Yonetaro Nakazawa	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	3.66
1	Charles McGinnis	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	3.66
1	Henry Lindblad	Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	3.66
1	Julius Müller	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	3.66
1	Sabin Carr	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	3.66
1	Victor Pickard	Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	3.66
10	Aksel Nikolajsen	Denmark 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...	3.50
10	Laurence Bond	Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...	3.50
10	José Culí	Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	3.50
10	Maurice Henrijean	Belgium 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...	3.50
14	Age van der Zee	Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	3.30
14	Gérard Noël	Belgium 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...	3.30
14	Stelios Benardis	Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....	3.30
-	René Joannes-Powell	Belgium 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...	No height
-	Argyris Karagiannis	Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....	No height
-	Pierre Ramadier	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	No height
-	Robert Vintousky	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	No height

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Height	Notes
	Sabin Carr Sabin Carr Sabin William Carr was an American athlete who competed in the men's pole vault. He competed in Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam and won gold....		4.20	OR
	William Droegemuller		4.10
	Charles McGinnis Charles McGinnis Charles McGinnis was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault....		3.95
4	Victor Pickard		3.95
5	Lee 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....		3.95
6	Yonetaro Nakazawa		3.90
7	Henry Lindblad		3.90
8	János Karlovits		3.80
9	Julius Müller		3.65

Key: OR = Olympic record

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