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

Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, 29 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 6 for women. The program of events was unchanged from the previous Games. There was a total of 776 participants from 43 countries competing.-Medal table:...

at the 1936 Summer Olympics

1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...

. The competition was held on August 5, 1936. The final was won by American

United States

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Earle Meadows.

Final

Rank	Athlete	3.40	3.60	3.80	4.00	4.15	4.25	4.35	4.45	Result	Notes
	Earle Meadows Earle Meadows Earle Elmer Meadows was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault and broke the world record in 1937. He also cleared a height superior to the world record, but it was not ratified by the sport's governing body.Meadows attended the University of Southern California...	pass	o	pass	o	o	xo	xo	xxx	4.35	OR
	Shuhei Nishida Shuhei Nishida was a Japanese athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault.He competed for Japan in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the pole vault where he won the silver medal...	pass	pass	o	o	o	o	xxx		4.25
	Sueo Ōe Sueo Oe was a Japanese athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault.He competed for Japan in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the pole vault where he won the bronze medal.-External links:*...	pass	pass	o	o	o	xo	xxx		4.25
4	Bill Sefton	pass	o	pass	o	xxo	o	xxx		4.25
5	Bill Graber	pass	o	pass	o	xo	xxx			4.15
6	Kiyoshi Adachi	pass	o	o	o	xxx				4.00
6	Syl Apps Syl Apps Charles Joseph Sylvanus Apps, CM of Paris, Ontario, was a Canadian pole vaulter and professional hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1936 to 1948 and a Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament in Ontario.-Athletic career:Apps was a strong athlete, 6 feet tall, weighing 185 pounds,...	pass	o	o	o	xxx				4.00
6	Péter Bácsalmási	pass	o	o	xxo	xxx				4.00
6	Josef Haunzwickel	pass	o	o	xo	xxx				4.00
6	Danilo Innocenti	pass	o	o	xo	xxx				4.00
6	Jan Korejs	pass	xo	o	xxo	xxx				4.00
6	Bo Ljungberg	pass	o	o	o	xxx				4.00
6	Alfred Proksch Alfred Proksch Alfred Proksch was an Austrian Olympic athlete and graphic designer. The son of one of the co-founders of the Wiener Sport-Club, Proksch took an active interest in both athletics and graphic design from an early age...	pass	o	o	o	xxx				4.00
6	Wilhelm Schneider	pass	pass	o	o	xxx				4.00
6	Dick Webster	pass	o	o	o	xxx				4.00
6	Viktor Zsuffka	pass	o	o	xxo	xxx				4.00
17	Andries du Plessis Andries du Plessis Andries Stephanus du Plessis is a South African athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Germiston.In 1936 he finished 17th in the Olympic pole vault event....	o	o	o	xxx					3.80
17	Ernst Larsen	pass	o	o	xxx					3.80
17	Julius Müller	pass	o	o	xxx					3.80
17	Miroslav Klásek	pass	o	o	xxx					3.80
17	Fu Baolu	pass	o	o	xxx					3.80
17	Pierre Ramadier	pass	o	o	xxx					3.80
17	Siegfried Schulz	pass	o	o	xxx					3.80
24	Adolfo Schlegel	pass	xo	xxx						3.60
25	André Crépin	o	xxx							3.40

Key: OR = Olympic record

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