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...

was one of four men's jumping events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the athletics competition included 36 events, 24 for men and 12 for women. The women's 400 metres and women's pentathlon events were newly introduced at these Games. There were a total number of 1016 participating athletes from 82 countries.-Men's...

 program in Tokyo

Tokyo

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. Qualification was held on 15 October 1964, with the final on 17 October. 32 athletes from 20 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the qualification round.

Qualification

Vaulters had to clear 4.60 metres to qualify for the final. The bar start at 4.20 metres, increasing gradually to 4.60 metres. Each jumper had three attempts at each height or could skip any lower height (but could not return to a lower height if he determined that he could not succeed).

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		4.20	4.30	4.40	4.50	4.60
1	Risto Ankio		4.60 metres				1st		1st
	Gennadiy Bliznetsov Gennadiy Bliznetsov Gennady Alexeyevich Bliznetsov is a retired pole vaulter who represented the USSR. He trained at Burevestnik and later at the Armed Forces sports society in Kharkov. -Achievements:-References:...		4.60 metres						1st
	Sergey Demin		4.60 metres				2nd		1st
	Herve D'Encausse		4.60 metres		1st		1st		1st
	Igor Feld		4.60 metres				1st		1st
	Fred Morgan Hansen Fred Hansen Frederick Morgan "Fred" Hansen is an American former athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault....		4.60 metres						1st
	Taisto Laitinen		4.60 metres				1st		2nd
	Klaus Lehnertz Klaus Lehnertz Klaus Lehnertz was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault.He competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the pole vault where he won the bronze medal....		4.60 metres			1st		2nd	1st
	Roman Lesek		4.60 metres				1st		1st
	Guerrino Moro		4.60 metres		2nd		2nd		1st
	Pentti Nikula Pentti Nikula Pentti Nikula is a retired Finnish pole vaulter. During his career he won the European Championships and held the world record.-See also:*Men's pole vault world record progression...		4.60 metres				1st		1st
	Christos Papanikolau		4.60 metres			2nd		2nd	1st
	Billy Gene Pemelton		4.60 metres						1st
	John Pennel John Pennel John Thomas Pennel was an American pole vaulter, and four-time world record holder.When Robert Gardner became the first man to clear 13 feet in 1912 many people thought the pole vault limit was close at hand. It was nothing of the sort, of course, but progress was painfully slow – about one inch...		4.60 metres						2nd
	Manfred Preussger		4.60 metres				3rd		1st
	Wolfgang Reinhardt Wolfgang Reinhardt Wolfgang Reinhardt was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault.He competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the pole vault where he won the silver medal....		4.60 metres				1st		1st
	Ignacio Sola		4.60 metres		1st		1st	1st	3rd
	Rudolf Tomasek Rudolf Tomášek Rudolf Tomášek is a retired pole vaulter who represented Czechoslovakia.He was born in Karlovy Vary, and represented the clubs RH Praha...		4.60 metres					1st	1st
	Yang Chuan Kwang		4.60 metres				1st	1st	1st
20	David Stevenson		4.50 metres		1st		1st	1st	Fail
21	Rolando Cruz Rolando Cruz For the Rolando Cruz related to the Illinois criminal case, see Rolando Cruz caseRolando Cruz is a former pole vaulter from Puerto Rico. He competed for his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1956...		4.50 metres			1st	3rd	1st	Fail
22	Morita Hisao		4.40 metres				1st		Fail
23	Werner Duttweiler		4.40 metres		1st		1st		Fail
24	Torii Yoshimasa		4.40 metres		1st		2nd		Fail
25	Renato Dionisi		4.20 metres		1st	Fail
	Otsubo Masashi		4.20 metres		1st		Fail
27	Paul Coppejans		4.20 metres		3rd		Fail
28	Dimitar Khlebarov Dimitar Khlebarov Dimitar Petrov Khlebarov is a retired pole vaulter from Bulgaria. He set his personal best in 26 September 1965 at a meet in Sofia.-Achievements:-References:**...		No mark				Fail
	Maurice Houvion		No mark		Fail
	Włodzimierz Sokołowski		No mark				Fail
—	Valbjoern Thorlaksson		Did not start
	Wu Ar Min		Did not start

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		4.40	4.60	4.70	4.80	4.85	4.90	4.95	5.00	5.05	5.10
1	Fred Morgan Hansen		5.10 metres OR				1st	1st	1st			1st		3rd
2	Wolfgang Reinhardt		5.05 metres		2nd	2nd		2nd		2nd		1st	1st	Fail
3	Klaus Lehnertz		5.00 metres		1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	Fail
4	Manfred Preussger		5.00 metres			3rd		1st		1st		1st	Fail
5	Gennadiy Bliznetsov		4.95 metres		1st	1st	1st		1st		1st	Fail
6	Rudolf Tomasek		4.90 metres			1st	1st	2nd		1st		Fail
7	Pentti Nikula		4.90 metres		2nd	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	Fail
8	Billy Gene Pemelton		4.80 metres				1st	1st	Fail
9	Igor Feld		4.80 metres			1st	3rd	2nd		Fail
10	Guerrino Moro		4.70 metres			1st	2nd	1st	Fail
11	John Pennel		4.70 metres				2nd		Fail
12	Risto Ankio		4.70 metres			1st	2nd	Fail
13	Roman Lesek		4.70 metres		1st	3rd	2nd	Fail
14	Taisto Laitinen		4.60 metres		1st	1st	Fail
15	Sergey Demin		4.40 metres		1st	Fail
	Herve D'Encausse		4.40 metres		1st	Fail
	Ignacio Sola		4.40 metres		1st	Fail
18	Christos Papanikolau		4.40 metres		2nd	Fail
19	Yang Chuan Kwang		No mark		Fail