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

Men's pole vault at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue	Olympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
Dates	August 5
Competitors	30 from 21 nations
Medalists
Earle Meadows  United States Shuhei Nishida  Japan Sueo Ōe  Japan

Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeple		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

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 American Earle Meadows.

Results

Qualifying

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Height	Notes
1	Earle Meadows	United States	3.80
1	Shuhei Nishida	Japan	3.80
1	Sueo Ōe	Japan	3.80
1	Bill Sefton	United States	3.80
1	Bill Graber	United States	3.80
1	Kiyoshi Adachi	Japan	3.80
1	Syl Apps	Canada	3.80
1	Péter Bácsalmási	Hungary	3.80
1	Josef Haunzwickel	Austria	3.80
1	Danilo Innocenti	Italy	3.80
1	Jan Korejs	Czechoslovakia	3.80
1	Bo Ljungberg	Sweden	3.80
1	Alfred Proksch	Austria	3.80
1	Wilhelm Schneider	Poland	3.80
1	Dick Webster	Great Britain	3.80
1	Viktor Zsuffka	Hungary	3.80
1	Andries du Plessis	23x15px South Africa	3.80
1	Ernst Larsen	Denmark	3.80
1	Julius Müller	Germany	3.80
1	Miroslav Klásek	Czechoslovakia	3.80
1	Fu Baolu	Republic of China	3.80
1	Pierre Ramadier	France	3.80
1	Siegfried Schulz	Germany	3.80
1	Adolfo Schlegel	Chile	3.80
1	André Crépin	France	3.80
26	Aulis Reinikka	Finland	3.70
26	Evald Äärma	Estonia	3.70
26	Jaša Bakov	Yugoslavia	3.70
29	Guillermo Chirichigno	Peru	3.50
29	Rigoberto Pérez	Mexico	3.50

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	3.40	3.60	3.80	4.00	4.15	4.25	4.35	4.45	Result	Notes
	Earle Meadows	United States	pass	o	pass	o	o	xo	xo	xxx	4.35	OR
	Shuhei Nishida	Japan	pass	pass	o	o	o	o	xxx		4.25
	Sueo Ōe	Japan	pass	pass	o	o	o	xo	xxx		4.25
4	Bill Sefton	United States	pass	o	pass	o	xxo	o	xxx		4.25
5	Bill Graber	United States	pass	o	pass	o	xo	xxx			4.15
6	Kiyoshi Adachi	Japan	pass	o	o	o	xxx				4.00
6	Syl Apps	Canada	pass	o	o	o	xxx				4.00
6	Péter Bácsalmási	Hungary	pass	o	o	xxo	xxx				4.00
6	Josef Haunzwickel	Austria	pass	o	o	xo	xxx				4.00
6	Danilo Innocenti	Italy	pass	o	o	xo	xxx				4.00
6	Jan Korejs	Czechoslovakia	pass	xo	o	xxo	xxx				4.00
6	Bo Ljungberg	Sweden	pass	o	o	o	xxx				4.00
6	Alfred Proksch	Austria	pass	o	o	o	xxx				4.00
6	Wilhelm Schneider	Poland	pass	pass	o	o	xxx				4.00
6	Dick Webster	Great Britain	pass	o	o	o	xxx				4.00
6	Viktor Zsuffka	Hungary	pass	o	o	xxo	xxx				4.00
17	Andries du Plessis	23x15px South Africa	o	o	o	xxx					3.80
17	Ernst Larsen	Denmark	pass	o	o	xxx					3.80
17	Julius Müller	Germany	pass	o	o	xxx					3.80
17	Miroslav Klásek	Czechoslovakia	pass	o	o	xxx					3.80
17	Fu Baolu	Republic of China	pass	o	o	xxx					3.80
17	Pierre Ramadier	France	pass	o	o	xxx					3.80
17	Siegfried Schulz	Germany	pass	o	o	xxx					3.80
24	Adolfo Schlegel	Chile	pass	xo	xxx						3.60
25	André Crépin	France	o	xxx							3.40

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

• 1936 Summer Olympics results: Men's pole vault, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-05-08.