Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

Men's pole vault at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Date	6 August 1984 (qualifications) 8 August 1984 (final)
Competitors	19 from 13 nations
Winning height	5.75
Medalists
Pierre Quinon  France Mike Tully  United States Earl Bell  United States Thierry Vigneron  France

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races

The Men's Pole Vault event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 19 competitors, with two qualifying groups (19 jumpers) before the final (12) took place on Wednesday August 8, 1984.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Pierre Quinon  France
Silver	Mike Tully  United States
Bronze	Earl Bell  United States
Bronze	Thierry Vigneron  France

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics
World Record	Sergey Bubka (URS)	5.90 m	July 13, 1984	London, United Kingdom
Olympic Record	Władysław Kozakiewicz (POL)	5.78 m	July 30, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union

Summary

The field was down to seven competitors by 5.40m, Mike Tully and Pierre Quinon hadn't taken a jump. They both came in at 5.45m, Tully clearing on his first attempt and Quinon his second (advantage Tully). Felix Böhni and Doug Lytle went out at 5.50m, Kimmo Pallonen went out at 5.55m, yet Thierry Vigneron, Earl Bell and Tully still had clean rounds going in scattered jumping, strategically passing heights. At 5.60m, Vigneron and Bell remained clean while Tully and Quinon passed. Vigneron and Bell passed 5.65m while Tully, then Quinon took only their third attempts of the competition. Both missed. When Tully missed his second, Quinon passed as he felt he could gain no advantage by clearing. Tully made his third to take the lead. At 5.70m, Tully passed while Quinon cleared on his first attempt to take the lead. Vigneron and Bell ended their perfect day, neither could clear 5.70m and they ended up in a tie for the bronze medal. Tully passed again at 5.75m, while Quinon again cleared it. Tully's only hope for gold was to jump 5.80m before Quinon, but neither could clear it.

Results

Qualifying round

Held on Monday August 6, 1984

Qualification rule: Qualifying performance 5.45 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	5.10	5.20	5.30	5.35	5.40	5.45	Result	Notes
1	A	Thierry Vigneron	France	–	–	–	o	–	o	5.45	Q
1	A	Earl Bell	United States	–	–	–	o	–	o	5.45	Q
1	A	Mike Tully	United States	–	–	–	o	–	o	5.45	Q
4	A	Alberto Ruiz	Spain	xo	–	xo	–	xo	xxo	5.45	Q
5	A	Pierre Quinon	France	–	–	xo	–	o	–	5.40	q
6	B	Kimmo Pallonen	Finland	–	o	o	xo	xo	–	5.40	q
7	A	Felix Böhni	Switzerland	–	–	o	–	xxo	xxx	5.40	q
8	A	Tom Hintnaus	Brazil	–	–	–	o	–	xxx	5.35	q
9	B	Mauro Barella	Italy	o	o	xo	xxo	–	–	5.35	q
10	A	Serge Ferreira	France	–	–	o	–	xxx		5.30	q
10	A	Doug Lytle	United States	–	–	o	xxx			5.30	q
10	B	Yang Weimin	China	o	o	o	–	xxx		5.30	q
10	B	Jeff Gutteridge	Great Britain	o	–	o	xxx			5.30	q
10	B	Tomomi Takahashi	Japan	–	–	xxo	–	xxx		5.30	q
15	B	Brian Morrissette	Virgin Islands	o	o	x–	xx			5.20	NR
16	B	Keith Stock	Great Britain	xo	xo	xxx				5.20
17	B	Ji Zebiao	China	xo	xxx					5.10
18	B	Edgardo Rivera	Puerto Rico	xxo	–	x–	xx			5.10
	A	Miro Zalar	Sweden	–	–	xxx				NM
	B	Alfonso Cano	Spain							DNS

Final

Held on Wednesday August 8, 1984.

Rank	Name	Nationality	5.10	5.20	5.30	5.40	5.45	5.50	5.55	5.60	5.65	5.70	5.75	5.80	Result	Notes
	Pierre Quinon	France	–	–	–	–	xo	–	–	–	x–	o	o	xxx	5.75
	Mike Tully	United States	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	–	xxo	–	–	xxx	5.65
	Earl Bell	United States	–	–	–	o	–	o	–	o	–	xxx			5.60
	Thierry Vigneron	France	–	–	–	o	–	–	–	o	–	xxx			5.60
5	Kimmo Pallonen	Finland	–	–	xo	–	xo	–	xxx						5.45
6	Doug Lytle	United States	–	–	–	o	–	xxx							5.40
7	Felix Böhni	Switzerland	–	–	o	–	–	xxx							5.30
8	Mauro Barella	Italy	xxo	–	xxo	xxx									5.30
9	Alberto Ruiz	Spain	–	o	–	xxx									5.20
10	Yang Weimin	China	xo	xxx											5.10
11	Jeff Gutteridge	Great Britain	xxo	–	xxx										5.10
	Tom Hintnaus	Brazil	–	–	–	xxx									NM
	Serge Ferreira	France	–	–	xxx										NM
	Tomomi Takahashi	Japan	–	–	xxx										NM

See also

• 1982 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Athens)
• 1983 Men's World Championships Pole Vault (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Friendship Games Pole Vault (Moscow)
• 1986 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships Pole Vault (Rome)

References

External links

• (in English) Official Report