Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

Official Video Highlights

Men's pole vault at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	23 September 1988 (qualifications) 25 September 1988 (finals)
Competitors	21 from 13 nations
Winning height	5.90 OR
Medalists
Sergey Bubka  Soviet Union Rodion Gataullin  Soviet Union Grigoriy Yegorov  Soviet Union

Athletics at the 1988 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	women
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 at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 21 competitors, with two qualifying groups (21 jumpers) before the final (15) took place on Wednesday September 28, 1988.^[1]

Three Soviet, French and American athletes made the final, but it was the Soviet bloc that dominated the event, sweeping the medals, with Sergey Bubka already the dominant vaulter. His world record 6.06 set two months earlier, has only been cleared by two other men, 2008 gold medalist Steven Hooker and 2012 gold medalist Renaud Lavillenie, since. But while Bubka would vault in 3 more Olympics and would continue to dominate the World Championships with ultimately 6 consecutive wins, this would be the only Olympic medal he would achieve.

Medalists

Gold	Sergey Bubka  Soviet Union
Silver	Rodion Gataullin  Soviet Union
Bronze	Grigoriy Yegorov  Soviet Union

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record	6.06	Sergey Bubka	Nice (FRA)	July 10, 1988
Olympic Record	5.78	Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz	Moscow (URS)	July 30, 1980

The following Olympic record was set during this competition.

Date	Event	Athlete	Height	OR	WR
September 28, 1988	Final	Sergey Bubka (URS)	5.90m	OR

Results

Qualification

Held on Monday September 26, 1988

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	5.10	5.20	5.30	5.40	5.45	5.50	5.55	Result	Notes
1	A	Rodion Gataullin	Soviet Union	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	5.50	q
1	A	Sergey Bubka	Soviet Union	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	5.50	q
3	A	Grigoriy Yegorov	Soviet Union	–	–	–	–	o	–	–	5.45	q
4	A	Kory Tarpenning	United States	–	–	–	o	–	–	x–	5.40	q
4	A	Earl Bell	United States	–	–	–	o	–	–	x–	5.40	q
4	A	Mirosław Chmara	Poland	–	–	–	o	–	–	–	5.40	q
4	B	Marian Kolasa	Poland	–	–	–	o	–	–	–	5.40	q
8	B	Asko Peltoniemi	Finland	–	–	xxo	o	–	–	–	5.40	q
9	A	Billy Olson	United States	–	–	–	xo	–	–	–	5.40	q
9	A	Philippe Collet	France	–	–	–	xo	–	–	–	5.40	q
9	A	Hermann Fehringer	Austria	–	–	o	xo	–	–	–	5.40	q
9	B	Zdeněk Lubenský	Czechoslovakia	–	o	o	xo	–	–	–	5.40	q
9	B	Philippe d'Encausse	France	–	o	–	xo	–	–	–	5.40	q
9	B	István Bagyula	Hungary	o	o	o	xo	–	–	–	5.40	q
15	B	Thierry Vigneron	France	o	o	xo	xo	–	–	–	5.40	q
16	B	Kim Chul-Kyun	South Korea	xo	xo	xo	xxx				5.30
17	B	Paul Just	Canada	xo	o	xxo	xxx				5.30
	A	Atanas Tarev	Bulgaria	–	–	–	xxx				NM
	B	Lee Jae-bok	South Korea	xxx							NM
	B	Javier García	Spain	xxx							NM
	B	Andy Ashurst	Great Britain	xxx							NM

Final

Held on Wednesday September 28, 1988.

Rank	Name	Nationality	5.10	5.25	5.40	5.50	5.60	5.65	5.70	5.75	5.80	5.85	5.90	5.95	6.10	Result	Notes
	Sergey Bubka	Soviet Union	–	–	–	–	–	–	xo	–	–	–	xxo	–	x	5.90	OR
	Rodion Gataullin	Soviet Union	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	–	xxo	–	xxx		5.85
	Grigoriy Yegorov	Soviet Union	–	–	–	o	–	–	xo	–	o	–	xxx			5.80
4	Earl Bell	United States	–	–	o	–	o	–	o	xxx						5.70
5	Thierry Vigneron	France	–	xo	–	o	o	–	xo	x						5.70
5	Philippe Collet	France	–	–	–	xo	–	–	xo	xxx						5.70
7	István Bagyula	Hungary	o	o	o	o	o	xxx								5.60
8	Philippe d'Encausse	France	–	–	o	x–	xo	–	xxx							5.60
9	Asko Peltoniemi	Finland	–	–	o	–	xxo	–	xxx							5.60
10	Kory Tarpenning	United States	–	–	–	o	–	xxx								5.50
11	Zdeněk Lubenský	Czechoslovakia	–	xo	–	o	–	xxx								5.50
12	Billy Olson	United States	–	–	–	xxo	–	xxx								5.50
13	Hermann Fehringer	Austria	–	o	o	xxx										5.40
	Mirosław Chmara	Poland	–	–	–	–	xxx									NM
	Marian Kolasa	Poland	–	–	–	xxx										NM

See also

• 1984 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships Pole Vault (Rome)
• 1990 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Split)
• 1991 Men's World Championships Pole Vault (Tokyo)
• 1992 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Barcelona)

References

External links

• (in English) Official Report