Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
Men's pole vault at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Date |
23 September 1988 (qualifications) 25 September 1988 (finals) | |||||||||
Competitors | 21 from 13 nations | |||||||||
Winning height | 5.90 OR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 |
Silver | Rodion Gataullin |
Bronze | Grigoriy Yegorov |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 6.06 | Nice (FRA) | July 10, 1988 | |
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Olympic Record | 5.78 | Moscow (URS) | July 30, 1980 |
The following Olympic record was set during this competition.
Date | Event | Athlete | Height | OR | WR |
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September 28, 1988 | Final | 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 |
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1 | A | Rodion Gataullin | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | 5.50 | q | |
1 | A | Sergey Bubka | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | 5.50 | q | |
3 | A | Grigoriy Yegorov | – | – | – | – | o | – | – | 5.45 | q | |
4 | A | Kory Tarpenning | – | – | – | o | – | – | x– | 5.40 | q | |
4 | A | Earl Bell | – | – | – | o | – | – | x– | 5.40 | q | |
4 | A | Mirosław Chmara | – | – | – | o | – | – | – | 5.40 | q | |
4 | B | Marian Kolasa | – | – | – | o | – | – | – | 5.40 | q | |
8 | B | Asko Peltoniemi | – | – | xxo | o | – | – | – | 5.40 | q | |
9 | A | Billy Olson | – | – | – | xo | – | – | – | 5.40 | q | |
9 | A | Philippe Collet | – | – | – | xo | – | – | – | 5.40 | q | |
9 | A | Hermann Fehringer | – | – | o | xo | – | – | – | 5.40 | q | |
9 | B | Zdeněk Lubenský | – | o | o | xo | – | – | – | 5.40 | q | |
9 | B | Philippe d'Encausse | – | o | – | xo | – | – | – | 5.40 | q | |
9 | B | István Bagyula | o | o | o | xo | – | – | – | 5.40 | q | |
15 | B | Thierry Vigneron | o | o | xo | xo | – | – | – | 5.40 | q | |
16 | B | Kim Chul-Kyun | xo | xo | xo | xxx | 5.30 | |||||
17 | B | Paul Just | xo | o | xxo | xxx | 5.30 | |||||
A | Atanas Tarev | – | – | – | xxx | NM | ||||||
B | Lee Jae-bok | xxx | NM | |||||||||
B | Javier García | xxx | NM | |||||||||
B | Andy Ashurst | 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 |
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Sergey Bubka | – | – | – | – | – | – | xo | – | – | – | xxo | – | x | 5.90 | OR | ||
Rodion Gataullin | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | – | xxo | – | xxx | 5.85 | ||||
Grigoriy Yegorov | – | – | – | o | – | – | xo | – | o | – | xxx | 5.80 | |||||
4 | Earl Bell | – | – | o | – | o | – | o | xxx | 5.70 | |||||||
5 | Thierry Vigneron | – | xo | – | o | o | – | xo | x | 5.70 | |||||||
5 | Philippe Collet | – | – | – | xo | – | – | xo | xxx | 5.70 | |||||||
7 | István Bagyula | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 5.60 | |||||||||
8 | Philippe d'Encausse | – | – | o | x– | xo | – | xxx | 5.60 | ||||||||
9 | Asko Peltoniemi | – | – | o | – | xxo | – | xxx | 5.60 | ||||||||
10 | Kory Tarpenning | – | – | – | o | – | xxx | 5.50 | |||||||||
11 | Zdeněk Lubenský | – | xo | – | o | – | xxx | 5.50 | |||||||||
12 | Billy Olson | – | – | – | xxo | – | xxx | 5.50 | |||||||||
13 | Hermann Fehringer | – | o | o | xxx | 5.40 | |||||||||||
Mirosław Chmara | – | – | – | – | xxx | NM | |||||||||||
Marian Kolasa | – | – | – | xxx | NM |
See also
References
- ↑ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Pole Vault". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
External links
- (in English) Official Report