Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

Men's pole vault at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Date	31 July 1996 (qualifications) 2 August 1996 (finals)
Competitors	37 from 24 nations
Winning height	5.92
Medalists
Jean Galfione  France Igor Trandenkov  Russia Andrei Tivontchik  Germany

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
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
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
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

These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.^[1]

By this competition, Sergey Bubka had already pushed the world record to its current state and was the overwhelming favorite to win. But continuing his Olympic curse, Bubka came into the competition with a heel injury and did not make an attempt. To add further injury, his brother Vasiliy Bubka was one of seven athletes unable to clear a height in qualifying.

In the final, returning silver medalist Igor Trandenkov was the first to clear 5.92 on his first attempt which would have been his only attempt because he had two misses at 5.86, but Jean Galfione equaled that moments later. Galfione had only one miss earlier in the competition, while Trandenkov had the two. That proved the difference, Galfione taking gold while Trandenkov was relegated to a second straight silver. Andrei Tivontchik cleared 5.92 on his second attempt to take bronze.

Medalists

Gold	Jean Galfione  France
Silver	Igor Trandenkov  Russia
Bronze	Andrei Tivontchik  Germany

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record	6.14	Sergey Bubka	Sestriere (ITA)	July 31, 1994
Olympic Record	5.90	Sergey Bubka	Seoul (KOR)	September 28, 1988

All three medalists set a new Olympic record. At first Igor Trandenkov, followed by Jean Galfione and Andrei Tivontchik.

Results

Qualification

Held on Wednesday July 31, 1996

Qualification rule: Qualifying performance 5.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	5.20	5.40	5.60	5.70	Result	Notes
1	A	Alain Andji	France	–	o	o	o	5.70	Q
1	A	Tim Lobinger	Germany	–	o	o	o	5.70	Q
1	B	Pyotr Bochkaryov	Russia	–	–	o	o	5.70	Q
1	B	Riaan Botha	South Africa	–	o	o	o	5.70	Q
5	A	Jeff Hartwig	United States	–	o	xo	o	5.70	Q
5	B	Jean Galfione	France	–	xo	o	o	5.70	Q
7	A	Igor Trandenkov	Russia	–	–	xxo	o	5.70	Q
8	A	Igor Potapovich	Kazakhstan	–	–	o	xo	5.70	Q
9	B	Andrei Tivontchik	Germany	–	–	o	xxo	5.70	Q
10	A	Michael Stolle	Germany	xo	xo	o	xxo	5.70	Q
11	B	Lawrence Johnson	United States	–	xo	xxo	xxo	5.70	Q
12	A	Dmitriy Markov	Belarus	–	o	o	xxx	5.60	q
12	B	Scott Huffman	United States	–	o	o	xxx	5.60	q
12	B	Danny Krasnov	Israel	–	o	o	xxx	5.60	q
15	B	José Manuel Arcos	Spain	–	xxo	o	xxx	5.60
16	A	Jim Miller	Australia	–	xo	xo	xxx	5.60
17	A	Viktor Chistyakov	Russia	–	xxo	xo	xxx	5.60
18	A	Nuno Fernandes	Portugal	xo	o	xxo	xxx	5.60
18	B	Heikki Vääräniemi	Finland	–	xo	xxo	xxx	5.60
20	A	Konstantin Semyonov	Israel	–	o	x–	xx	5.40
20	B	Nick Buckfield	Great Britain	–	o	xxx		5.40
20	B	Javier García	Spain	–	o	xxx		5.40
23	A	Laurens Looije	Netherlands	xxo	o	xxx		5.40
24	A	Neil Winter	Great Britain	o	xo	xxx		5.40
24	B	Kim Chul-kyun	South Korea	o	xo	xxx		5.40
26	B	Martin Voss	Denmark	xo	xo	x–	xx	5.40
27	B	Aleksandrs Obižajevs	Latvia	–	xxo	xxx		5.40
28	A	Edgar Díaz	Puerto Rico	xo	xxo	xxx		5.40
29	B	Alexandru Jucov	Moldova	o	xxx			5.20
30	A	Teruyasu Yonekura	Japan	xxo	xxx			5.20
	A	Okkert Brits	South Africa	–	–	xxx		NM
	A	Vasiliy Bubka	Ukraine	–	xxx			NM
	A	Juan Gabriel Concepción	Spain	–	xxx			NM
	A	Kersley Gardenne	Mauritius	xxx				NM
	B	Simon Arkell	Australia	–	xxx			NM
	B	Valeri Bukrejev	Estonia	–	xxx			NM
	B	Dominic Johnson	Saint Lucia	xxx				NM
	B	Sergey Bubka	Ukraine					DNS

Final

Igor Potapovich in Atlanta

• Held on Friday August 2, 1996

Rank	Name	Nationality	5.40	5.60	5.70	5.80	5.86	5.92	5.97	6.02	Result	Notes
	Jean Galfione	France	–	o	–	xo	o	o	x–	xx	5.92	=OR
	Igor Trandenkov	Russia	–	–	o	–	xx–	o	–	xxx	5.92	OR
	Andrei Tivontchik	Germany	–	xo	–	xo	xo	xo	xxx		5.92	=OR
4	Igor Potapovich	Kazakhstan	–	–	o	–	o	x–	xx		5.86
5	Pyotr Bochkaryov	Russia	–	xo	–	xo	o	xx–	x		5.86
6	Dmitriy Markov	Belarus	o	o	xo	xxo	xo	xxx			5.86
7	Tim Lobinger	Germany	–	o	o	o	x–	xx			5.80
8	Lawrence Johnson	United States	o	o	o	xxx					5.70
9	Alain Andji	France	o	o	xxo	xxx					5.70
9	Michael Stolle	Germany	o	o	xxo	xxx					5.70
11	Jeff Hartwig	United States	o	o	xxx						5.60
11	Danny Krasnov	Israel	o	o	xxx						5.60
13	Scott Huffman	United States	xo	o	xxx						5.60
14	Riaan Botha	South Africa	o	xo	–	xxx					5.60

References

External links

• Official Report
• Results