Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
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 Earle Meadows of the United States.[1]
| Men's pole vault at the Games of the XI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympiastadion: Berlin, Germany | |||||||||
| Dates | August 5 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 21 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Results
Qualifying
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Height | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Earle Meadows | .svg.png){kind=small} | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Shuhei Nishida | .svg.png){kind=small} | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Sueo Ōe | | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Bill Sefton | | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Bill Graber | | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Kiyoshi Adachi | | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Syl Apps | .svg.png){kind=small} | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Péter Bácsalmási | .svg.png){kind=small} | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Josef Haunzwickel |  | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Danilo Innocenti | .svg.png){kind=small} | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Jan Korejs |  | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Bo Ljungberg |  | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Alfred Proksch | | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Wilhelm Schneider | .svg.png){kind=small} | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Dick Webster |  | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Viktor Zsuffka | | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Andries du Plessis | .svg.png){kind=small} | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Ernst Larsen |  | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Julius Müller | .svg.png){kind=small} | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Miroslav Klásek | | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Fu Baolu |  | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Pierre Ramadier |  | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Siegfried Schulz | | 3.80 | |
| 1 | Adolfo Schlegel |  | 3.80 | |
| 1 | André Crépin | | 3.80 | |
| 26 | Aulis Reinikka |  | 3.70 | |
| 26 | Evald Äärma |  | 3.70 | |
| 26 | Jaša Bakov | .svg.png){kind=small} | 3.70 | |
| 29 | Guillermo Chirichigno | .svg.png){kind=small} | 3.50 | |
| 29 | Rigoberto Pérez | .svg.png){kind=small} | 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 | |
pass | o | pass | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | 4.35 | OR |
 | Shuhei Nishida | |
pass | pass | o | o | o | o | xxx | 4.25 | ||
 | Sueo Ōe | |
pass | pass | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 4.25 | ||
| 4 | Bill Sefton | |
pass | o | pass | o | xxo | o | xxx | 4.25 | ||
| 5 | Bill Graber | |
pass | o | pass | o | xo | xxx | 4.15 | |||
| 6 | Kiyoshi Adachi | |
pass | o | o | o | xxx | 4.00 | ||||
| 6 | Syl Apps | |
pass | o | o | o | xxx | 4.00 | ||||
| 6 | Péter Bácsalmási | |
pass | o | o | xxo | xxx | 4.00 | ||||
| 6 | Josef Haunzwickel | |
pass | o | o | xo | xxx | 4.00 | ||||
| 6 | Danilo Innocenti | |
pass | o | o | xo | xxx | 4.00 | ||||
| 6 | Jan Korejs | |
pass | xo | o | xxo | xxx | 4.00 | ||||
| 6 | Bo Ljungberg | |
pass | o | o | o | xxx | 4.00 | ||||
| 6 | Alfred Proksch | |
pass | o | o | o | xxx | 4.00 | ||||
| 6 | Wilhelm Schneider | |
pass | pass | o | o | xxx | 4.00 | ||||
| 6 | Dick Webster | |
pass | o | o | o | xxx | 4.00 | ||||
| 6 | Viktor Zsuffka | |
pass | o | o | xxo | xxx | 4.00 | ||||
| 17 | Andries du Plessis | |
o | o | o | xxx | 3.80 | |||||
| 17 | Ernst Larsen | |
pass | o | o | xxx | 3.80 | |||||
| 17 | Julius Müller | |
pass | o | o | xxx | 3.80 | |||||
| 17 | Miroslav Klásek | |
pass | o | o | xxx | 3.80 | |||||
| 17 | Fu Baolu | |
pass | o | o | xxx | 3.80 | |||||
| 17 | Pierre Ramadier | |
pass | o | o | xxx | 3.80 | |||||
| 17 | Siegfried Schulz | |
pass | o | o | xxx | 3.80 | |||||
| 24 | Adolfo Schlegel | |
pass | xo | xxx | 3.60 | ||||||
| 25 | André Crépin | |
o | xxx | 3.40 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
Tie of second and third place
The two Japanese vaulters who tied for second place refused to participate in a tie-breaker. The Japanese team was told to make its own decision about who should claim second place and who third. After lengthy discussion, it was agreed that Nishida, who had vaulted 4.25 at his first attempt, should take precedence over Oe, who had needed two attempts at that height. Upon returning to Japan, they cut their medals in half and fused them to one another so each athlete ended up with a half-silver, half-bronze medal. They became known as “The Medals of Friendship”.[2]
References
- "Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Pole Vault". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- Askwith, Richard (4 August 2016). "Great Olympic Friendships: Shuhei Nishida and Sueo Oe, the friends who wouldn't be divided by their medals". The Independent. Retrieved 27 December 2018.