Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

Top twelve jumpers and ties and all jumpers reaching 4.40 metres advanced to the finals. All heights are listed in metres.

Qualifying

Rank	Name	Nationality	Mark	3.80	4.00	4.20	4.30	4.40	Notes
1T	Khristo Khristov	Bulgaria	4.40	p	o	o	o	o
1T	Matti Sutinen	Finland	4.40	p	o	o	o	o
3	Don Bragg	United States	4.40	p	p	o	xo	o
4T	Eeles Landström	Finland	4.40	p	o	o	xo	o
4T	Günter Malcher	United Team of Germany	4.40	p	o	xo	o	o
6	Rudolf Tomášek	Czechoslovakia	4.40	o	xo	o	o	o
7	Leon Lukman	Yugoslavia	4.40	p	o	xxo	o	o
8T	Rolando Cruz	Puerto Rico	4.40	p	o	o	o	xxo
8T	Ihor Petrenko	Soviet Union	4.40	p	o	o	o	xxo
10	Jānis Krasovskis	Soviet Union	4.40	p	p	o	xo	xxo
11	Ron Morris	United States	4.30	p	p	o	o	xxx
12T	Dimitar Khlebarov	Bulgaria	4.20	p	o	o	o	xxx
12T	Andrzej Krzesiński	Poland	4.20	p	o	o	o	xxx
14T	Peter Laufer	United Team of Germany	4.20	p	o	o	p	xxx
14T	Manfred Preußger	United Team of Germany	4.20	p	o	o	p	xxx
14T	Roman Lešek	Yugoslavia	4.20	p	o	o	xxx
14T	Valbjörn Þorláksson	Iceland	4.20	p	o	o	xxx
18T	Dave Clark	United States	4.20	o	o	o	xxx
18T	Janusz Gronowski	Poland	4.20	o	o	o	xxx
18T	Georgios Roubanis	Greece	4.20	o	o	o	xxx
18T	Victor Sillon	France	4.20	o	o	o	xxx
22	Noriaki Yasuda	Japan	4.20	p	xxo	o	xxx
23T	Bjørn Andersen	Denmark	4.00	p	o	xxx
23T	Gérard Barras	Switzerland	4.00	p	o	xxx
23T	Raymond Van Dijck	Belgium	4.00	p	o	xxx
26	Allah Ditta	Pakistan	4.00	xo	o	xxx
–	Owen Okundaye	Nigeria	–	p	xxx
–	Mohamed Abdullah	Iraq	–	xxx
–	Orhan Altan	Turkey	–	xxx

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Mark	4.00	4.20	4.30	4.40	4.50	4.55	4.60	4.70	4.82	Notes
	Don Bragg	United States	4.70	p	p	o	xo	o	o	o	o	xxx	OR
	Ron Morris	United States	4.60	p	p	o	o	xo	o	xo	xxx
	Eeles Landström	Finland	4.55	p	o	p	xo	xo	o	xxx
4	Rolando Cruz	Puerto Rico	4.55	o	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx
5	Günter Malcher	United Team of Germany	4.50	p	o	o	o	o	xxx
6T	Ihor Petrenko	Soviet Union	4.50	p	o	p	xxo	o	xxx
6T	Matti Sutinen	Finland	4.50	p	o	p	xxo	o	xxx
8	Rudolf Tomášek	Czechoslovakia	4.50	o	o	o	xxo	o	xxx
9	Leon Lukman	Yugoslavia	4.40	o	o	o	o	xxx
10	Khristo Khristov	Bulgaria	4.40	p	xo	o	o	xxx
11	Dimitar Khlebarov	Bulgaria	4.30	p	o	o	xxx
12	Andrzej Krzesiński	Poland	4.30	o	o	o	xxx
13	Jānis Krasovskis	Soviet Union	4.30	p	p	xo	xxx

Key: OR = Olympic record; o = clear ; p = pass; x = fail