Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

Men's pole vault; at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Date	5 August 1992 (qualifications); 7 August 1992 (finals)
Competitors	34 from 25 nations
Winning height	5.80
Medalists

These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes. The qualification mark was set at 5.60 metres (six + six athletes).[1]

This was a remarkably clean competition, with only three athletes having a miss at a height that was not their best or better in the competition. Maksim Tarasov took gold with only three attempts, clean through 5.80. Igor Trandenkov equalled Tarasov, but took three attempts to clear 5.80. Javier García took bronze in his home town by clearing 5.75 on his second attempt, to edge Kory Tarpenning who cleared it on his third.

Medalists

Gold	Maksim Tarasov Unified Team
Silver	Igor Trandenkov Unified Team
Bronze	Javier García Spain

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record	6.11	Sergey Bubka	Dijon (FRA)	June 13, 1992
Olympic Record	5.90	Sergey Bubka	Seoul (KOR)	September 28, 1988

Results

Qualification

Held on Wednesday August 5, 1992

Qualification rule: Qualifying performance 5.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	4.80	5.00	5.20	5.30	5.40	5.50	5.55	5.60	Result	Notes
1	A	Sergey Bubka	Unified Team	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	5.60	Q
1	B	Maksim Tarasov	Unified Team	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	5.60	Q
3	B	Yevgeny Krasnov	Israel	–	–	–	–	xo	o	xo	o	5.60	Q
4	B	Tim Bright	United States	–	–	–	–	o	o	–	xo	5.60	Q
5	A	Kory Tarpenning	United States	–	–	–	–	xo	xo	–	xo	5.60	Q
6	B	Igor Trandenkov	Unified Team	–	–	–	–	–	–	xo	xxo	5.60	Q
7	A	Alberto Ruiz	Spain	–	–	o	–	o	xo	xo	xxx	5.55	q
7	B	Javier García	Spain	–	–	–	–	o	xo	xo	x–	5.55	q
9	B	Asko Peltoniemi	Finland	–	–	–	–	xo	xo	xo	x–	5.55	q
9	B	István Bagyula	Hungary	–	–	o	o	xo	xo	xo	xxx	5.55	q
11	A	David Volz	United States	–	–	–	–	o	xo	xxo	xxx	5.55	q
11	B	Philippe Collet	France	–	–	–	–	–	xo	xxo	x–	5.55	q
13	A	Jean Galfione	France	–	–	–	–	o	o	–	xxx	5.50
14	A	Philippe d'Encausse	France	–	–	–	–	xo	o	–	xxx	5.50
14	A	Jani Lehtonen	Finland	–	–	–	–	xo	o	–	xxx	5.50
16	A	Galin Nikov	Bulgaria	–	–	–	o	–	xo	–	xxx	5.50
17	A	Valeri Bukrejev	Estonia	–	–	–	–	o	xxo	xxx		5.50
18	B	Edgar Díaz	Puerto Rico	–	–	xxo	–	xo	xxo	xxx		5.50
19	A	Daniel Martí	Spain	–	–	o	–	xo	xxx			5.40
20	B	Andrea Pegoraro	Italy	–	–	–	–	xxo	xxx			5.40
21	A	Peter Widén	Sweden	–	–	–	xxo	xxo	xxx			5.40
22	B	Simon Arkell	Australia	–	–	–	o	–	xxx			5.30
23	B	Christos Pallakis	Greece	–	xo	o	xxo	xxx				5.30
24	A	Doug Wood	Canada	–	–	o	–	xxx				5.20
24	A	Jean-Kersley Gardenne	Mauritius	–	o	o	xxx					5.20
26	A	Mike Edwards	Great Britain	–	–	xo	xxx					5.20
26	B	Photis Stephani	Cyprus	–	o	xo	xxx					5.20
28	B	Edward Lasquete	Philippines	xxo	o	xxx						5.00	NR
29	B	Nuno Fernandes	Portugal	xxo	xo	xxx						5.00
	A	Kim Chul-kyun	South Korea	–	–	xxx						NM
	A	Paul Gibbons	New Zealand	–	x–							NM
	B	Aleksandrs Obižajevs	Latvia	–	–	–	–	–	xxx			NM
	B	Hiroyuki Sano	Japan	–	–	xxx						NM
	B	Tómas Riether	Chile	–	xxx							NM
	A	Hermann Fehringer	Austria									DNS

Final

Held on Friday August 7, 1992

Rank	Name	Nationality	5.20	5.30	5.40	5.50	5.55	5.60	5.65	5.70	5.75	5.80	5.85	5.90	Result
	Maksim Tarasov	Unified Team	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	–	o	o	–	xxx	5.80
	Igor Trandenkov	Unified Team	–	–	–	o	–	–	–	o	–	xxo	xxx		5.80
	Javier García	Spain	–	–	o	–	–	o	–	o	xo	xxx			5.75
4	Kory Tarpenning	United States	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	–	xxo	xxx			5.75
5	David Volz	United States	–	–	–	o	–	–	o	–	xxx				5.65
6	Asko Peltoniemi	Finland	–	–	xxo	–	–	xo	–	x–	xx				5.60
7	Philippe Collet	France	–	–	–	–	o	–	–	xxx					5.55
8	Yevgeny Krasnov	Israel	–	–	xo	xxx									5.40
9	István Bagyula	Hungary	xxo	o	xxx										5.30
10	Alberto Ruiz	Spain	–	xxo	–	xxx									5.30
	Sergey Bubka	Unified Team	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	xx–	x				NM
	Tim Bright	United States	–	–	–	–	–	xxx							NM

References

"Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Pole Vault". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[SR-1] "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Pole Vault". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

Athletics at the 1992 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
10 km walk		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

Pole vault at the Olympic Games
Summary
Men	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016