1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault
| Men's pole vault at the European Athletics Championships |
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The men's pole vault at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 and 28 August 1954.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Eeles Landström Finland |
| Silver | Ragnar Lundberg Sweden |
| Bronze | Geoffrey Elliott Great Britain |
| Bronze | Jukka Piironen Finland |
Results
Final
28 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eeles Landström | Finland | 4.40 | CR NR | |
| Ragnar Lundberg | Sweden | 4.40 | CR | |
| Geoffrey Elliott | Great Britain | 4.30 | NR | |
| Jukka Piironen | Finland | 4.30 | ||
| 5 | Tamás Homonnay | Hungary | 4.30 | |
| 6 | Georgios Roubanis | Greece | 4.25 | |
| 7 | Victor Sillon | France | 4.25 | |
| 8 | Vitaliy Chernobay | Soviet Union | 4.25 | |
| 9 | Edward Adamczyk | Poland | 4.25 | |
| 10 | Lennart Lindberg | Finland | 4.20 | |
| 11 | Zenon Ważny | Poland | 4.15 | |
| 12 | Edmondo Ballotta | Italy | 4.10 | |
| 13 | Viktor Knyazev | Soviet Union | 4.10 | |
| 13 | Jiří Krejcar | Czechoslovakia | 4.10 | |
| 15 | Richard Larsen | Denmark | 4.10 | |
| 16 | Julius Schneider | West Germany | 4.10 | |
| 17 | Dimitar Khlebarov | Bulgaria | 4.10 | NR |
| 18 | Walter Hofstetter | Switzerland | 4.10 | |
| 19 | Milan Milakov | Yugoslavia | 4.00 | |
| Torfi Bryngeirsson | Iceland | DNS |
Qualification
26 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamás Homonnay | Hungary | 4.05 | Q | |
| Zenon Ważny | Poland | 4.05 | Q | |
| Julius Schneider | West Germany | 4.05 | Q | |
| Edward Adamczyk | Poland | 4.05 | Q | |
| Victor Sillon | France | 4.05 | Q | |
| Richard Larsen | Denmark | 4.05 | Q | |
| Ragnar Lundberg | Sweden | 4.05 | Q | |
| Walter Hofstetter | Switzerland | 4.05 | Q | |
| Jiří Krejcar | Czechoslovakia | 4.05 | Q | |
| Milan Milakov | Yugoslavia | 4.05 | Q | |
| Edmondo Ballotta | Italy | 4.05 | Q | |
| Eeles Landström | Finland | 4.05 | Q | |
| Geoffrey Elliott | Great Britain | 4.05 | Q | |
| Lennart Lindberg | Finland | 4.05 | Q | |
| Vitaliy Chernobay | Soviet Union | 4.05 | Q | |
| Jukka Piironen | Finland | 4.05 | Q | |
| Dimitar Khlebarov | Bulgaria | 4.05 | Q | |
| Viktor Knyazev | Soviet Union | 4.05 | Q | |
| Georgios Roubanis | Greece | 4.05 | Q | |
| Torfi Bryngeirsson | Iceland | 4.05 | Q | |
| Zeno Dragomir | Romania | 3.95 | ||
| Giulio Chiesa | Italy | 3.80 | ||
| Jacques Pirlot | Belgium | 3.80 | ||
| Fredy Bossert | Switzerland | 3.80 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
- Belgium (1)
- Bulgaria (1)
- Czechoslovakia (1)
- Denmark (1)
- Finland (3)
- France (1)
- Greece (1)
- Hungary (1)
- Iceland (1)
- Italy (2)
- Poland (2)
- Romania (1)
- Soviet Union (2)
- Sweden (1)
- Switzerland (2)
- Great Britain (1)
- West Germany (1)
- Yugoslavia (1)
References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014