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

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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
10000 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

These are the official results of the men's pole vault event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jean Galfione France (FRA)	Igor Trandenkov Russia (RUS)	Andrei Tivontchik Germany (GER)

[edit] Records

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

World Record	6.14	Sergei Bubka	Sestriere (ITA)	July 31, 1994
Olympic Record	5.90	Sergei 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.

[edit] Results

RANK	FINAL	HEIGHT
	Jean Galfione (FRA)	5.92 m =OR
	Igor Trandenkov (RUS)	5.92 m OR
	Andrei Tivontchik (GER)	5.92 m =OR
4.	Igor Potapovich (KAZ)	5.86 m
5.	Pyotr Bochkaryov (RUS)	5.86 m
6.	Dmitriy Markov (BLR)	5.86 m
7.	Tim Lobinger (GER)	5.80 m
8.	Lawrence Johnson (USA)	5.70 m
9.	Alain Andji (FRA)	5.70 m
	Michael Stolle (GER)	5.70 m
11.	Jeff Hartwig (USA)	5.60 m
	Danny Krasnov (ISR)	5.60 m
13.	Scott Huffman (USA)	5.60 m
14.	Riaan Botha (RSA)	5.60 m

[edit] Non-qualifiers

RANK	NON-QUALIFIERS	HEIGHT
—	José Manuel Arcos (ESP)	5.60 m
—	Heikki Vaaraniemi (FIN)	5.60 m
—	Jim Miller (AUS)	5.60 m
—	Viktor Chistyakov (RUS)	5.60 m
—	Nuno Fernandes (POR)	5.60 m
—	Konstantin Semyonov (ISR)	5.40 m
—	Laurens Looije (NED)	5.40 m
—	Neil Winter (GBR)	5.40 m
—	Edgardo Díaz (PUR)	5.40 m
—	Nick Buckfield (GBR)	5.40 m
—	Javier García (ESP)	5.40 m
—	Kim Chul-Kyun (KOR)	5.40 m
—	Martin Voss (DEN)	5.40 m
—	Aleksandrs Obižajevs (LAT)	5.40 m
—	Alexandru Jucov (MDA)	5.20 m
—	Teruyasu Yonekura (JPN)	5.20 m
—	Simon Arkell (AUS)	NM
—	Valeri Bukrejev (EST)	NM
—	Dominic Johnson (LCA)	NM
—	Okkert Brits (RSA)	NM
—	Vasiliy Bubka (UKR)	NM
—	Juan Gabriel Concepcíon (ESP)	NM
—	Kersley Gardenne (MRI)	NM
—	Sergei Bubka (UKR)	DNS

[edit] References

• Official Report
• Results