Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's pole vault

Men's pole vault at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Perry Lakes Stadium
Date	1 December 1962 (1962-12-01)
Competitors	14 from 9 nations
Winning height	14 ft 9 in (4.50 m) GR
Medalists
Trevor Bickle   Australia   Danie Burger   Rhodesia and Nyasaland   Ross Filshie   Australia

Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd		men		women
220 yd		men		women
440 yd		men
880 yd		men		women
1 mile		men
3 miles		men
6 miles		men
80 m hurdles				women
120 yd hurdles		men
440 yd hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×110 yd relay		men		women
4×440 yd relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women

The men's pole vault at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 1 December 1962.

The event was won by 19-year-old Australian Trevor Bickle. Bickle won by three inches ahead Danie Burger from the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and the Australian champion Ross Filshie. Bickle's jump of 14 ft 9 in (4.50 m) set three new records. It broke the British Empire and Commonwealth record by one inch, Geoff Elliott's Games record set in Vancouver eight years ago by nine inches and Filshie's Australian national record by three inches.^[1]

Records

World record	Pentti Nikula (FIN)	16 ft 2 1⁄2 in (4.94 m)	Kauhava, Finland	22 June 1962
Games record	Geoff Elliott (ENG)	14 ft 0 in (4.27 m)	Vancouver, Canada	7 August 1954	[2]
Commonwealth record		'

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Bickle, TrevorTrevor Bickle	Australia	4.50 !14 ft 9 in (4.50 m)	GR, CR
02 !	Burger, DanieDanie Burger	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	4.42 !14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
03 !	Filshie, RossRoss Filshie	Australia	4.42 !14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
04 !4	Moro, GerryGerry Moro	Canada	4.34 !14 ft 3 in (4.34 m)
05 !5	Pfitzner, JohnJohn Pfitzner	Australia	4.27 !14 ft 0 in (4.27 m)
06 !6	Watson, BobBob Watson	Canada	4.27 !14 ft 0 in (4.27 m)
07 !7	McGonagle, DarcyDarcy McGonagle	New Zealand	3.96 !13 ft 0 in (3.96 m)
08 !8	Ditta, AllahAllah Ditta	Pakistan	3.96 !13 ft 0 in (3.96 m)
09 !9	Groom, AlfAlf Groom	Canada	3.96 !13 ft 0 in (3.96 m)
10	Stevenson, DaveDave Stevenson	Scotland	3.96 !13 ft 0 in (3.96 m)
11	Gibbons, KevinKevin Gibbons	New Zealand	3.96 !13 ft 0 in (3.96 m)
12	Porter, RexRex Porter	England	3.96 !13 ft 0 in (3.96 m)
13	Barclay, RobinRobin Barclay	Papua and New Guinea	3.81 !12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
14	Akuffo, Ohere AsaOhere Asa Akuffo	Ghana	0.1	NM

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