Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

Men's pole vault

at the Games of the XX Olympiad

Venue

Dates

September 1 & 2

Medalists

	Wolfgang Nordwig East Germany
	Bob Seagren United States
	Jan Johnson United States

Athletics at the 1972 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
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
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
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The men's pole vault field event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 1 & 2. Controversy arose when defending champion Bob Seagren and Sweden's Kjell Isaksson new Cata-Pole was declared to be illegal, by the IAAF, on 25 July. The pole was banned based on the fact that the pole contained carbon fibers; after an East German-led protest revealed that it contained no carbon fibers, the ban was lifted on 27 August. Three days later the IAAF reversed itself again, reinstating the ban. The poles were then confiscated from the athletes. Seagren and Isaksson believed this gave other athletes, like the eventual gold medalist, Wolfgang Nordwig, an unfair advantage, since he did not use or train on the pole. After Seagren’s last vault he was so incensed by the way IAAF officials handled the event, he took the pole he had been forced to vault with and handed it back to IAAF President Adrian Paulen.^[1]

This was the first Olympics where the pole vault had not been won by an American. Prior to 1972, USA had won 16 straight. Since 1972 USA has only won the men's pole vault twice, equalling the record of Poland and components of the USSR. France has won three times since 1984.

Results

All jumpers reaching 5.10 m (16 ft 9 in) and the top 12 including ties qualified for the finals. This was the automatic qualifier shown in blue. All other qualifiers are shown in green. All heights are listed in metres.

Qualifying

Rank	Name	Nationality	Group	Mark	4.80	5.00	5.10
1T	Antti Kalliomäki	Finland	A	5.10	p	p	o
1T	Wolfgang Nordwig	East Germany	A	5.10	p	p	o
3T	Bruce Simpson	Canada	B	5.10	p	o	o
3T	Hervé d’Encausse	France	A	5.10	p	o	o
5	Reinhard Kuretzky	West Germany	B	5.10	o	o	o
6T	François Tracanelli	France	B	5.10	p	p	xo
6T	Bob Seagren	United States	A	5.10	p	p	xo
8	Hans Lagerqvist	Sweden	A	5.10	p	o	xo
9	Volker Ohl	West Germany	A	5.10	o	o	xo
10	Jan Johnson	United States	A	5.10	o	xo	xo
11	Tadeusz Ślusarski	Poland	B	5.00	p	o	xxx
12	Wojciech Buciarski	Poland	B	5.00	p	xo	xxx
13	Khristos Papanikolaou	Greece	A	5.00	xxo	xo	xxx
14	Ingemar Jernberg	Sweden	B	5.00	xo	xxo	xxx
15	Silvio Fraquelli	Italy	B	4.80	o	xxx
16T	Ray Boyd	Australia	B	4.80	xo	xxx
16T	Mike Bull	Great Britain	B	4.80	xo	xxx
18	Stephen Smith	United States	A	4.80	xxo	xxx
-	Kjell Isaksson	Sweden	A	NM	p	xxx
-	Kirk Bryde	Canada	B	NM	xxx
-	Renato Dionisi	Italy	A	NM	xxx
-	Abass Goudiaby	Senegal	B	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Mark	4.80	5.00	5.10	5.20	5.30	5.35	5.40	5.45	5.50	5.56	Notes
01 !	Wolfgang Nordwig	East Germany	5.50	p	p	o	p	xo	o	xo	o	xxo	xxx	OR
02 !	Bob Seagren	United States	5.40	p	p	p	o	p	o	xxo	xxx
03 !	Jan Johnson	United States	5.35	p	p	p	xo	p	xo	xxx
4	Reinhard Kuretzky	West Germany	5.30	o	xo	xxo	xo	o	xxx
5	Bruce Simpson	Canada	5.20	p	o	xxo	o	xxx
6	Volker Ohl	West Germany	5.20	p	p	xo	xo	xxx
7	Hans Lagerqvist	Sweden	5.20	p	xo	p	xxo	xxx
8	François Tracanelli	France	5.10	p	p	o	p	xxx
9	Ingemar Jernberg	Sweden	5.10	p	xxo	xo	xxx
10	Wojciech Buciarski	Poland	5.00	p	o	p	xxx
11	Khristos Papanikolaou	Greece	5.00	o	o	p	xxx
-	Antti Kalliomäki	Finland	NM	p	p	p	xxx
-	Hervé d’Encausse	France	NM	p	p	xxx
-	Tadeusz Ślusarski	Poland	NM	p	xxx

Key: OR = Olympic record; o = clear ; p = pass; x = fail; NM = no mark; T = tied; DNS = did not start

References

Pole vault at the Olympic Games

Summary

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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

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