Athletics at the 1963 Summer Universiade – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1963 Summer Universiade was held at the Estádio Olímpico Monumental in Porto Alegre in September 1963.[1]

The winning margin was 30 cm which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's pole vault was won by more than 20 cm at these games.

Results

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Rank Athlete Nationality Result Notes
  Gennadiy Bliznetsov   Soviet Union 4.60
  Alain Moreaux   France 4.30
  Bernard Balastre   France 4.20
4 Hisao Morita   Japan 4.00
4 Trevor Burton   Great Britain 4.00
Gérard Barras   Switzerland NM

References

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