Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault was an event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes from 23 nations. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The qualification mark was set at 5.60 metres (six + six athletes).[1]

Men's pole vault
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Ukraine stamp depicting the event
VenueEstadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Dates5 August 1992 (qualifying)
7 August 1992 (final)
Competitors34 from 25 nations
Winning height5.80
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Maksim Tarasov
 Unified Team
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Igor Trandenkov
 Unified Team
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Javier García
 Spain
← 1988
1996 →

This was a mostly clean competition, with only three athletes having a miss at a height that was not their best or better in the competition. The main exception was the favourite Sergey Bubka, who failed to clear the bar in the final. Maksim Tarasov took gold with only three attempts, clean through 5.80. Igor Trandenkov equalled Tarasov, but took three attempts to clear 5.80. Javier García took bronze in his home town by clearing 5.75 on his second attempt, to edge Kory Tarpenning who cleared it on his third. It was the second consecutive Games that Soviet or former Soviet vaulters won the event; Spain earned its first men's pole vault medal with García's bronze.

Background

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This was the 22nd appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1988 Games were gold medalist Sergey Bubka of the Soviet Union (now the Unified Team), fifth-place finisher Philippe Collet of France, seventh-place finisher István Bagyula of Hungary, eighth-place finisher Philippe d'Encausse of France, ninth-place finisher Asko Peltoniemi of Finland, tenth-place finisher Kory Tarpenning of the United States, and thirteenth-place finisher Hermann Fehringer of Austria. Bubka was an "overwhelming favorite" to repeat; in addition to the 1988 Olympic gold, he had won all three world championships held to date (1983, 1987, and 1991), set 14 world records, and been the only man to clear 20 feet.[2]

Cyprus, Israel, Latvia, Mauritius, New Zealand, the Philippines, and Portugal each made their men's pole vaulting debut; twelve of the fifteen former Soviet republics competed together as the Unified Team. The United States made its 21st appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format

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The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1912, with results cleared between rounds. Vaulters received three attempts at each height. Ties were broken by the countback rule.

In the qualifying round, the bar was set at 4.80 metres, 5.00 metres, 5.20 metres, 5.30 metres, 5.40 metres, 5.50 metres, 5.55 metres, and 5.60 metres. All vaulters clearing 5.60 metres advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 cleared that height, the top 12 (including ties) advanced.

In the final, the bar was set at 5.20 metres, 5.30 metres, 5.40 metres, 5.50 metres, and then increased by 5 centimetres as a time.[2][3]

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World record   Sergey Bubka (UKR) 6.11 Dijon, France 13 June 1992
Olympic record   Sergey Bubka (URS) 5.90 Seoul, South Korea 28 September 1988

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition. The following national records were established during the competition:

Nation Athlete Round Time
  Philippines Edward Lasquete Qualifying 5.00

Schedule

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All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 5 August 1992 9:30 Qualifying
Friday, 7 August 1992 17:00 Final

Results

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Key

  • o = Height cleared
  • x = Height failed
  • = Height passed
  • r  = Retired
  • SB = Season's best
  • PB = Personal best
  • NR = National record
  • AR = Area record
  • OR = Olympic record
  • WR = World record
  • WL = World lead
  • NM = No mark
  • DNS = Did not start
  • DQ = Disqualified

Qualifying

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The qualifying round was held on Wednesday August 5, 1992. Qualification rule: Qualifying performance 5.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nation 4.80 5.00 5.20 5.30 5.40 5.50 5.55 5.60 Height Notes
1 A Sergey Bubka   Unified Team o 5.60 Q
B Maksim Tarasov   Unified Team o o 5.60 Q
3 B Yevgeny Krasnov   Israel xo o xo o 5.60 Q
4 B Tim Bright   United States o o xo 5.60 Q
5 A Kory Tarpenning   United States xo xo xo 5.60 Q
6 B Igor Trandenkov   Unified Team xo xxo 5.60 Q
7 A Alberto Ruiz   Spain o o xo xo xxx 5.55 q
B Javier García   Spain o xo xo x– 5.55 q
9 B Asko Peltoniemi   Finland xo xo xo x– 5.55 q
B István Bagyula   Hungary o o xo xo xo xxx 5.55 q
11 A David Volz   United States o xo xxo xxx 5.55 q
B Philippe Collet   France xo xxo x– 5.55 q
13 A Jean Galfione   France o o xxx 5.50
14 A Philippe d'Encausse   France xo o xxx 5.50
A Jani Lehtonen   Finland xo o xxx 5.50
16 A Galin Nikov   Bulgaria o xo xxx 5.50
17 A Valeri Bukrejev   Estonia o xxo xxx 5.50
18 B Edgar Díaz   Puerto Rico xxo xo xxo xxx 5.50
19 A Daniel Martí   Spain o xo xxx 5.40
20 B Andrea Pegoraro   Italy xxo xxx 5.40
21 A Peter Widén   Sweden xxo xxo xxx 5.40
22 B Simon Arkell   Australia o xxx 5.30
23 B Christos Pallakis   Greece xo o xxo xxx 5.30
24 A Doug Wood   Canada o xxx 5.20
A Jean-Kersley Gardenne   Mauritius o o xxx 5.20
26 A Mike Edwards   Great Britain xo xxx 5.20
B Photis Stephani   Cyprus o xo xxx 5.20
28 B Edward Lasquete   Philippines xxo o xxx 5.00 NR
29 B Nuno Fernandes   Portugal xxo xo xxx 5.00
A Kim Chul-kyun   South Korea xxx No mark
A Paul Gibbons   New Zealand x– No mark
B Aleksandrs Obižajevs   Latvia xxx No mark
B Hiroyuki Sano   Japan xxx No mark
B Tómas Riether   Chile xxx No mark
A Hermann Fehringer   Austria DNS

Final

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The final was held on Friday August 7, 1992.

Rank Athlete Nation 5.20 5.30 5.40 5.50 5.55 5.60 5.65 5.70 5.75 5.80 5.85 5.90 Height
  Maksim Tarasov   Unified Team o o o xxx 5.80
  Igor Trandenkov   Unified Team o o xxo xxx 5.80
  Javier García   Spain o o o xo xxx 5.75
4 Kory Tarpenning   United States o xxo xxx 5.75
5 David Volz   United States o o xxx 5.65
6 Asko Peltoniemi   Finland xxo xo x– xx 5.60
7 Philippe Collet   France o xxx 5.55
8 Danny Krasnov   Israel xo xxx 5.40
9 István Bagyula   Hungary xxo o xxx 5.30
10 Alberto Ruiz   Spain xxo xxx 5.30
Sergey Bubka   Unified Team xx– x No mark
Tim Bright   United States xxx No mark

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Pole Vault". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Pole Vault, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 5, p. 49.
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