1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 and 28 August 1954.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Eeles Landström
  Finland
Silver Ragnar Lundberg
  Sweden
Bronze Geoffrey Elliott
  Great Britain
Bronze Jukka Piironen
  Finland

Results

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Final

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28 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Eeles Landström   Finland 4.40 CR NR
  Ragnar Lundberg   Sweden 4.40 CR
  Geoffrey Elliott   Great Britain 4.30 NR
  Jukka Piironen   Finland 4.30
5 Tamás Homonnay   Hungary 4.30
6 Georgios Roubanis   Greece 4.25
7 Victor Sillon   France 4.25
8 Vitaliy Chernobay   Soviet Union 4.25
9 Edward Adamczyk   Poland 4.25
10 Lennart Lindberg   Finland 4.20
11 Zenon Ważny   Poland 4.15
12 Edmondo Ballotta   Italy 4.10
13 Viktor Knyazev   Soviet Union 4.10
13 Jiří Krejcar   Czechoslovakia 4.10
15 Richard Larsen   Denmark 4.10
16 Julius Schneider   West Germany 4.10
17 Dimitar Khlebarov   Bulgaria 4.10 NR
18 Walter Hofstetter    Switzerland 4.10
19 Milan Milakov   Yugoslavia 4.00
Torfi Bryngeirsson   Iceland DNS

Qualification

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26 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Tamás Homonnay   Hungary 4.05 Q
Zenon Ważny   Poland 4.05 Q
Julius Schneider   West Germany 4.05 Q
Edward Adamczyk   Poland 4.05 Q
Victor Sillon   France 4.05 Q
Richard Larsen   Denmark 4.05 Q
Ragnar Lundberg   Sweden 4.05 Q
Walter Hofstetter    Switzerland 4.05 Q
Jiří Krejcar   Czechoslovakia 4.05 Q
Milan Milakov   Yugoslavia 4.05 Q
Edmondo Ballotta   Italy 4.05 Q
Eeles Landström   Finland 4.05 Q
Geoffrey Elliott   Great Britain 4.05 Q
Lennart Lindberg   Finland 4.05 Q
Vitaliy Chernobay   Soviet Union 4.05 Q
Jukka Piironen   Finland 4.05 Q
Dimitar Khlebarov   Bulgaria 4.05 Q
Viktor Knyazev   Soviet Union 4.05 Q
Georgios Roubanis   Greece 4.05 Q
Torfi Bryngeirsson   Iceland 4.05 Q
Zeno Dragomir   Romania 3.95
Giulio Chiesa   Italy 3.80
Jacques Pirlot   Belgium 3.80
Fredy Bossert    Switzerland 3.80

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014