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.
Men's pole vault at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Perry Lakes Stadium | |||||||||
Date | 1 December 1962 | |||||||||
Competitors | 14 from 9 nations | |||||||||
Winning height | 14 ft 9 in (4.50 m) GR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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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
editWorld record | Pentti Nikula (FIN) | 16 ft 2+1⁄2 in (4.94 m) | Kauhava, Finland | 22 June 1962 | |
Commonwealth record | |||||
Games record | Geoff Elliott (ENG) | 14 ft 0 in (4.27 m) | Vancouver, Canada | 7 August 1954 | [2] |
Final
editRank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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Trevor Bickle | Australia | 14 ft 9 in (4.50 m) | GR, CR | |
Danie Burger | Rhodesia and Nyasaland | 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) | ||
Ross Filshie | Australia | 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) | ||
4 | Gerry Moro | Canada | 14 ft 3 in (4.34 m) | |
5 | John Pfitzner | Australia | 14 ft 0 in (4.27 m) | |
6 | Bob Watson | Canada | 14 ft 0 in (4.27 m) | |
7 | Darcy McGonagle | New Zealand | 13 ft 0 in (3.96 m) | |
8 | Allah Ditta | Pakistan | 13 ft 0 in (3.96 m) | |
9 | Alf Groom | Canada | 13 ft 0 in (3.96 m) | |
10 | Dave Stevenson | Scotland | 13 ft 0 in (3.96 m) | |
11 | Kevin Gibbons | New Zealand | 13 ft 0 in (3.96 m) | |
12 | Rex Porter | England | 13 ft 0 in (3.96 m) | |
13 | Robin Barclay | Papua New Guinea | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) | |
Ohere Asa Akuffo | Ghana | NM |
References
edit- ^ Webster, Jim (2 December 1962). "Last gold medal won by vaulter". The Sun-Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons. p. 24.
- ^ "Games Results". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 9 August 1954. p. 9.
- ^ "Results of the men's pole vault at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2014.