Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

Men's pole vault at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	August 1
Competitors	20 from 13 nations
Winning height	4.20 m
Medalists
Sabin Carr  United States William Droegemuller  United States Charles McGinnis  United States

The men's pole vault event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place August 1.

Results

Qualifying round

All athletes tied for first place advanced to the Final Round.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Qual.	Final	Notes
	Sabin Carr	United States	3.66	4.20	OR
	William Droegemuller	United States	3.66	4.10
	Charles McGinnis	United States	3.66	3.95
4	Victor Pickard	Canada	3.66	3.95
5	Lee Barnes	United States	3.66	3.95
6	Yonetaro Nakazawa	Japan	3.66	3.90
7	Henry Lindblad	Sweden	3.66	3.90
8	János Karlovits	Hungary	3.66	3.80
9	Julius Müller	Germany	3.66	3.65
10	Aksel Nikolajsen	Denmark	3.50	Did not advance
10	Laurence Bond	Great Britain	3.50	Did not advance
10	José Culí	Spain	3.50	Did not advance
10	Maurice Henrijean	Belgium	3.50	Did not advance
14	Age van der Zee	Netherlands	3.30	Did not advance
14	Gérard Noël	Belgium	3.30	Did not advance
14	Stelios Benardis	Greece	3.30	Did not advance
–	René Joannes-Powell	Belgium	No height	Did not advance
–	Argyris Karagiannis	Greece	No height	Did not advance
–	Pierre Ramadier	France	No height	Did not advance
–	Robert Vintousky	France	No height	Did not advance