Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

Men's pole vault at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Montréal
Dates	24 & 26 July
Competitors	27 from 13 nations
Winning height	5.50
Medalists
Tadeusz Ślusarski  Poland Antti Kalliomäki  Finland Dave Roberts  United States

The men's pole vault competition featured as part of the athletics programme at the 1976 Summer Olympics and was held at the Olympic Stadium in Montréal on 24 and 26 July.

All three medallists tied the Olympic record mark of 5.50 metres. Tadeusz Ślusarski of Poland and Antti Kalliomäki of Finland both cleared all heights up to 5.50 m with no misses; Ślusarski passed two heights more than Kalliomäki, and won on the basis of fewer vaults in accordance with the rules of the time. American Dave Roberts, who also cleared 5.50 m on his first try but had one miss from an earlier height, took the bronze medal.

Schedule

Date	Round
Saturday, 24 July 1976	Qualification
Monday, 26 July 1976	Finals

Results

Qualification

The qualification was set to 5.10 metres. A total of 20 athletes achieved this height.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	4.80	5.00	5.10	Result	Note
1	A	Antti Kalliomäki	Finland	–	–	o	5.10	Q
1	A	Kjell Isaksson	Sweden	–	–	o	5.10	Q
1	A	Earl Bell	United States	–	–	o	5.10	Q
1	A	Władysław Kozakiewicz	Poland	–	–	o	5.10	Q
1	A	Günther Lohre	West Germany	–	–	o	5.10	Q
1	A	Dave Roberts	United States	–	–	o	5.10	Q
1	A	Terry Porter	United States	–	–	o	5.10	Q
1	A	Yuriy Prokhorenko	Soviet Union	–	–	o	5.10	Q
1	A	Wojciech Buciarski	Poland	–	–	o	5.10	Q
1	B	Patrick Abada	France	–	–	o	5.10	Q
1	B	François Tracanelli	France	–	–	o	5.10	Q
12	B	Roberto Moré	Cuba	–	o	o	5.10	Q
12	B	Tapani Haapakoski	Finland	–	o	o	5.10	Q
12	B	Bruce Simpson	Canada	–	o	o	5.10	Q
12	B	Itsuo Takanezawa	Japan	–	o	o	5.10	Q
16	A	Vladimir Kishkun	Soviet Union	–	–	xo	5.10	Q
16	A	Tadeusz Ślusarski	Poland	–	–	xo	5.10	Q
18	B	Brian Hooper	Great Britain	–	xo	xo	5.10	Q
19	A	Don Baird	Australia	–	–	xxo	5.10	Q
19	A	Jean-Michel Bellot	France	–	–	xxo	5.10	Q
21	B	Ray Boyd	Australia	–	o	xxx	5.00
22	B	Ken Wenman	Canada	o	o	xxx	5.00
23	B	Dimitrios Kyteas	Greece	–	xo	xxx	5.00
24	B	Jeffrey Gutteridge	Great Britain	o	xxx		4.80
	A	Yury Isakov	Soviet Union	–	–	xxx	NM
	B	Yoshiomi Iwama	Japan	–	–	xxx	NM
	B	Ingemar Jernberg	Sweden	–	–	xxx	NM

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	5.00	5.10	5.20	5.25	5.30	5.35	5.40	5.45	5.50	5.55	5.60	Result	Notes
	Tadeusz Ślusarski	Poland	–	–	o	–	–	–	o	–	o	xxx		5.50	=OR
	Antti Kalliomäki	Finland	–	o	–	–	o	–	o	o	o	xxx		5.50	=OR
	Dave Roberts	United States	–	–	–	–	–	xo	–	–	o	–	xxx	5.50	=OR
4	Patrick Abada	France	–	–	–	–	xo	–	–	xo	–	xxx		5.45
5	Wojciech Buciarski	Poland	–	–	o	–	–	xo	–-	xo	x-	xx		5.45
6	Earl Bell	United States	–	–	o	–	–	o	–	xxo	–	xxx		5.45
7	Jean-Michel Bellot	France	–	–	–	o	–	–	o	–	xxx			5.40
8	Itsuo Takanezawa	Japan	xo	–	xo	–	xo	–	xxo	xxx				5.40
9	Günther Lohre	West Germany	–	xo	–	xo	–	xxo	–	xxx				5.35
10	Yuriy Prokhorenko	Soviet Union	–	–	–	o	–	xxx						5.25
11	Władysław Kozakiewicz	Poland	–	–	–	xo	–	–	–	xxx				5.25
12	Don Baird	Australia	–	o	–	xo	–	xxx						5.25
13=	Vladimir Kishkun	Soviet Union	–	–	o	–	–	–	xxx					5.20
13=	Terry Porter	United States	–	–	o	–	–	xxx						5.20
15	Tapani Haapakoski	Finland	xo	–	o	–	xxx							5.20
16	Brian Hooper	Great Britain	xo	–	xxx									5.00
—	Bruce Simpson	Canada	xxx											NM
—	Roberto Moré	Cuba	–	xxx										NM
—	François Tracanelli	France	–	–	–	–	xxx							NM
—	Kjell Isaksson	Sweden	–	–	xxx									NM

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