Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

Men's pole vault at the Games of the III Olympiad
Charles Dvorak in action on the way to his gold medal.
Venue	Francis Field
Dates	September 3
Competitors	7 from 2 nations
Medalists
Charles Dvorak  United States LeRoy Samse  United States Louis Wilkins  United States

The men's pole vault was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third time the event was held. Seven pole vaulters from two nations participated. The competition was held on Saturday, September 3, 1904.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1904 Summer Olympics.

World Record	3.69(*)	Fernand Gonder	Paris (FRA)	June 26, 1904
Olympic Record	3.30	William Hoyt	Athens (GRE)	April 10, 1896 (NS)
	3.30	Irving Baxter	Paris (FRA)	July 15, 1900

(*) unofficial

Charles Dvorak set a new Olympic record of 3.50 metres. All 5 of the vaulters whose results are known bested the previous Olympic record.

Results

Place	Athlete	Height
1	Charles Dvorak (USA)	3.50 OR
2	LeRoy Samse (USA)	3.35
3	Louis Wilkins (USA)	3.35
4	Ward McLanahan (USA)	3.35
5	Claude Allen (USA)	3.35
6	Walter Dray (USA)
7	Paul Weinstein (GER)

LeRoy Samse clearing the bar on the way to the silver medal.

Louis Wilkins clearing the bar on the way to the bronze medal.

Ward McLanahan in action on the way to finish in fourth place.

Sources

• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 14 December 2006.