1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

Events at the
1950 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
10,000 m track walk men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's pole vault at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 24 and 26 August 1950.[1]

Medalists

Gold Ragnar Lundberg
 Sweden
Silver Valto Olenius
 Finland
Bronze Jukka Piironen
 Finland

Results

Final

26 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Ragnar Lundberg  Sweden 4.30 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Valto Olenius  Finland 4.25
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jukka Piironen  Finland 4.25
4 Victor Sillon  France 4.10
5 Erling Kaas  Norway 4.10
6 Armin Scheurer   Switzerland 4.00
7 Birger Hultqvist  Sweden 4.00
8 Rudy Stjernild  Denmark 3.80
9 Georges Breitman  France 3.80
10 Torfi Bryngeirsson  Iceland DNS

Qualification

24 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Valto Olenius  Finland 4.00 Q
2 Erling Kaas  Norway 4.00 Q
3 Jukka Piironen  Finland 4.00 Q
4 Rudy Stjernild  Denmark 4.00 Q
5 Birger Hultqvist  Sweden 4.00 Q
6 Ragnar Lundberg  Sweden 4.00 Q
7 Torfi Bryngeirsson  Iceland 4.00 Q
8 Armin Scheurer   Switzerland 4.00 Q
9 Victor Sillon  France 4.00 Q
10 Georges Breitman  France 4.00 Q
11 Muhittin Akın  Turkey 3.90
12 Milan Milakov  Yugoslavia 3.90
13 Rigas Efstatiadis  Greece 3.80
14 Ferdinand Degens  Belgium 3.60
15 Albert Van Herck  Belgium NH

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References

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