Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]

Men's pole vault at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Date	31 July 1996 (qualifications) 2 August 1996 (finals)
Competitors	37 from 24 nations
Winning height	5.92
Medalists
Jean Galfione  France Igor Trandenkov  Russia Andrei Tivontchik  Germany

By this competition, Sergey Bubka had already pushed the world record to its current state and was the overwhelming favorite to win. But continuing his Olympic curse, Bubka came into the competition with a heel injury and did not make an attempt. To add further injury, his brother Vasiliy Bubka was one of seven athletes unable to clear a height in qualifying.

In the final, the tie between returning silver medalist Igor Trandenkov and Jean Galfione was broke by counting the number of their misses, with Galfione having had one miss earlier in the competition, and Trandenkov having had two misses, meaning that Galfione won gold, while Tradenkov earned second straight silver. Andrei Tivontchik cleared 5.92 on his second attempt to take bronze.[2][3]

Medalists

Gold	Jean Galfione  France
Silver	Igor Trandenkov  Russia
Bronze	Andrei Tivontchik  Germany

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record	6.14	Sergey Bubka	Sestriere (ITA)	July 31, 1994
Olympic Record	5.90	Sergey Bubka	Seoul (KOR)	September 28, 1988

Results

Qualification

Held on Wednesday July 31, 1996

Qualification rule: Qualifying performance 5.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	5.20	5.40	5.60	5.70	Result	Notes
1	A	Alain Andji	France	–	o	o	o	5.70	Q
1	A	Tim Lobinger	Germany	–	o	o	o	5.70	Q
1	B	Pyotr Bochkaryov	Russia	–	–	o	o	5.70	Q
1	B	Riaan Botha	South Africa	–	o	o	o	5.70	Q
5	A	Jeff Hartwig	United States	–	o	xo	o	5.70	Q
5	B	Jean Galfione	France	–	xo	o	o	5.70	Q
7	A	Igor Trandenkov	Russia	–	–	xxo	o	5.70	Q
8	A	Igor Potapovich	Kazakhstan	–	–	o	xo	5.70	Q
9	B	Andrei Tivontchik	Germany	–	–	o	xxo	5.70	Q
10	A	Michael Stolle	Germany	xo	xo	o	xxo	5.70	Q
11	B	Lawrence Johnson	United States	–	xo	xxo	xxo	5.70	Q
12	A	Dmitriy Markov	Belarus	–	o	o	xxx	5.60	q
12	B	Scott Huffman	United States	–	o	o	xxx	5.60	q
12	B	Danny Krasnov	Israel	–	o	o	xxx	5.60	q
15	B	José Manuel Arcos	Spain	–	xxo	o	xxx	5.60
16	A	Jim Miller	Australia	–	xo	xo	xxx	5.60
17	A	Viktor Chistyakov	Russia	–	xxo	xo	xxx	5.60
18	A	Nuno Fernandes	Portugal	xo	o	xxo	xxx	5.60
18	B	Heikki Vääräniemi	Finland	–	xo	xxo	xxx	5.60
20	A	Konstantin Semyonov	Israel	–	o	x–	xx	5.40
20	B	Nick Buckfield	Great Britain	–	o	xxx		5.40
20	B	Javier García	Spain	–	o	xxx		5.40
23	A	Laurens Looije	Netherlands	xxo	o	xxx		5.40
24	A	Neil Winter	Great Britain	o	xo	xxx		5.40
24	B	Kim Chul-kyun	South Korea	o	xo	xxx		5.40
26	B	Martin Voss	Denmark	xo	xo	x–	xx	5.40
27	B	Aleksandrs Obižajevs	Latvia	–	xxo	xxx		5.40
28	A	Edgar Díaz	Puerto Rico	xo	xxo	xxx		5.40
29	B	Alexandru Jucov	Moldova	o	xxx			5.20
30	A	Teruyasu Yonekura	Japan	xxo	xxx			5.20
	A	Okkert Brits	South Africa	–	–	xxx		NM
	A	Vasiliy Bubka	Ukraine	–	xxx			NM
	A	Juan Gabriel Concepción	Spain	–	xxx			NM
	A	Kersley Gardenne	Mauritius	xxx				NM
	B	Simon Arkell	Australia	–	xxx			NM
	B	Valeri Bukrejev	Estonia	–	xxx			NM
	B	Dominic Johnson	Saint Lucia	xxx				NM
	B	Sergey Bubka	Ukraine					DNS

Final

Igor Potapovich in Atlanta

• Held on Friday August 2, 1996

Rank	Name	Nationality	5.40	5.60	5.70	5.80	5.86	5.92	5.97	6.02	Result	Notes
	Jean Galfione	France	–	o	–	xo	o	o	x–	xx	5.92	=OR
	Igor Trandenkov	Russia	–	–	o	–	xx–	o	–	xxx	5.92	OR
	Andrei Tivontchik	Germany	–	xo	–	xo	xo	xo	xxx		5.92	=OR
4	Igor Potapovich	Kazakhstan	–	–	o	–	o	x–	xx		5.86
5	Pyotr Bochkaryov	Russia	–	xo	–	xo	o	xx–	x		5.86
6	Dmitriy Markov	Belarus	o	o	xo	xxo	xo	xxx			5.86
7	Tim Lobinger	Germany	–	o	o	o	x–	xx			5.80
8	Lawrence Johnson	United States	o	o	o	xxx					5.70
9	Alain Andji	France	o	o	xxo	xxx					5.70
9	Michael Stolle	Germany	o	o	xxo	xxx					5.70
11	Jeff Hartwig	United States	o	o	xxx						5.60
11	Danny Krasnov	Israel	o	o	xxx						5.60
13	Scott Huffman	United States	xo	o	xxx						5.60
14	Riaan Botha	South Africa	o	xo	–	xxx					5.60

References

1. "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Pole Vault". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
2. https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/the-changing-face-of-mens-pole-vaulting
3. https://www.thelocal.fr/20110819/890

External links

• Official Report
• Results