Venue White City Stadium Competitors 15 from 7 nations | Date July 24 | |
The men's pole vault was one of six jumping events on the athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on Friday, July 24, 1908.
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15 pole vaulters from seven nations competed. It is the only one of the 111 events featured in 1908 to not have any competitors from the host nation.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1908 Summer Olympics.
(*) unofficial
Both Edward Cook and Alfred Carlton Gilbert set a new Olympic record with 3.71 metres.
Results
All jumpers had three attempts at each height.
References
Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA