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1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles - Men's Pole vault

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Host City: Los Angeles, United States

Format: Top 12 and ties and all those clearing 5.45 metres advanced to the final.

Date Started: August 6, 1984

Date Finished: August 8, 1984

(Competitors: 19; Countries: 13; Finalists: 14)

Venue(s): Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

Overview by IAAF

Sergey Bubka, the setter of seven world records in 1984, and Konstantin Volkov, were the two best in the world, but the Soviet boycott deprived them of possible medals. The US magazine Track and Field News reviewed the event as “the USA versus France”, with Vigneron, Bell and Tully the likely medallists. At 5.60 these three and Pierre Quinon were the only men left. Quinon and Tully passed and the other two cleared first time. Then at 5.65 Tully cleared after Quinon had failed once. The Frenchman then passed on to 5.70 along with the other two. Quinon, with only two attempts available at 5.70, cleared first time, while Bell and Vigneron failed, to finish equal third. Tully already had the silver, but watched Quinon clear 5.75 first time. The American passed to 5.80 as a first time clearance at 5.75 by him would not be enough to win. Tully had made 5.81 at the same facility in the US Trials, but on this occasion 5.80 was just too much.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

The Soviet-boycott weakened the field in this event, mainly by keeping out the Polish vaulters and Soviet Sergey Bubka, who had won the 1983 World Championships and broken the world record four times in 1984. He would have been a heavy favorite, but as his later record at the Olympics would show, that did not always count for much. In his absence the favorites were two Americans – Mike Tully and Earl Bell, and two Frenchman – Pierre Quinon and Thierry Vigneron. Quinon cleared 5.45 (17-10½) on his second attempt and then passed the next three heights. Tully, Bell, and Vigneron had first attempt clearances at 5.60 (18-4½). At 5.65 (18-6½), Quinon cleared on his first try, while Tully missed once and then passed to 5.70 (18-8¼). Bell and Vigneron went out at 5.70 (18-8¼). Quinon cleared on his first try at that height. Tully jumped after Quinon in the order and since he was behind, he passed again. Same thing at 5.75 (18-10¼) – Quinon over on his first effort, and Tully passes, trying to win the competition. At 5.80 (19-0¼), Tully missed three times and the gold medal was Quinon's, Tully second with his 5.65 (18-6½) clearances, and Bell and Vigneron sharing the bronze medal.

Records

Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics
World Record	Sergey Bubka (URS)	5.90 m	July 13, 1984	London, United Kingdom
Olympic Record	Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz (POL)	5.78 m	July 30, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union

		Results

*Pole vault*	Men	Final	8 August

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	5.75	Pierre Quinon	France	FRA	20 Feb 62
2	5.65	Mike Tully	United States	USA	21 Oct 56
3	5.60	Thierry Vigneron	France	FRA	9 Mar 60
3	5.60	Earl Bell	United States	USA	25 Aug 55
5	5.45	Kimmo Pallonen	Finland	FIN	17 Jan 59
6	5.40	Doug Lytle	United States	USA	7 Aug 62
7	5.30	Felix Böhni	Switzerland	SUI	14 Feb 58
8	5.30	Mauro Barella	Italy	ITA	12 Dec 56
9	5.20	Alberto Ruiz	Spain	ESP	22 Dec 61
10	5.10	Yang Weimin	China	CHN	10 May 58
11	5.10	Jeff Gutteridge	Great Britain	GBR	28 Oct 56
	NH	Tomomi Takahashi	Japan	JPN	29 Jan 56
	DNS	Serge Ferreira	France	FRA	11 Aug 59
	DNS	Tom Hintnaus	Brazil	BRA	15 Feb 58
*Pole vault*	Men	Qualification	6 August

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	5.45	Thierry Vigneron	France	FRA	9 Mar 60
1	5.45	Earl Bell	United States	USA	25 Aug 55
1	5.45	Mike Tully	United States	USA	21 Oct 56
4	5.45	Alberto Ruiz	Spain	ESP	22 Dec 61
5	5.40	Pierre Quinon	France	FRA	20 Feb 62
6	5.40	Kimmo Pallonen	Finland	FIN	17 Jan 59
7	5.40	Felix Böhni	Switzerland	SUI	14 Feb 58
8	5.35	Tom Hintnaus	Brazil	BRA	15 Feb 58
9	5.35	Mauro Barella	Italy	ITA	12 Dec 56
12	5.30	Jeff Gutteridge	Great Britain	GBR	28 Oct 56
13	5.30	Yang Weimin	China	CHN	10 May 58
14	5.30	Tomomi Takahashi	Japan	JPN	29 Jan 56
15	5.20	Brian Morrisette	United States Virgin Islands	ISV	10 Oct 56	NR
16	5.20	Keith Stock	Great Britain	GBR	18 Mar 57
17	5.10	Ji Zebiao	China	CHN	3 Aug 64
18	5.10	Edgardo Rivera	Puerto Rico	PUR	8 May 53