1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

Men's pole vault at the European Athletics Championships

The men's pole vault at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 21 and 22 August 1958.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Eeles Landström  Finland
Silver	Manfred Preußger  East Germany
Bronze	Vladimir Bulatov  Soviet Union

Results

Final

22 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Eeles Landström	Finland	4.50	CR
	Manfred Preußger	East Germany	4.50	CR
	Vladimir Bulatov	Soviet Union	4.50	CR
4	Lennart Lind	Sweden	4.40
5	Zenon Ważny	Poland	4.30
6	Vitaliy Chernobay	Soviet Union	4.30
7	Leon Lukman	Yugoslavia	4.30
8	Peter Laufer	East Germany	4.30
9	Roman Lešek	Yugoslavia	4.30
10	Andrzej Krzesiński	Poland	4.20
10	Ragnar Lundberg	Sweden	4.20
12	János Horváth	Hungary	4.20
13	Edmondo Ballotta	Italy	4.20
14	Valbjörn Þorláksson	Iceland	4.20
15	Victor Sillon	France	4.20
15	Andreas Larsen-Nyhus	Norway	4.20
17	Geoffrey Elliott	Great Britain	4.15
18	Georgios Roubanis	Greece	4.10
19	Matti Sutinen	Finland	4.00
19	Rigas Efstatiadis	Greece	4.00
21	Paul Coppejans	Belgium	4.00

Qualification

21 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Valbjörn Þorláksson	Iceland	4.15	Q
	Victor Sillon	France	4.15	Q
	Geoffrey Elliott	Great Britain	4.15	Q
	Zenon Ważny	Poland	4.15	Q
	Andrzej Krzesiński	Poland	4.15	Q
	Matti Sutinen	Finland	4.15	Q
	Georgios Roubanis	Greece	4.15	Q
	Ragnar Lundberg	Sweden	4.15	Q
	Andreas Larsen-Nyhus	Norway	4.15	Q
	Edmondo Ballotta	Italy	4.15	Q
	Paul Coppejans	Belgium	4.15	Q
	János Horváth	Hungary	4.15	Q
	Manfred Preußger	East Germany	4.15	Q
	Peter Laufer	East Germany	4.15	Q
	Rigas Efstatiadis	Greece	4.15	Q
	Lennart Lind	Sweden	4.15	Q
	Vladimir Bulatov	Soviet Union	4.15	Q
	Eeles Landström	Finland	4.15	Q
	Vitaliy Chernobay	Soviet Union	4.15	Q
	Roman Lešek	Yugoslavia	4.15	Q
	Leon Lukman	Yugoslavia	4.15	Q
	Richard Larsen	Denmark	4.00
	Heiðar Georgsson	Iceland	3.80
	Bernard Balastre	France	3.80
	Josef Bauer	Austria	3.80
	Raymond Van Dijck	Belgium	3.80

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

•  Austria (1)
•  Belgium (2)
•  Denmark (1)
•  East Germany (2)
•  Finland (2)
•  France (2)
•  Greece (2)
•  Hungary (1)
•  Iceland (2)
•  Italy (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  Poland (2)
•  Soviet Union (2)
•  Sweden (2)
•  Great Britain (1)
•  Yugoslavia (2)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 384–390, retrieved 13 August 2014