Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
| Men's pole vault at the Games of the IV Olympiad | ||||||||||||||||
| Venue | White City Stadium | |||||||||||||||
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| Date | July 24 | |||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 15 from 7 nations | |||||||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics  | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5 miles | men | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3200 m steeplechase | men | |
| Medley relay | men | |
| 3 mile team race | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 3500 m walk | men | |
| 10 mile walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Standing long jump | men | |
| Standing high jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | |
| Greek discus | men | |
| Freestyle javelin | men | |
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.
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.
| World Record | 3.90(*) |  Walter Dray |
Danbury (USA) | June 13, 1908 |
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| Olympic Record | 3.50 | Charles Dvorak |
St. Louis (USA) | September 3, 1904 |
(*) 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.
| Place | Name | Nation | Height |
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| 1 | Edward Cook |  United States | 3.71 metres |
| Alfred Carlton Gilbert | United States | 3.71 metres | |
| 3 | Edward Archibald |  Canada | 3.58 metres |
| Clare Jacobs | United States | 3.58 metres | |
| Bruno Söderström |  Sweden | 3.58 metres | |
| 6 | Georgios Banikas | .svg.png){kind=small} Greece | 3.50 metres |
| Sam Bellah | United States | 3.50 metres | |
| 8 | Kálmán Szathmáry | .svg.png){kind=small} Hungary | 3.35 metres |
| 9 | Stefanos Kountouriotis | Greece | 3.25 metres |
| 10 | Robert Pascarel |  France | 3.20 metres |
| Carl Silfverstrand | Sweden | 3.20 metres | |
| 12 | Thomas Jackson | United States | 3.05 metres |
| G. Koeger | France | 3.05 metres | |
| 14 | Coen van Veenhuijsen |  Netherlands | 2.89 metres |
| 15 | Bram Evers | Netherlands | 2.82 metres |
Sources
- Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
- De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at .
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