1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

None Men's pole vault European Athletics Championships The men's pole vault at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 13 and 15 September 1962. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf 391–397 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Just before the meeting, the IAAF council approved the optional use of glass fibre poles. September 12, 1962 Federation's Approval https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xXxAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lKMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6587%2C1508570 Glasgow Herald 5 September 1, 2014 Medalists Gold Pentti Nikula FINSilver Rudolf Tomášek TCHBronze Kauko Nyström FIN Results Final 15 September Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Pentti Nikula FIN 4.80 CR Rudolf Tomášek TCH 4.60 Kauko Nyström FIN 4.60 4 Risto Ankio FIN 4.55 5 Maurice Houvion FRA 4.55 6 Roman Lešek SFR Yugoslavia 4.55 NR 7 Günter Malcher GDR 4.50 8 Manfred Preußger GDR 4.50 9 Bernard Balastre FRA 4.50 10 Ihor Petrenko URS 1955 4.40 11 Petre Astafei ROU 1952 4.40 12 Kjell Hovik NOR 4.40 13 Klaus Lehnertz FRG 4.30 14 Janusz Gronowski POL 4.30 Qualification 13 September Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Janusz Gronowski POL 4.40 Q 2 Klaus Lehnertz FRG 4.40 Q 3 Maurice Houvion FRA 4.40 Q 4 Günter Malcher GDR 4.40 Q 5 Kauko Nyström FIN 4.40 Q 6 Ihor Petrenko URS 1955 4.40 Q 7 Risto Ankio FIN 4.40 Q 8 Kjell Hovik NOR 4.40 Q 9 Roman Lešek SFR Yugoslavia 4.40 Q 10 Bernard Balastre FRA 4.40 Q 11 Manfred Preußger GDR 4.40 Q 12 Petre Astafei ROU 1952 4.40 Q 13 Rudolf Tomášek TCH 4.40 Q 14 Pentti Nikula FIN 4.40 Q 15 Gérard Barras SUI 4.30 16 Mirko Kuzmanović SFR Yugoslavia 4.30 17 Dimitar Khlebarov BUL 1946 4.30 18 Mikael Schie NOR 4.20 19 Franc Rojko SFR Yugoslavia 4.20 20 Reidulv Førde NOR 4.20 21 Christos Papanikolaou GRE old 4.20 22 Valbjörn Þorláksson ISL 4.10 23 Roland Gras FRA 4.00 Participation According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event. 22em BUL 1946 (1) TCH (1) GDR (2) FIN (3) FRA (3) GRE old (1) ISL (1) NOR (3) POL (1) ROU 1952 (1) URS 1955 (1) SUI (1) FRG (1) SFR Yugoslavia (3) References Category:Pole vault at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1962 European Athletics Championships