Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
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Men's pole vault at the Games of the VII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympisch Stadion | |||||||||
Dates | August 18–20 | |||||||||
Competitors | 16 from 7 nations | |||||||||
Winning height | 4.09 WR | |||||||||
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The men's pole vault event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Wednesday, August 18, 1920, and on Friday, August 20, 1920. 16 pole vaulters from seven nations competed.[1] No nation had more than 4 jumpers, suggesting the limit had been reduced from the 12 maximum in force in 1908 and 1912. The event was won by Frank Foss of the United States, the nation's sixth consecutive victory in the men's pole vault. Henry Petersen's silver was Denmark's first medal in the event and the first time a non-American had done better than bronze in the pole vault. Edwin Myers's bronze continued the American streak of winning at least two medals in each pole vault, however.