Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | September 5 (qualifying round) September 7 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 29 from 20 nations | |||||||||
Winning height | 4.70 OR | |||||||||
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The men's pole vault field event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 5 and September 7.[1] Twenty-nine athletes from 20 nations competed.[2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Don Bragg of the United States, the nation's 14th consecutive victory in the men's pole vault. Ron Morris took silver, making it three straight Games the American team had finished 1–2. Eeles Landström's bronze was Finland's first medal in the event since 1948.