Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The final was held on the third day of the track and field competition, on Monday November 26, 1956.

Final classification

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	HEIGHT
	Bob Richards (USA)	4.56 m
	Bob Gutowski (USA)	4.53 m
	Georgios Roubanis (GRE)	4.50 m
4.	George Mattos (USA)	4.35 m
5.	Ragnar Lundberg (SWE)	4.25 m
6.	Zenon Wazny (POL)	4.25 m
7.	Eeles Landström (FIN)	4.25 m
8.	Manfred Preussger (EUA)	4.25 m
9.	Vladimir Bulatov (URS)	4.15 m
—	Giulio Chiesa (ITA)	4.15 m
11.	Anatoly Petrov (URS)	4.15 m
12.	Zbigniew Janiszewski (POL)	4.15 m
13.	Vitaly Tchernobai (URS)	4.00 m
—	Matti Sutinen (FIN)	DNQ
—	Peter Denton (AUS)	DNQ
—	Rolando Cruz (PUR)	DNQ
—	Bruce Peever (AUS)	DNQ
—	Victor Sillon (FRA)	DNQ
—	Allah Ditta (PAK)	DNQ

References

• Official Report
• Results