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Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

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Men's pole vault at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Dates	October 14-26
Medalists
Bob Seagren  United States Claus Schiprowski  West Germany Wolfgang Nordwig  East Germany

The men's pole vault was one of four men's jumping events on the Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics program in Mexico City.

Qualifying

Rank	Name	Nationality	Mark	4.50	4.60	4.75	4.80	4.90	Notes
1T	Wolfgang Nordwig	East Germany	4.90	p	p	p	p	xo
1T	John Pennel	United States	4.90
3T	Altti Alarotu	Finland	4.90
3T	Erkki Mustakari	Finland	4.90
3T	Hervé d'Encausse	France	4.90
3T	Claus Schiprowski	West Germany	4.90
3T	Khristos Papanikolaou	Greece	4.90
3T	Hennadiy Bleznitsov	Soviet Union	4.90
9T	Ignacio Sola	Spain	4.90
9T	Mike Bull	Great Britain	4.90
9T	Kiyoshi Niwa	Japan	4.90
12	Aleksandr Malyutin	Soviet Union	4.90
13	Bob Seagren	United States	4.90
14	Kjell Isaksson	Sweden	4.90
15	Heinfried Engel	West Germany	4.90
16	Pantelis Nikolaidis	Greece	4.80
17	Enrico Barney	Argentina	4.80
18	Klaus Lehnertz	West Germany	4.75
19	John-Erik Blomqvist	Sweden	4.75
20	Casey Carrigan	United States	4.60
21	Wu Ah-Min	Taiwan	4.50
22	Heinz Wyss	Switzerland	4.50
-	Ingo Peyker	Austria

Key: OR = Olympic record; o = clear ; p = pass; x = fail

Final

Key: OR = Olympic record; o = clear ; p = pass; x = fail

References

• Sports Reference

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