1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

Men's pole vault
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's pole vault at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 30 August and 1 September 1978.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Vladimir Trofimenko
 Soviet Union
Silver Antti Kalliomäki
 Finland
Bronze Rauli Pudas
 Finland

Results

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Final

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1 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vladimir Trofimenko  Soviet Union 5.55 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antti Kalliomäki  Finland 5.50
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rauli Pudas  Finland 5.45
4 Władysław Kozakiewicz  Poland 5.45
5 Yevgeniy Tananyka  Soviet Union 5.40
6 Philippe Houvion  France 5.40
7 François Tracanelli  France 5.30
7 Brian Hooper  Great Britain 5.30
9 Patrick Abada  France 5.30
10 Tapani Haapakoski  Finland 5.30
11 Günther Lohre  West Germany 5.20
Mariusz Klimczyk  Poland NH
Roger Oriol  Spain DNS

Qualification

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30 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Władysław Kozakiewicz  Poland 5.25 Q
Günther Lohre  West Germany 5.25 Q
Mariusz Klimczyk  Poland 5.25 Q
Yevgeniy Tananyka  Soviet Union 5.15 q
Philippe Houvion  France 5.15 q
Rauli Pudas  Finland 5.15 q
François Tracanelli  France 5.15 q
Vladimir Trofimenko  Soviet Union 5.15 q
Patrick Abada  France 5.15 q
Brian Hooper  Great Britain 5.15 q
Roger Oriol  Spain 5.15 q
Tapani Haapakoski  Finland 5.15 q
Antti Kalliomäki  Finland 5.15 q
Domenico D'Alisera  Italy 4.90
Roman Zrun  Czechoslovakia 4.90
Elias Sakellariadis  Greece 4.90
Peter Jensen  Denmark 4.90
Reinhard Lechner  Austria 4.90
Tadeusz Ślusarski  Poland NH
Jiří Lesák  Czechoslovakia NH
Antonín Hadinger  Czechoslovakia NH
Keith Stock  Great Britain NH
Patrick Desruelles  Belgium NH

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014