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Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
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The men's pole vault event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 5, 1936. Thirty athletes from 21 nations competed.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was won by Earle Meadows of the United States.[2] It was the nation's tenth consecutive victory in the men's pole vault.
Men's pole vault at the Games of the XI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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![]() Earle Meadows and Sueo Oe | ||||||||||
Venue | Olympiastadion: Berlin, Germany | |||||||||
Dates | August 5 | |||||||||
Competitors | 30 from 21 nations | |||||||||
Winning height | 4.35 OR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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A three-way tie for second resulted in a jump-off; after American Bill Sefton was eliminated (ending the United States' streak of two or more medals in every pole vault), two Japanese jumpers were left. They refused to compete further, so Japanese officials chose, by fiat, Shuhei Nishida as the silver medalist and Sueo Oe the bronze medalist. After the Games, Nishida and Oe "took their medals, cut them apart, and combined them into a half-silver, half-bronze medal, the only two of their type ever created."[1] In any case, Nishida became the first man to win multiple pole vault medals, as he had previously taken silver in 1932. (The United States had won 25 medals in the event in 10 Games, all by different men.)