Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
| Men's pole vault at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
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| Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics  |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 3000 m | women | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
| Wheelchair races | ||||
The men's pole vault at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 21 competitors, with two qualifying groups (21 jumpers) before the final (15) took place on Wednesday September 28, 1988.
Three Soviet, French and American athletes made the final, but it was the Soviet block that dominated the event, sweeping the medals, with Sergey Bubka already the dominant vaulter. His world record 6.06 set two months earlier, has only been cleared by one other person, Steven Hooker, since. But while Bubka would vault in 3 more Olympics and would continue to dominate the World Championships with ultimately 6 consecutive wins, this would be the only Olympic medal he would achieve.
Medalists
| Gold | Sergey Bubka Soviet Union |
| Silver | Rodion Gataullin Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Grigoriy Yegorov Soviet Union |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 6.06 | Sergey Bubka |
Nice (FRA) | July 10, 1988 |
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| Olympic Record | 5.78 |  Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz |
Moscow (URS) | July 30, 1980 |
The following Olympic record was set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Athlete | Height | OR | WR |
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| September 28, 1988 | Final |  Sergey Bubka (URS) |
5.90m | OR |
Final
| RANK | FINAL | HEIGHT |
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Sergey Bubka (URS) |
5.90 m OR |
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Rodion Gataullin (URS) |
5.85 m |
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Grigoriy Yegorov (URS) |
5.80 m |
| 4. |  Earl Bell (USA) |
5.70 m |
| 5. |  Thierry Vigneron (FRA) |
5.70 m |
| Philippe Collet (FRA) |
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| 7. |  István Bagyula (HUN) |
5.60 m |
| 8. | Philippe d'Encausse (FRA) |
5.60 m |
| 9. |  Asko Peltoniemi (FIN) |
5.60 m |
| 10. | Kory Tarpenning (USA) |
5.50 m |
| 11. |  Zdeněk Lubenský (TCH) |
5.50 m |
| 12. | Billy Olson (USA) |
5.50 m |
| 13. |  Hermann Fehringer (AUT) |
5.40 m |
| – |  Miroslaw Chmara (POL) |
NM |
| Marian Kolasa (POL) |
Non-Qualifiers
| RANK | NON-QUALIFIERS | HEIGHT |
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| 16. |  Kim Chul-Kyun (KOR) |
5.30 m |
| 17. |  Paul Just (CAN) |
5.30 m |
| – | Lee Jae-Bok (KOR) |
NM |
 Javier García (ESP) |
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 Andy Ashurst (GBR) |
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 Atanas Tarev (BUL) |
See also
- 1984 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Los Angeles)
- 1986 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Stuttgart)
- 1987 Men's World Championships Pole Vault (Rome)
- 1990 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Split)
- 1991 Men's World Championships Pole Vault (Tokyo)
- 1992 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Barcelona)
References
- (English) Official Report
- (English) sports-reference
