Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
| Men's pole vault at the Games of the III Olympiad
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Charles Dvorak in action on the way to his gold medal.
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| Venue | Francis Field | ||||||||||||
| Dates | September 3 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 7 from 2 nations | ||||||||||||
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Charles Dvorak |
 United States
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LeRoy Samse |
United States
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Louis Wilkins |
United States
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The men's pole vault was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third time the event was held. Seven pole vaulters from two nations participated. The competition was held on Saturday, September 3, 1904.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1904 Summer Olympics.
(*) unofficial
Charles Dvorak set a new Olympic record of 3.50 metres. All 5 of the vaulters whose results are known bested the previous Olympic record.
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