Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
| Men's pole vault at the Games of the IV Olympiad
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| Venue | White City Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | July 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 15 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Edward Cook |
 United States
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Alfred Carlton Gilbert |
United States
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Edward Archibald |
 Canada
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Clare Jacobs |
United States
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Bruno Söderström |
 Sweden
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The men's pole vault was one of six jumping events on the athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on Friday, July 24, 1908.
15 pole vaulters from seven nations competed. It is the only one of the 111 events featured in 1908 to not have any competitors from the host nation.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1908 Summer Olympics.
(*) unofficial
Both Edward Cook and Alfred Carlton Gilbert set a new Olympic record with 3.71 metres.
All jumpers had three attempts at each height.
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