Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
| Men's pole vault at the Games of the V Olympiad
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Gold medalist Harry Babcock.
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| Dates | July 10–11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Harry Babcock |
 United States
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Frank Nelson |
United States
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Marc Wright |
United States
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William Halpenny |
 Canada
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Frank Murphy |
United States
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Bertil Uggla |
 Sweden
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The men's pole vault was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Wednesday, July 10, 1912 and on Thursday, July 11, 1912.
Twenty-five pole vaulters from eleven nations competed.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.
The Olympic record was equalized or improved 18 times during this competition. Finally Harry Babcock set a new Olympic record with 3.95 metres.
Halpenny was forced to withdraw after he broke two ribs while clearing 3.80m and had to be carried off the field on a stretcher.
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