Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
| Men's pole vault at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium, Montréal | |||||||||
| Dates | 24 & 26 July | |||||||||
| Competitors | 27 from 13 nations | |||||||||
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Tadeusz Ślusarski Poland
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Antti Kalliomäki Finland
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Dave Roberts United States
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The men's pole vault competition featured as part of the athletics programme at the 1976 Summer Olympics and was held at the Olympic Stadium in Montréal on 24 and 26 July.
All three medallists tied the Olympic record mark of 5.50 metres. Tadeusz Ślusarski of Poland and Antti Kalliomäki of Finland both cleared all heights up to 5.50 m with no misses; Ślusarski passed two heights more than Kalliomäki, and won on the basis of fewer vaults in accordance with the rules of the time. American Dave Roberts, who also cleared 5.50 m on his first try but had one miss from an earlier height, took the bronze medal.
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