Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
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Men's pole vault at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Park Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | 24 November (qualifying) 26 November (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 19 from 12 nations | |||||||||
Winning height | 4.56 OR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's pole vault was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Nineteen athletes from 12 nations competed.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was held on the third day of the track and field competition, on Monday November 26, 1956.[2] The event was won by Bob Richards of the United States, the nation's 13th consecutive victory in the event. Richards was the first (and, through 2016, only) man to successfully defend Olympic gold in the pole vault; he was also the first (and, through 2016, only) man to win three total medals in the event. For the second straight Games, the American team went 1–2, this time with Bob Gutowski taking silver. Georgios Roubanis's bronze was Greece's first pole vault medal since 1896, and Greece's first Olympic medal overall since 1920.