Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games:

Men's Pole Vault Final Round

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Host City: Tokyo, Japan
Venue(s): National Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Date Started: October 17, 1964
Date Finished: October 17, 1964

Gold:	Fred Hansen
Silver:	Wolfgang Reinhardt
Bronze:	Klaus Lehnertz

Final Round

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	BHC	MBHC	TMBHC	TABHC
1	Fred Hansen	24	United States	USA	5.10	2	2	7	OR
2	Wolfgang Reinhardt	21	Germany	GER	5.05	0	4	10	OR
3	Klaus Lehnertz	26	Germany	GER	5.00	0	1	9	OR
4	Manfred Preußger	32	Germany	GER	5.00	0	2	6	OR
5	Hennadiy Bleznitsov	23	Soviet Union	URS	4.95	0	0	5	OR
6	Rudolf Tomášek	27	Czechoslovakia	TCH	4.90	0	1	5	OR
7	Pentti Nikula	25	Finland	FIN	4.90	0	5	11	OR
8	Billy Gene Pemelton	23	United States	USA	4.80	0	0	2	OR
9	Igor Feld	23	Soviet Union	URS	4.80	1	3	6	OR
10	Gerry Moro	21	Canada	CAN	4.70	0	1	4	=OR
11	John Pennel	24	United States	USA	4.70	1	1	2	=OR
12	Risto Ankio	27	Finland	FIN	4.70	1	1	3	=OR
13	Roman Lešek	27	Yugoslavia	YUG	4.70	1	3	6	=OR
14	Taisto Laitinen	31	Finland	FIN	4.60	0	0	2
15T	Ignacio Sola	20	Spain	ESP	4.40	0	0	1
15T	Hervé d'Encausse	21	France	FRA	4.40	0	0	1
15T	Sergey Dyomin	20	Soviet Union	URS	4.40	0	0	1
18	Khristos Papanikolaou	22	Greece	GRE	4.40	1	1	2

Final Round 4.40 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	BHC	C/F/P	MBHC	TMBHC	TABHC
1T	Hennadiy Bleznitsov	23	Soviet Union	URS	o	4.40	0	0	1
1T	Hervé d'Encausse	21	France	FRA	o	4.40	0	0	1
1T	Sergey Dyomin	20	Soviet Union	URS	o	4.40	0	0	1
1T	Taisto Laitinen	31	Finland	FIN	o	4.40	0	0	1
1T	Klaus Lehnertz	26	Germany	GER	o	4.40	0	0	1
1T	Roman Lešek	27	Yugoslavia	YUG	o	4.40	0	0	1
1T	Gerry Moro	21	Canada	CAN	o	4.40	0	0	1
1T	Ignacio Sola	20	Spain	ESP	o	4.40	0	0	1
9T	Pentti Nikula	25	Finland	FIN	xo	4.40	1	1	2
9T	Khristos Papanikolaou	22	Greece	GRE	xo	4.40	1	1	2
9T	Wolfgang Reinhardt	21	Germany	GER	xo	4.40	1	1	2
NP	Risto Ankio	27	Finland	FIN	p	NH	0	0	0
NP	Igor Feld	23	Soviet Union	URS	p	NH	0	0	0
NP	Fred Hansen	24	United States	USA	p	NH	0	0	0
NP	Billy Gene Pemelton	23	United States	USA	p	NH	0	0	0
NP	John Pennel	24	United States	USA	p	NH	0	0	0
NP	Manfred Preußger	32	Germany	GER	p	NH	0	0	0
NP	Rudolf Tomášek	27	Czechoslovakia	TCH	p	NH	0	0	0

Final Round 4.60 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	BHC	C/F/P	MBHC	TMBHC	TABHC
1T	Risto Ankio	27	Finland	FIN	o	4.60	0	0	1
1T	Igor Feld	23	Soviet Union	URS	o	4.60	0	0	1
1T	Rudolf Tomášek	27	Czechoslovakia	TCH	o	4.60	0	0	1
4T	Hennadiy Bleznitsov	23	Soviet Union	URS	o	4.60	0	0	2
4T	Taisto Laitinen	31	Finland	FIN	o	4.60	0	0	2
4T	Klaus Lehnertz	26	Germany	GER	o	4.60	0	0	2
7	Gerry Moro	21	Canada	CAN	xo	4.60	1	1	3
8T	Pentti Nikula	25	Finland	FIN	xo	4.60	1	2	4
8T	Wolfgang Reinhardt	21	Germany	GER	xo	4.60	1	2	4
10	Manfred Preußger	32	Germany	GER	xxo	4.60	2	2	3
11	Roman Lešek	27	Yugoslavia	YUG	xxo	4.60	2	2	4
12T	Hervé d'Encausse	21	France	FRA	xxx	4.40	0	0	1
12T	Sergey Dyomin	20	Soviet Union	URS	xxx	4.40	0	0	1
12T	Ignacio Sola	20	Spain	ESP	xxx	4.40	0	0	1
15	Khristos Papanikolaou	22	Greece	GRE	xxx	4.40	1	1	2
NP	Fred Hansen	24	United States	USA	p	NH	0	0	0
NP	Billy Gene Pemelton	23	United States	USA	p	NH	0	0	0
NP	John Pennel	24	United States	USA	p	NH	0	0	0

Final Round 4.70 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	BHC	C/F/P	MBHC	TMBHC	TABHC
1T	Fred Hansen	24	United States	USA	o	4.70	0	0	1	=OR
1T	Billy Gene Pemelton	23	United States	USA	o	4.70	0	0	1	=OR
3	Rudolf Tomášek	27	Czechoslovakia	TCH	o	4.70	0	0	2	=OR
4T	Hennadiy Bleznitsov	23	Soviet Union	URS	o	4.70	0	0	3	=OR
4T	Klaus Lehnertz	26	Germany	GER	o	4.70	0	0	3	=OR
6	Gerry Moro	21	Canada	CAN	o	4.70	0	1	4	=OR
7	Pentti Nikula	25	Finland	FIN	o	4.70	0	2	5	=OR
8	John Pennel	24	United States	USA	xo	4.70	1	1	2	=OR
9	Risto Ankio	27	Finland	FIN	xo	4.70	1	1	3	=OR
10	Roman Lešek	27	Yugoslavia	YUG	xo	4.70	1	3	6	=OR
11	Igor Feld	23	Soviet Union	URS	xxo	4.70	2	2	4	=OR
12	Wolfgang Reinhardt	21	Germany	GER	p	4.60	1	2	4
13	Manfred Preußger	32	Germany	GER	p	4.60	2	2	3
14	Taisto Laitinen	31	Finland	FIN	xxx	4.60	0	0	2

Final Round 4.80 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	BHC	C/F/P	MBHC	TMBHC	TABHC
1T	Fred Hansen	24	United States	USA	o	4.80	0	0	2	OR
1T	Billy Gene Pemelton	23	United States	USA	o	4.80	0	0	2	OR
3	Klaus Lehnertz	26	Germany	GER	o	4.80	0	0	4	OR
4	Manfred Preußger	32	Germany	GER	o	4.80	0	2	4	OR
5	Rudolf Tomášek	27	Czechoslovakia	TCH	xo	4.80	1	1	4	=OR
6T	Igor Feld	23	Soviet Union	URS	xo	4.80	1	3	6	=OR
6T	Wolfgang Reinhardt	21	Germany	GER	xo	4.80	1	3	6	=OR
8	Pentti Nikula	25	Finland	FIN	xxo	4.80	2	4	8	=OR
9	Hennadiy Bleznitsov	23	Soviet Union	URS	p	4.70	0	0	3
10	John Pennel	24	United States	USA	p	4.70	1	1	2
11	Gerry Moro	21	Canada	CAN	xxx	4.70	0	1	4
12	Risto Ankio	27	Finland	FIN	xxx	4.70	1	1	3
13	Roman Lešek	27	Yugoslavia	YUG	xxx	4.70	1	3	6

Final Round 4.85 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	BHC	C/F/P	MBHC	TMBHC	TABHC
1	Fred Hansen	24	United States	USA	o	4.85	0	0	3	OR
2	Hennadiy Bleznitsov	23	Soviet Union	URS	o	4.85	0	0	4	OR
3	Klaus Lehnertz	26	Germany	GER	o	4.85	0	0	5	OR
4	Pentti Nikula	25	Finland	FIN	xo	4.85	1	5	10	=OR
5	Manfred Preußger	32	Germany	GER	p	4.80	0	2	4
6	Rudolf Tomášek	27	Czechoslovakia	TCH	p	4.80	1	1	4
7T	Igor Feld	23	Soviet Union	URS	p	4.80	1	3	6
7T	Wolfgang Reinhardt	21	Germany	GER	p	4.80	1	3	6
9	Billy Gene Pemelton	23	United States	USA	xxx	4.80	0	0	2
10	John Pennel	24	United States	USA	xxx	4.70	1	1	2

Final Round 4.90 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	BHC	C/F/P	MBHC	TMBHC	TABHC
1	Klaus Lehnertz	26	Germany	GER	o	4.90	0	0	6	OR
2	Rudolf Tomášek	27	Czechoslovakia	TCH	o	4.90	0	1	5	OR
3	Manfred Preußger	32	Germany	GER	o	4.90	0	2	5	OR
4	Pentti Nikula	25	Finland	FIN	o	4.90	0	5	11	OR
5	Wolfgang Reinhardt	21	Germany	GER	xo	4.90	1	4	8	=OR
6	Fred Hansen	24	United States	USA	p	4.85	0	0	3
7	Hennadiy Bleznitsov	23	Soviet Union	URS	p	4.85	0	0	4
8	Igor Feld	23	Soviet Union	URS	xxx	4.80	1	3	6

Final Round 4.95 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	BHC	C/F/P	MBHC	TMBHC	TABHC
1	Hennadiy Bleznitsov	23	Soviet Union	URS	o	4.95	0	0	5	OR
2	Klaus Lehnertz	26	Germany	GER	xo	4.95	1	1	8	=OR
3	Rudolf Tomášek	27	Czechoslovakia	TCH	p	4.90	0	1	5
4	Manfred Preußger	32	Germany	GER	p	4.90	0	2	5
5	Wolfgang Reinhardt	21	Germany	GER	p	4.90	1	4	8
6	Pentti Nikula	25	Finland	FIN	xxx	4.90	0	5	11
7	Fred Hansen	24	United States	USA	p	4.85	0	0	3

Final Round 5.00 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	BHC	C/F/P	TMBHC	TABHC
1	Fred Hansen	24	United States	USA	o	5.00	0	4	OR
2	Klaus Lehnertz	26	Germany	GER	o	5.00	1	9	OR
3	Manfred Preußger	32	Germany	GER	o	5.00	2	6	OR
4	Wolfgang Reinhardt	21	Germany	GER	o	5.00	4	9	OR
5	Hennadiy Bleznitsov	23	Soviet Union	URS	xpp	4.95	0	5
6	Rudolf Tomášek	27	Czechoslovakia	TCH	xxp	4.90	1	5

Final Round 5.05 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	BHC	C/F/P	TMBHC	TABHC
1	Wolfgang Reinhardt	21	Germany	GER	o	5.05	4	10	OR
2	Klaus Lehnertz	26	Germany	GER	xxx	5.00	1	9
3	Manfred Preußger	32	Germany	GER	xxx	5.00	2	6
4	Fred Hansen	24	United States	USA	p	5.00	0	4
5	Hennadiy Bleznitsov	23	Soviet Union	URS	xx-	4.95	0	5
6	Rudolf Tomášek	27	Czechoslovakia	TCH	x-	4.90	1	5

Final Round 5.10 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	BHC	C/F/P	MBHC	TMBHC	TABHC
1	Fred Hansen	24	United States	USA	xxo	5.10	2	2	7	OR
2	Wolfgang Reinhardt	21	Germany	GER	xxx	5.05	0	4	10

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