1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

Events at the 1971 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's pole vault at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 11 and 13 August 1971.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Wolfgang Nordwig  East Germany
Silver	Kjell Isaksson  Sweden
Bronze	Renato Dionisi  Italy

Results

Final

13 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Wolfgang Nordwig	East Germany	5.35	CR
02 !	Kjell Isaksson	Sweden	5.30
03 !	Renato Dionisi	Italy	5.30
4	Hans Lagerqvist	Sweden	5.25
5	Włodzimierz Sokołowski	Poland	5.10
6	John-Erik Blomqvist	Sweden	5.10
7	Yuriy Isakov	Soviet Union	5.10
8	Heinfried Engel	West Germany	5.10
9	Antti Kalliomäki	Finland	5.00
10	Altti Alarotu	Finland	4.90
11	Hans-Jürgen Ziegler	West Germany	4.90
12	Risto Ivanoff	Finland	4.90

Qualification

11 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Renato Dionisi	Italy	5.00	Q
2	Wolfgang Nordwig	East Germany	5.00	Q
3	Włodzimierz Sokołowski	Poland	5.00	Q
4	Heinfried Engel	West Germany	5.00	Q
5	Hans-Jürgen Ziegler	West Germany	5.00	Q
6	Risto Ivanoff	Finland	5.00	Q
7	Hans Lagerqvist	Sweden	5.00	Q
8	Kjell Isaksson	Sweden	5.00	Q
9	Antti Kalliomäki	Finland	5.00	Q
10	Altti Alarotu	Finland	5.00	Q
11	John-Erik Blomqvist	Sweden	5.00	Q
12	Yuriy Isakov	Soviet Union	5.00	Q
13	Wojciech Buciarski	Poland	4.90
14	Jean-Michel Bellot	France	4.90
15	Yevgeniy Tananyka	Soviet Union	4.90
16	Serge Lefebvre	France	4.70
17	Aldo Righi	Italy	4.60
18	Mike Bull	United Kingdom	NH
19	François Tracanelli	France	NH
20	Christos Papanikolaou	Greece	NH

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References