They refused to compete further, so Japanese officials chose, by fiat, Shuhei Nishida as the silver medalist and Sueo Oe the bronze medalist. It was the nation's tenth consecutive victory in the men's pole vault.Ī three-way tie for second resulted in a jump-off after American Bill Sefton was eliminated (ending the United States' streak of two or more medals in every pole vault), two Japanese jumpers were left. The final was won by Earle Meadows of the United States. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. Thirty athletes from 21 nations competed. The competition was held on August 5, 1936. The men's pole vault event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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