1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

Events at the 1958 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 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
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 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 21 and 22 August 1958.

Medalists

Gold	Eeles Landström Finland
Silver	Manfred Preußger East Germany
Bronze	Vladimir Bulatov Soviet Union

Results

Final

22 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Eeles Landström	Finland	4.50	CR
	Manfred Preußger	East Germany	4.50	CR
	Vladimir Bulatov	Soviet Union	4.50	CR
4	Lennart Lind	Sweden	4.40
5	Zenon Ważny	Poland	4.30
6	Vitaliy Chernobay	Soviet Union	4.30
7	Leon Lukman	Yugoslavia	4.30
8	Peter Laufer	East Germany	4.30
9	Roman Lešek	Yugoslavia	4.30
10	Andrzej Krzesiński	Poland	4.20
10	Ragnar Lundberg	Sweden	4.20
12	János Horváth	Hungary	4.20
13	Edmondo Ballotta	Italy	4.20
14	Valbjörn Þorláksson	Iceland	4.20
15	Victor Sillon	France	4.20
15	Andreas Larsen-Nyhus	Norway	4.20
17	Geoffrey Elliott	United Kingdom	4.15
18	Georgios Roubanis	Greece	4.10
19	Matti Sutinen	Finland	4.00
19	Rigas Efstatiadis	Greece	4.00
21	Paul Coppejans	Belgium	4.00

Qualification

21 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Valbjörn Þorláksson	Iceland	4.15	Q
	Victor Sillon	France	4.15	Q
	Geoffrey Elliott	United Kingdom	4.15	Q
	Zenon Ważny	Poland	4.15	Q
	Andrzej Krzesiński	Poland	4.15	Q
	Matti Sutinen	Finland	4.15	Q
	Georgios Roubanis	Greece	4.15	Q
	Ragnar Lundberg	Sweden	4.15	Q
	Andreas Larsen-Nyhus	Norway	4.15	Q
	Edmondo Ballotta	Italy	4.15	Q
	Paul Coppejans	Belgium	4.15	Q
	János Horváth	Hungary	4.15	Q
	Manfred Preußger	East Germany	4.15	Q
	Peter Laufer	East Germany	4.15	Q
	Rigas Efstatiadis	Greece	4.15	Q
	Lennart Lind	Sweden	4.15	Q
	Vladimir Bulatov	Soviet Union	4.15	Q
	Eeles Landström	Finland	4.15	Q
	Vitaliy Chernobay	Soviet Union	4.15	Q
	Roman Lešek	Yugoslavia	4.15	Q
	Leon Lukman	Yugoslavia	4.15	Q
	Richard Larsen	Denmark	4.00
	Heiðar Georgsson	Iceland	3.80
	Bernard Balastre	France	3.80
	Josef Bauer	Austria	3.80
	Raymond Van Dijck	Belgium	3.80

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (1)
• Belgium (2)
• Denmark (1)
• East Germany (2)

• Finland (2)
• France (2)
• Greece (2)
• Hungary (1)

• Iceland (2)
• Italy (1)
• Norway (1)
• Poland (2)

• Soviet Union (2)
• Sweden (2)
• United Kingdom (1)
• Yugoslavia (2)