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1950 European Athletics Championships
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The men's pole vault at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 24 and 26 August 1950.

Medalists

Gold	Ragnar Lundberg  Sweden
Silver	Valto Olenius  Finland
Bronze	Jukka Piironen  Finland

Results

Final

26 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Ragnar Lundberg	Sweden	4.30	CR
	Valto Olenius	Finland	4.25
	Jukka Piironen	Finland	4.25
4	Victor Sillon	France	4.10
5	Erling Kaas	Norway	4.10
6	Armin Scheurer	Switzerland	4.00
7	Birger Hultqvist	Sweden	4.00
8	Rudy Stjernild	Denmark	3.80
9	Georges Breitman	France	3.80
	Torfi Bryngeirsson	Iceland	DNS

Qualification

24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Valto Olenius	Finland	4.00	Q
	Erling Kaas	Norway	4.00	Q
	Jukka Piironen	Finland	4.00	Q
	Rudy Stjernild	Denmark	4.00	Q
	Birger Hultqvist	Sweden	4.00	Q
	Ragnar Lundberg	Sweden	4.00	Q
	Torfi Bryngeirsson	Iceland	4.00	Q
	Armin Scheurer	Switzerland	4.00	Q
	Victor Sillon	France	4.00	Q
	Georges Breitman	France	4.00	Q
	Muhittin Akın	Turkey	3.90
	Milan Milakov	Yugoslavia	3.90
	Rigas Efstatiadis	Greece	3.80
	Ferdinand Degens	Belgium	3.60
	Albert Van Herck	Belgium	NH

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

•  Belgium (2)
•  Denmark (1)
•  Finland (2)
•  France (2)
•  Greece (1)
•  Iceland (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  Sweden (2)
•   Switzerland (1)
•  Turkey (1)
•  Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 372–377, retrieved 13 August 2014

• Events at the 1950 European Athletics Championships
• Pole vault at the European Athletics Championships