Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 1 December 1962.

Men's pole vault at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Perry Lakes Stadium
Date	1 December 1962
Competitors	14 from 9 nations
Winning height	14 ft 9 in (4.50 m) GR
Medalists
Trevor Bickle    Australia   Danie Burger    Rhodesia and Nyasaland   Ross Filshie    Australia

The event was won by 19-year-old Australian Trevor Bickle. Bickle won by three inches ahead Danie Burger from the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and the Australian champion Ross Filshie. Bickle's jump of 14 ft 9 in (4.50 m) set three new records. It broke the British Empire and Commonwealth record by one inch, Geoff Elliott's Games record set in Vancouver eight years ago by nine inches and Filshie's Australian national record by three inches.[1]

Records

World record	Pentti Nikula (FIN)	16 ft 2 ^1⁄2 in (4.94 m)	Kauhava, Finland	22 June 1962
Commonwealth record
Games record	Geoff Elliott (ENG)	14 ft 0 in (4.27 m)	Vancouver, Canada	7 August 1954	[2]

Final

[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Trevor Bickle	Australia	14 ft 9 in (4.50 m)	GR, CR
	Danie Burger	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
	Ross Filshie	Australia	14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
4	Gerry Moro	Canada	14 ft 3 in (4.34 m)
5	John Pfitzner	Australia	14 ft 0 in (4.27 m)
6	Bob Watson	Canada	14 ft 0 in (4.27 m)
7	Darcy McGonagle	New Zealand	13 ft 0 in (3.96 m)
8	Allah Ditta	Pakistan	13 ft 0 in (3.96 m)
9	Alf Groom	Canada	13 ft 0 in (3.96 m)
10	Dave Stevenson	Scotland	13 ft 0 in (3.96 m)
11	Kevin Gibbons	New Zealand	13 ft 0 in (3.96 m)
12	Rex Porter	England	13 ft 0 in (3.96 m)
13	Robin Barclay	Papua New Guinea	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
	Ohere Asa Akuffo	Ghana		NM

References

1. Webster, Jim (2 December 1962). "Last gold medal won by vaulter". The Sun-Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons. p. 24.
2. "Games Results". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 9 August 1954. p. 9.
3. "Results of the men's pole vault at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2014.