Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 8 and 13 September 1979.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Władysław Kozakiewicz  Poland	Philippe Houvion  France	Patrick Abada  France

Results

Qualification

Qualification height: 5.00 m

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
?	?	Harold Heer	Canada	5.00	Q
?	?	Dave Parker	Canada	5.00	Q
?	?	Liang Weigiang	China	5.00	Q
?	?	Veijo Vannesluoma	Finland	5.00	Q
?	?	Patrick Abada	France	5.00	Q[2]
?	?	Philippe Houvion	France	5.00	Q[2]
?	?	Elias Sakeliaridis	Greece	5.00	Q
?	?	Dimitrios Kyteas	Greece	5.00	Q
?	?	Władysław Kozakiewicz	Poland	5.00	Q
?	?	Vladimir Trofimenko	Soviet Union	5.00	Q
?	?	Konstantin Volkov	Soviet Union	5.00	Q
?	?	Roger Oriol	Spain	5.00	Q[3]
?	?	Julio Rifaterra	Spain	5.00	Q[3]
?	?	Roger Thorstensson	Sweden	5.00	Q
?	?	Billy Olson	United States	5.00	Q
?	?	Günther Lohre	West Germany	5.00	Q
?	?	József Novobáczky	Hungary	4.80

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	5.00	5.20	5.35	5.40	5.50	5.55	5.60	Result	Notes
	Władysław Kozakiewicz	Poland								5.60
	Philippe Houvion	France								5.60
	Patrick Abada	France								5.55
4	Günther Lohre	West Germany								5.55
5	Vladimir Trofimenko	Soviet Union								5.50
6	Konstantin Volkov	Soviet Union								5.40
7	Veijo Vannesluoma	Finland								5.35
8	Roger Oriol	Spain	xo	o	xxo	xxx				5.35	=NR[6]
11	Dave Parker	Canada								?.??	[7]
13	Harold Heer	Canada								?.??	[7]

References

1. Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). Bartels & Wernitz. 39/1979: 1240–1245. ISSN 0343-5369.
2. French results
3. "En 200 para Mennea; 400 para Hornillos; 110 para Moracho" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 12 September 1979. p. 34.
4. "Final results". El Paso Times. 14 September 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
5. "Final results". Hartford Courant. 14 September 1979. p. 40. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
6. Spanish jumping records
7. "Games rain doesn't ease Canadian drought". Red Deer Advocate. 14 September 1979. p. 7. Retrieved 23 March 2020.