The men's pole vault was a track and field athletics

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

These are the results of athletics competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. 30 events were contested, all for men only.The athletics programme grew by 4 events since the 1908 Summer Olympics. The 5000 and 10000 metre races were introduced for the first time, as the 5 mile event was eliminated...

 programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Wednesday, July 10, 1912 and on Thursday, July 11, 1912.

Twenty-five pole vaulters from eleven nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World Record	4.02	Marc Wright Marc Wright Marc Wright was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault.He was born in Chicago and died in Reading, Massachusetts....	Cambridge, MA Cambridge, Massachusetts Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...  (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	June 8, 1912
Olympic Record	3.71	Edward Cook	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...  (GBR United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom during the period when what is now the Republic of Ireland formed a part of it.... )	July 24, 1908
	3.71	Alfred Carlton Gilbert Alfred Carlton Gilbert Alfred Carlton Gilbert was an American inventor, athlete, toy-maker and businessman. Born in Salem, Oregon and died in Boston, Massachusetts, Gilbert is best known as the inventor of the Erector Set.-Early life:...	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...  (GBR United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom during the period when what is now the Republic of Ireland formed a part of it.... )	July 24, 1908

The Olympic record was equalized or improved 18 times during this competition. Finally Harry Babcock

Harry Babcock

Harry Stoddard Babcock was an American athlete who competed in the men's pole vault. He competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics and won gold.-External links:* on databaseOlympics.com...

set a new Olympic record with 3.95 metres.

Results

Halpenny was forced to withdraw after he broke two ribs while clearing 3.80m and had to be carried off the field on a stretcher.

Place	Athlete	Preliminary							Final									Mark
		3.00	3.20	3.40	3.50	3.60	3.65	Qual.	3.40	3.50	3.60	3.65	3.75	3.80	3.85	3.95	4.06
1		---	O	O	O	O	O	QF	O	O	O	---	O	O	O	O	XXX	3.95
2		O	---	O	O	O	XO	QF	O	O	O	XO	O	O	XO	XXX	---	3.85
2		---	---	O	O	O	XO	QF	O	O	O	O	XO	XO	XO	XXX	---	3.85
3		---	---	O	O	O	O	QF	O	XO	O	O	XO	XO	---	---	---	3.80
3		---	O	O	O	XXO	O	QF	O	O	XO	XO	O	O	XXX	---	---	3.80
3		O	O	O	O	O	XO	QF	O	O	O	O	O	XO	XXX	---	---	3.80
7		---	---	XO	XXO	XO	O	QF	O	O	XO	O	XO	XXX	---	---	---	3.75
8		---	---	O	O	O	XXO	QF	O	O	XO	XO	XXX	---	---	---	---	3.65
		---	XXO	O	XXO	O	O	QF	O	O	O	XXO	XXX	---	---	---	---	3.65
		---	O	O	O	O	O	QF	O	XO	XO	XXO	XXX	---	---	---	---	3.65
11		O	O	O	O	XXO	O	QF	XO	XXX	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	3.40
12		---	XO	O	XO	O	XXX											3.60
		O	O	O	O	XXO	XXX											3.60
		---	O	O	XXO	XXO	XXX											3.60
15		XO	XO	O	O	XXX	---											3.50
16		O	O	O	XXX	---	---											3.40
		O	O	O	XXX	---	---											3.40
18		---	O	XXX	---	---	---											3.20
		O	O	XXX	---	---	---											3.20
		XO	O	XXX	---	---	---											3.20
		XXO	O	XXX	---	---	---											3.20
		XO	XO	XXX	---	---	---											3.20
23		O	XXX	---	---	---	---											3.00
		O	XXX	---	---	---	---											3.00
-		XXX	---	---	---	---	---											NM