Compiled By Gerard Dumas

The following data were used to arrive at all-time national and individual
Olympic points rankings. The top eight places in each games were awarded
scores of 10, 7, 6, . . . 1. The greater difference between first and
second, than between other placings, represents the very different meaning
of being the Olympic Champion than in winning other, less prestigious and
more frequently contested events.

At the end of the summaries of place-winners in each Olympic games,
individual and national point scores are ranked. Please address corrections
to Gerard Dumas
 

1896  Athens, 10 April

1 Willian Hoyt                  USA     3.30    10
2 Albert C. Tyler               USA     3.25     7
3 Joannis Theodoropoulos        GRE     2.85     6
4 Evangelos Damaskos            GRE     2.80     5
5 Vasilios Xydas                GRE     2.40     4
 

1900  Paris, 15 July

1 Irving Baxter                 USA     3.30    10
2 Meredith B. Colket            USA     3.25     7
3 Carl Albert Andersen          SWE     3.20     6
4 Emile Gontier                 FRA     3.10     5
4 Eric Lemming                  SWE     3.10     5
4 Jakab Kauser                  HUN     3.10     5
7 Karl J. F. Staaf              SWE     2.80     2
8 August Nilsson                SWE     2.60     1
 

1904  St. Louis, 3 September

1 Charles E. Dvorak             USA     3.50    10
2 Leroy Samse                   USA     3.35     7
3 Louis Wilkins                 USA     3.35     6
4 Ward McLanahan                USA     3.35     5
5 Claude Allen                  USA     3.35     4
- Walter Dray                   USA     NH
- Paul Weinstein                GER     NH
 

1906  Athens, 26 April

1 Fernand Gonder                FRA     3.50    10
2 Bruno Sodestrom               SWE     3.40     7
3 Edward Chester Glover         USA     3.35     6
4 Theodoris Makris              GRE     3.25     5
5 Heikki Ahlmann-Pennola        FIN     3.00     4
5 Georgios Banikas              GRE     3.00     4
5 Otto Haug                     NOR     3.00     4
5 Imre Kiss                     HUN     3.00     4
5 Stefanos Koudouriotis         GRE     3.00     4
 

1908  London, 24 July

1 Alfred C. Gilbert             USA     3.70    10
1 Edward T.Cooke                USA     3.70    10
3 Edward Archibald              CAN     3.58     6
3 Charles S. Jacobs             USA     3.58     6
3 Bruno Soderstrom              SWE     3.58     6
6 Samuel Bellah                 USA     3.50     3
6 Georgios Banikas              GRE     3.50     3
8 Karoly Szathmary              HUN     3.35     1

1912  Stockholm, 11 July

1 Harry S. Babcock              USA     3.95    10
2 Frank T. Nelson               USA     3.85     7
2 Marcus S. Wright              USA     3.85     7
4 William Happeny               CAN     3.80     5
4 Frank D. Murphy               USA     3.80     5
4 Bertil Uggla                  SWE     3.80     5
7 Samuel S. Bellah              USA     3.75     2
8 Frank G. Coyle                USA     3.65     1
8 Gordon B. Dukes               USA     3.65     1
8 William Howard Fritz          USA     3.65     1

1920  Antwerp, 20 August

1 Frank K. Foss                 USA     4.09    10
2 Henry Petersen                DEN     3.70     7
3 Edwin E. Myers                USA     3.60     6
4 Edwin Knourek                 USA     3.60     5
5 Ernfrid Rydberg               SWE     3.60     4
6 Lauritz Jorgensen             DEN     3.60     3
7 Eldon Jenne                   USA     3.60     2
8 Georg Hogstrom                SWE     3.50     1
 

1924 Paris, 10 July

1 Lee S. Barnes                 USA     3.95    10
2 Glen Graham                   USA     3.95     7
3 James Brooker                 USA     3.90     6
4 Henry Petersen                DEN     3.90     5
5 Victor Pickard                CAN     3.80     4
6 Ralph Spearow                 USA     3.70     3
7 Maurice Henrijean             BEL     3.66     2
 

1928  Amsterdam, 1 August

1 Sabin W. Carr                 USA     4.20    10
2 William Droegemuller          USA     4.10     7
3 Charles McGinnis              USA     3.95     6
4 Victor Pickard                CAN     3.95     5
5 Lee S. Barnes                 USA     3.95     4
6 Yonataro Nakazawa             JPN     3.90     3
7 Henry Lindblad                SWE     3.90     2
8 Janos Karlovits               HUN     3.80     1
 

1932  Los Angeles, 3 August.

1 William Miller                USA     4.31    10
2 Shuhei Nishida                JPN     4.30     7
3 George Jefferson              USA     4.20     6
4 William Graber                USA     4.15     5
5 Shizuo Mochizuki              JPN     4.00     4
6 Lucio A. Prado de Castro      BRA     3.90     3
7 Peter Chlentzos               GRE     3.75     2
- Carlos Joel Nelli             BRA      NH      -
 

1936  Berlin, 5 August

1 Earle Meadows                 USA     4.35    10
2 Shuhei Nishida                JPN     4.25     7
3 Sueo Oe                       JPN     4.25     6
4 William Sefton                USA     4.25     5
5 William Graber                USA     4.15     4
6 Kiyoshi Adachi                JPN     4.00     3
6 Sylvanus Apps                 CAN     4.00     3
6 Peter Bacsalmasi              HUN     4.00     3
6 Josef Haunzwickl              AUT     4.00     3
6 Danilo Innocenti              ITA     4.00     3
6 Jan Korejs                    CZE     4.00     3
6 Richard Webster               GBR     4.00     3
6 Alfred Proksch                AUT     4.00     3
6 Bo Ljungberg                  SWE     4.00     3
6 Wilhelm Sznajder              POL     4.00     3
6 Viktor Zsuffka                HUN     4.00     3
 

1948  London, 2 August

1 Guinn Smith                   USA     4.30    10
2 Erkki Kataja                  FIN     4.20     7
3 Robert Richards               USA     4.20     6
4 Erling Kaas                   NOR     4.10     5
5 Ragnard Lundberg              SWE     4.10     4
6 Richmond Morcom               USA     3.95     3
7 Hugo Gollors                  SWE     3.95     2
7 Valto Olenius                 FIN     3.95     2
 

1952  Helsinki, 22 July

1 Robert Richards               USA     4.55    10
2 Don Laz                       USA     4.50     7
3 Ragnar Lundberg               SWE     4.40     6
4 Pyotr Denisenko               URS     4.40     5
5 Valto Olenius                 FIN     4.30     4
6 Bunkichi Sawada               JPN     4.20     3
7 Vladimir Brazhnik             URS     4.20     2
8 Viktor Knyazev                URS     4.20     1
 

1956  Melbourne, 26 November

1 Robert Richards               USA     4.56    10
2 Robert Gutowski               USA     4.53     7
3 Georgios Roubanis             GRE     4.50     6
4 George Mattos                 USA     4.35     5
5 Ragnar Lundberg               SWE     4.25     4
6 Zenon Wazny                   POL     4.25     3
7 Eeles Landstrom               SWE     4.25     2
8 Manfred Preussger             GDR     4.25     1

1960  Rome, 7 September

1 Donald Bragg                  USA     4.70    10
2 Ronald Morris                 USA     4.60     7
3 Eeles Landstrom               SWE     4.55     6
4 Rolando Cruz                  PUR     4.55     5
5 Gunter Malcher                GDR     4.50     4
6 Igor Petrenko                 URS     4.50     3
6 Matti Sutinen                 FIN     4.50     3
8 Rudolph Tomasek               CZE     4.50     1

1964  Tokyo, 17 October

1 Frederick Hansen              USA     5.10    10
2 Wolfgang Reinhardt            FRG     5.05     7
3 Klaus Lehnertz                FRG     5.00     6
4 Manfred Preussger             GDR     5.00     5
5 Gennadiy Bliznyetsov          URS     4.95     4
6 Rudolph Tomasek               CZE     4.90     3
7 Pentti Nikula                 FIN     4.90     2
8 Billy Pemelton                USA     4.80     1
 

1968  Mexico City, 16 October

1 Robert Seagren                USA     5.40    10
2 Claus Schiprowski             FRG     5.40     7
3 Wolfgang Nordwig              GDR     5.40     6
4 Christos Papanicolaou         GRE     5.35     5
5 John Pennel                   USA     5.35     4
6 Gennadiy Bliznyetsov          URS     5.30     3
7 Herve D'Encausse              FRA     5.25     2
8 Heinfried Engel               FRG     5.20     1
 

1972  Munich, 2 September

1 Wolfgang Nordwig              GDR     5.50    10
2 Robert Seagren                USA     5.40     7
3 Jan Johnson                   USA     5.35     6
4 Reinhard Kuretzky             FRG     5.30     5
5 Bruce Simpson                 CAN     5.20     4
6 Volker Ohl                    FRG     5.20     3
7 Hans Lagerqvist               SWE     5.20     2
8 Francois Tracanelli           FRA     5.10     1
 

1976  Montreal, 26 July

1 Tadeusz Slusarski             POL     5.50    10
2 Antti Kalliomaki              FIN     5.50     7
3 David Roberts                 USA     5.50     6
4 Patrick Abada                 FRA     5.45     5
5 Wojciech Buciarski            POL     5.45     4
6 Earl Bell                     USA     5.45     3
7 Jean Michel Bellot            FRA     5.45     2
8 Itsuo Takanezawa              JPN     5.40     1

1980  Moscow, 30 July

1 Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz         POL     5.78    10
2 Radeusz Slusarski             POL     5.65     7
2 Konstantin Volkov             URS     5.65     7
4 Philippe Houvion              FRA     5.65     5
5 Jean Michel Bellot            FRA     5.60     4
6 Mariusz Klimczyk              POL     5.55     3
7 Thierry Vigneron              FRA     5.45     2
8 Sergey Kulibaba               URS     5.45     1

1984  Los Angeles, 8 August

1 Pierre Quinon                 FRA     5.75    10
2 Mike Tully                    USA     5.65     7
3 Earl Bell                     USA     5.60     6
3 Thierry Vigneron              FRA     5.60     6
5 Kimmo Pallonen                FIN     5.45     4
6 Doug Lytle                    USA     5.40     3
7 Felix Bohni                   SUI     5.30     2
8 Mauro Barella                 ITA     5.30     1

1988  Seoul, 28 September

1 Sergey Bubka                  URS     5.90    10
2 Rodion Gataullin              URS     5.85     7
3 Gregoriy Yegorov              URS     5.80     6
4 Earl Bell                     USA     5.75     5
5 Thierry Vigneron              FRA     5.70     4
5 Philippe Collet               FRA     5.70     4
7 Istvan Bagyula                HUN     5.60     2
8 Phillipe D'Encausse           FRA     5.60     1
 

1992  Barcelona, 7 August

1 Maksim Tarasov                RUS     5.80    10
2 Igor Trandenkov               RUS     5.80     7
3 Javier Garcia Chico           ESP     5.75     6
4 Kory Tarpenning               USA     5.75     5
5 David Volz                    USA     5.65     4
6 Asko Peltoniemi               FIN     5.60     3
7 Phillipe Collet               FRA     5.55     2
8 Yevgeny Krasnov               ISR     5.40     1
 

1996  Atlanta, 2 August

1 Jean Galfione                 FRA     5.92    10
2 Igor Trandenkov               RUS     5.92     7
3 Andrei Tivontchik             GER     5.92     6
4 Igor Potapovich               KZK     5.86     5
5 Pyotr Bochkaryov              RUS     5.86     4
6 Dmitryi Markov                BLR     5.86     3
7 Tim Lobinger                  GER     5.80     2
8 Lawrence Johnson              USA     5.70     1

2000  Sydney, 29 September

1 Nick Hysong                   USA     5.90    10
2 Lawrence Johnson              USA     5.90     7
3 Maksim Tarasov                RUS     5.90     6
4 Michael Stolle                GER     5.90     5
5 Dmitryi Markov                AUS     5.80     4
5 Viktor Chystiakov             AUS     5.80     4
7 Okkert Brits                  RSA     5.80     2
8 Montxu Miranda                ESP     5.70     1
 

NUMBER OF TITLES PER NATION:

17      United States
 3      France
 2      Poland
 1      Soviet Union (URS)
 1      East Germany (GDR)
 1      Russia (RUS)

NUMBER OF MEDALS PER NATION:

41      United States
 5      Russia
 4      France
 3      West Germany (FRG)
 3      Soviet Union (URS)
 3      Sweden
 3      Japan
 2      Greece
 2      Finland
 2      East Germany (GDR)
 1      Germany (GER)
 1      Norway
 1      Canada
 1      Denmark
 1      Spain
 1      Kazakhstan
 1      Belarus
 

OLYMPIC POINTS BY NATION:

30 countries had finalists in the 25 games that have been contested since
the beginning of the Modern Olympic Era. Their scores rank as follow:

421     United States
 73     France
 68     Sweden
 49     Soviet Union (URS)
 44     Greece
 40     Poland
 36     Finland
 34     Russia (RUS)
 29     West Germany (FRG)
 28     Japan
 27     Canada
 26     East Germany (GDR)
 19     Hungary
 14     Germany (GER)
 12     Denmark
  9     Norway
  8     Australia
  7     Czech Republic
  6     Austria
  6     Spain
  5     Puerto Rico
  5     Kazakhstan
  4     Italy
  3     Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  3     Belarus
  3     Brazil
  2     Belgium
  2     Switzerland
  2     South Africa (RSA)
  1     Israel
 

OLYMPIANS' POINTS (10-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 gained in finals):

Robert Richards         USA     26      (6+10+10)
Robert Seagren          USA     17      (10+7)
Tadeusz Slusarski       POL     17      (10+7)
Wolfgang Nordwig        GDR     16      (6+10)
Maksim Tarasov      URS/RUS     16      (10+6)
Lee Barnes              USA     14      (10+4)
Sushei Nishida          JPN     14      (7+7)
Ragnar Lundberg         SWE     14      (4+6+4)
Earl Bell               USA     14      (3+6+5)
Igor Trandenkov     URS/RUS     14      (7+7)
Bruno Soderstom         SWE     12      (7+5)
Henry Petersen          DEN     12      (7+5)
Thierry Vigneron        FRA     12      (2+6+4)
William Hoyt            USA     10
Irving Baxter           USA     10
Charles Dvorak          USA     10
Fernand Gonder          FRA     10
Edward Cooke            USA     10
Alfred C. Gilbert       USA     10
Harry S. Babcock        USA     10
Frank K. Foss           USA     10
Sabin W. Carr           USA     10
William Miller          USA     10
Earle Meadows           USA     10
Guinn Smith             USA     10
Donald Bragg            USA     10
Frederik Hansen         USA     10
Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz   POL     10
Pierre Quinon           FRA     10
Sergey Bubka            URS     10
Jean Galfione           FRA     10
Nick Hysong             USA     10
Victor Pickard          CAN      9      (4+5)
William Graber          USA      9      (5+4)
Eeles Landstrom         FIN      8      (6+2)
Lawrence Johnson        USA      8      (1+7)
Albert C. Tyler         USA      7
Georgios Banikas        GRE      7      (4+3)
Meredith B. Colket      USA      7
Leroy Samse             USA      7
Marcus Wright           USA      7
Glen Graham             USA      7
William Droegemuller    USA      7
Erkki Kataja            FIN      7
Donald Laz              USA      7
Robert Gutowski         USA      7
Ron Morris              USA      7
Gennadiy Bliznyetsov    URS      7      (4+3)
Wolfgang Reinhardt      FRG      7
Claus Schiprowski       FRG      7
Antti Kalliomaki        FIN      7
Mike Tully              USA      7
Rodion Gataullin        URS      7
Konstantin Volkov       URS      7
Dmitryi Markov      BLR/AUS      7      (3+4)
Evangelos Damaskos      GRE      6
Carl Andersen           SWE      6
Louis Wilkins           USA      6
Edward Glover           USA      6
Edward Archibald        CAN      6
Frank T. Nelson         USA      6
Edwin Myers             USA      6
James Brooker           USA      6
Charles McGinnis        USA      6
George Jefferson        USA      6
Sueo Oe                 JPN      6
Valto Olenius           FIN      6      (4+2)
Georgios Roubanis       GRE      6
Manfred Preussger       GDR      6      (1+5)
Klaus Lehnertz          FRG      6
Jan Johnson             USA      6
Dave Roberts            USA      6
Jean Michel Bellot      FRA      6      (2+4)
Gregoryi Yegorov        URS      6
Philippe Collet         FRA      6      (4+2)
Javier Garcia-Chico     ESP      6
Andrei Tivontchik       GER      6
Joannis Theodoropoulos  GRE      5
Emile Gontier           FRA      5
Jakab Kauser            HUN      5
Eric Lemming            USA      5
Ward McLanahan          USA      5
Theodoris Makris        GRE      5
Charles Jacobs          USA      5
William Happeny         CAN      5
Frank Murphy            USA      5
Bertil Uggla            SWE      5
Edward Knourek          USA      5
William Sefton          USA      5
Erling Kaas             NOR      5
Pyotr Denisenko         URS      5
George Mattos           USA      5
Rolando Cruz            PUR      5
Christos Papanicolaou   GRE      5
Reinhard Kuretsky       FRG      5
Patrick Abada           FRA      5
Phillipe Houvion        FRA      5
Kory Tarpenning         USA      5
Igor Potapovich         KZK      5
Manfred Stolle          GER      5
Vasilios Xydas          GRE      4
Claude Allen            USA      4
Heikki Ahlman-Pennola   FIN      4
Samuel Bellah           USA      4
Ernfrid Rydberg         SWE      4
Shizuo Mochizuki        JPN      4
Gunter Malcher          GDR      4
Johnn Pennel            USA      4
Bruce Simpson           CAN      4
Wojciech Buciarski      POL      4
Kimmo Pallonen          FIN      4
Pyotr Bochkaryov        RUS      4
Viktor Chystiakov       AUS      4
Otto Haug               NOR      4
Imre Kiss               HUN      4
Stefanos Koudouriotis   GRE      4
Rudoph Tomasek          CZE      4      (1+3)
David Volz              USA      4
Lauritz Jorgensen       DEN      3
Ralph Spearow           USA      3
Yonataro Nakazawa       JPN      3
Lucio Prado de Castro   BRA      3
Kiyoshi Adachi          JPN      3
Silvanus Apps           CAN      3
Peter Bacsalmasi        HUN      3
Josef Haunzwickl        AUT      3
Danilo Innocenti        ITA      3
Jan Korejs              CZE      3
Bo Ljungberg            SWE      3
Alfred Proksch          AUT      3
Wilhelm Sznajder        POL      3
Richard Webster         GBR      3
Viktor Zsuffka          HUN      3
Richmond Morcom         USA      3
Matti Sutinen           FIN      3
Zenon Wazny             POL      3
Brunkichi Sawada        JPN      3
Volker Ohl              GER      3
Mariusz Klimczyk        POL      3
Doug Lytle              USA      3
Asko Peltoniemi         FIN      3
Karl J. F. Staff        SWE      2
Eldon Jenne             USA      2
Henry Lindblad          SWE      2
Maurice Henrijean       BEL      2
Peter Chlentzos         GRE      2
Hugo Gollors            SWE      2
Vladimir Brazhnik       URS      2
Pentti Nikula           FIN      2
Herve D'Encausse        FRA      2
Hans Lagerqvist         SWE      2
Igor Petrenko           URS      2
Felix Bohni             SUI      2
Itsvan Bagyula          HUN      2
Tim Lobinger            GER      2
Okkert Brits            RSA      2
August Nilsson          SWE      1
Karoly Zathmary         HUN      1
Frank G. Coyle          USA      1
Gordon B. Dukes         USA      1
William Fritz           USA      1
Georg Hogstrom          SWE      1
Janos Karlovits         HUN      1
Billy Pemelton          USA      1
Heinfried Engel         FRG      1
Francois Tracanelli     FRA      1
Itsuo Takanezawa        JPN      1
Sergey Kilibaba         RUS      1
Mauro Barella           ITA      1
Philippe D'Encausse     FRA      1
Yegeny Krasnov          ISR      1
 

Notes:

National rankings for Germany are complicated by the division into two
teams during the Olympiads from 1948 to 1988. During this period, they are
listed as FRG (Federal Republic of Germany--West Germany) and GDR (German
Democratic Republic--East Germany). It was not practicable to combine their
data, since this sometimes resulted in more than the three athletes per
nation allowed under the rules.

It will be seen that Canada's commendable total of 27 points reflects the
efforts of only five vaulters--Edward Archibald, William Happeny, Victor
Pickard, Sylvanus Apps, and Bruce Simpson.

Dmitryi Markov (BLR 1996, AUS 2000) and Viktor Chistyakov (RUS 1996, AUS
2000) are the only vaulters to have represented more than one country in
Olympic finals. Sergey Bubka also represented two countries (URS/UKR) but
did not compete in the final when he jumped for Ukraine in Sydney.

Thanks to Sergio Nogueira for resolving a perplexing inconsistency among
sources about the number of Brazilian vaulters in the 1932 Games. It turned
out that two different Brazilian federations sought to enter a total of
three vaulters, although only two competed.

So far, there have been only two father-son combinations to vault in the
Olympics. Herve D'Encausse finished 7th in 1968. while his son, Philippe,
was 8th in 1988. Philippe Houvion was 4th in 1980, while his father,
Maurice, competed in the 1964 Games but was eliminated in the
qualifications.

Only five vaulters--Bob Richards, Ragnar Lundberg, Earl Bell, Igor
Trandenkov and Thierry Vigneron--have scored in three Olympiads.