t-and-f: pole vault qualifying question

for the men's qualifying round yesterday, 5.75 was the automatic qualifier, or the best 12, for the finals. 13 cleared 5.70 and the bar never advanced to 5.75. Rens Blom of the Netherlands was left out of the final based on misses, even though he could have got in if he had the opportunity to

t-and-f: pole vault qualifying question

Message text written by Shawn Devereaux for the men's qualifying round yesterday, 5.75 was the automatic qualifier, or the best 12, for the finals. 13 cleared 5.70 and the bar never advanced to 5.75. Rens Blom of the Netherlands was left out of the final based on misses, even though he could

Re: t-and-f: pole vault qualifying question

Bob Hersh and Garry Hill both posted corrections to Shawn's understanding of Rens Blom's qualification. Earlier, off-list, I had asked Shawn a further question about the officials' latitude in making this sort of ad hoc decision. I wonder whether someone can provide an answer: (Shawn) Any idea

Re: t-and-f: pole vault qualifying question

Thanks to everybody for all the answers. My confusion was from the fact that the IAAF website has Blom listed as a non-qualifier. s.devereaux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 8/8/01 04:59:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: for the men's qualifying round yesterday, 5.75 was the