I thought I was through commenting on this topic, although the questions
raised about Adriaan Paulen's prejudices were tempting. Then, yesterday,
Peter Heidenstrom asked,
Could one of the experts on the list please explain - not
how the snafu developed - but how any snafu could ever
have begun in
Could one of the experts on the list please explain - not
how the snafu developed - but how any snafu could ever
have begun in the first place?
The IAAF rule says The pole may be of any material or
combination of materials, but the basic surface must be
smooth. It says so now, it said so in 1972,
As it happens this was not quite the case.
While Nebiolo would go ahead and instituted many necessary changes, Paulen was
cognizant and even supportive towards the move to fromally cahnge the status in
regard to payments into trust funds for athletes.
There is documentation from the 1978 IAAF
.
Seriously though I'm not a conspiracy theorist but it does make for an
interesting thread.
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A word on Kirk Bryde's message;
He can clearly recall without any doubt That Adrian Paulen (possibly an East
german according to him) was very pro-German, while in fact the Dutch mines
engineer Adrian Paulen all but was executed by Germans during World war II.
Shows that you can compete in
re: Paulen being almost executed by the Germans in World War II
Politicians who did something meritorious four decades prior should be commended, but
should not get a free pass for the rest of their life solely because of it with
regard to their current ability to lead. The primary
The thing I most remember Paulen for was at the 1980 Olympics. The
Moscow crowd around one corner of the stadium was roaring on Konstantin
Volkov and jeering Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz.
The officials were cheating too; holding up flags for the Soviet
vaulter to judge the wind but not for
Ray Cook wrote:
OK...I was only 10, but hadn't the USA won every pole vault gold prior to
Munich with the exception of 1906? OH...and every basketball gold prior to
Munich? And I remember our coach in high school telling us they had the
poles in 1972 so they were readily available. It sure
Interesting, how much our memories of this occasion vary, after 32 years.
Thanks to Ed Grant for chipping in. I think I've switched sides on the
authority of recollection as a function of age at the time. It just may be
that those who have responded as teen-agers at the time have a few more
brain
My recollection was that Paulen was Belgian, but Dutch means I
was close.
They named a big meet after him after he died, didn't they?
Where is that? Ivo van Damme (the Van Damme meet named after
the 800m runner) is Belgian, so I guess the Paulen meet must be in
the Netherlands.
Although Paulen
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My recollection was that Paulen was Belgian, but Dutch means I
was close.
They named a big meet after him after he died, didn't they?
Where is that? Ivo van Damme (the Van Damme meet named after
the 800m runner) is Belgian, so I guess the Paulen meet must be in
the
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My recollection was that Paulen was Belgian, but Dutch means I was close.
Some Europeans would not take that one lightly in any other way than sheer
geographyl. To them, it would be saying 'my recollection was such-and-so was
Mexican, but American means I was close'
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*Bob Seagren's poles. I'm trying to remember the particulars. Of all the
rulings in '72 this was the one I had the most problem with. It had to do
with the pole Seagren was using being on the approved list. There was
was in to me.
Seriously though I'm not a conspiracy theorist but it does make for an
interesting thread.
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