<page_title> Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault </page_title> <section_title> Final classification </section_title> <table> <cell> Bob Richards (USA) <col_header> NAME ATHLETE </col_header> </cell> <cell> 4.56 m <col_header> HEIGHT </col_header> </cell> <cell> Bob Gutowski (USA) <col_header> NAME ATHLETE </col_header> </cell> <cell> 4.53 m <col_header> HEIGHT </col_header> </cell> <cell> Georgios Roubanis (GRE) <col_header> NAME ATHLETE </col_header> </cell> <cell> 4.50 m <col_header> HEIGHT </col_header> </cell> <cell> George Mattos (USA) <col_header> NAME ATHLETE </col_header> </cell> <cell> 4.35 m <col_header> HEIGHT </col_header> </cell> </table>
By 4.35, there were only four athletes left; the three Americans George Mattos, Bob Gutowski and Richards.