Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1938 British Empire Games was held on 12 February at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Andries du Plessis	South Africa	13 ft 5+3⁄4 in (4.11 m)	GR
	Les Fletcher	Australia	13 ft 0+1⁄4 in (3.97 m)
	Stuart Frid	Canada	12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
4	Frederick Webster	England	12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
5	Ted Winter	Australia	12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
6	Ian Barratt	Southern Rhodesia	12 ft 4+1⁄2 in (3.77 m)
7	Fred Woodhouse	Australia	12 ft 4+1⁄2 in (3.77 m)
8	Bill Cartwright	Australia	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
9	Arthur Dep	British Ceylon	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
	John Clarke	Northern Ireland	NM

Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games

Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
220 yd hurdles (invitation)	men
440 yd hurdles	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men
110–220–110 yd relay		women
220–110–220–110 yd relay		women
4 × 440 yd relay	men
2 miles walk (invitation)	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women

Pole vault at the Commonwealth Games
Men's	1930 1934 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Women's	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022