Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The men’s pole vault field event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 1 & 2. Controversy arose when defending champion Bob Seagren and Sweden’s Kjell Isaksson new Cata-Pole was declared to be illegal by the IAAF on 25 July. The pole was banned based on the fact that the pole contained carbon fibers after an East German lead protest revealed that it contained no carbon fibers the ban was lifted on 27 August. Three days later the IAAF reversed itself again reinstating the ban.