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i have heard a few different answers to this...
does anyone know how you are placed in a meet
if you get the same hieght as some one else?
is it done by misses, or the opening height of each
vaulter? thanks

IF two vaulters jump the same height and can go no further, then the one who jumped the highest on the fewest attempts wins. But for instance lest say that both of these vaulters cleared that height on their first attempts, then the winner is the person who took the fewest total jumps in the competetion. So if two vaulters both jump 13 feet on their first attempts and cleared every other bar on their first attempts but on came in at 12 and the other 12'6, then the one who came in at 12'6 wins because he took one fewer total vautls in the competetion.
Did i just make that way more confusing than it actually is?

BrownPV2009 wrote:Did i just make that way more confusing than it actually is?

Yes because you are wrong.

Total ATTEMPTS have not been factored into the equation since the 40s or 50s.

The first tie breaker is misses at the winning height.

The second tie breaker is TOTAL MISSES.

There is no third tie breaker, other than having a jump off. Generally a jump off is not held unless there is a tie for first place, or a tie for a place which will qualify you for another meet (say you are at Regionals, top 4 go to state, and there is a tie for 4th).

Total ATTEMPTS do not matter, only misses do.

sounds good, thanks guys

what if say two people come in at 8'. one of them misses 2 jumps at 9' but makes it on their third, and then misses 3 at 9'6'' so gets out. the other person misses 2 jumps at 8'6'' but clears 9' on their first attempt. then they also get out at 9'6''.

they both have the same number of misses. is that then settled with a jumpoff? or does person number 2 win because person number 1 got misses closer to the final height. this happened to me before at a meet and i don't relaly know the rules so i took 2nd but now i'm not sure if it should have been a jumpoff.

ya i had people do who had less misses at the last heihgt take it or something?.

pUn70 wrote:what if say two people come in at 8'. one of them misses 2 jumps at 9' but makes it on their third, and then misses 3 at 9'6'' so gets out. the other person misses 2 jumps at 8'6'' but clears 9' on their first attempt. then they also get out at 9'6''.

they both have the same number of misses. is that then settled with a jumpoff? or does person number 2 win because person number 1 got misses closer to the final height. this happened to me before at a meet and i don't relaly know the rules so i took 2nd but now i'm not sure if it should have been a jumpoff.

If they both go out at 9'6" then they would first look at the misses at the last height cleared (9'0"). So the vaulter who cleared 9' on his/her first attempt would win. If there is still a tie then they count total misses. Like Becca said, there is only a jumpoff if it is for first place or a qualifying position. Other than that they just tie and split the points. At least that's the rules for Florida high school. hope this helps.

pUn70 wrote:what if say two people come in at 8'. one of them misses 2 jumps at 9' but makes it on their third, and then misses 3 at 9'6'' so gets out. the other person misses 2 jumps at 8'6'' but clears 9' on their first attempt. then they also get out at 9'6''.

they both have the same number of misses. is that then settled with a jumpoff? or does person number 2 win because person number 1 got misses closer to the final height. this happened to me before at a meet and i don't relaly know the rules so i took 2nd but now i'm not sure if it should have been a jumpoff.

RainBowgirl28 has it summarized for you..

At the tied height (or winning height in your example), you're first vaulter had two misses and your second vaulted had none.
At that point, the tie has been broken. The winner is now known, there is no jump off.