Table: athletics at the 1952 summer olympics - men 's pole vault
[['athlete', 'nationality', '3.60', '3.80', '3.95', 'result'], ['bob richards', 'united states', '-', '-', 'o', '4.55 or'], ['don laz', 'united states', '-', '-', 'o', '4.50'], ['ragnar lundberg', 'sweden', '-', '-', 'o', '4.40'], ['petro denysenko', 'soviet union', '-', '-', 'o', '4.40'], ['valto olenius', 'finland', '-', '-', '-', '4.30'], ['bunkichi sawada', 'japan', '-', 'o', 'xxo', '4.20'], ['volodymyr brazhnyk', 'soviet union', '-', 'o', 'o', '4.20'], ['viktor knyazev', 'soviet union', '-', 'o', 'o', '4.20'], ['george mattos', 'united states', '-', '-', 'o', '4.20'], ['erkki kataja', 'finland', '-', '-', 'o', '4.10'], ['tamás homonnay', 'sweden', '-', 'o', 'o', '4.10'], ['lennart lind', 'hungary', '-', 'o', 'o', '4.10'], ['milan milakov', 'yugoslavia', '-', 'o', 'xo', '4.10'], ['rigas efstathiadis', 'greece', '-', 'o', 'o', '3.95'], ['torfy bryngeirsson', 'iceland', '-', 'o', 'o', '3.95'], ['erling kaas', 'norway', '-', 'o', 'xxx', '3.80'], ['theodosios balafas', 'greece', 'o', 'o', 'xxx', '3.80'], ['jukka piironen', 'finland', '-', 'xo', 'xx', '3.80'], ['zeno dragomir', 'romania', '-', 'xo', 'xx', '3.80']]
Statement: Bunkichi Sawada was the only entrant , out of those who finished in the top 12 , who faulted At The 3.95 height -- and he faulted 2 times!
Statement: although Petro Denysenko vaulted just as high as Ragnar Lundberg , Ragnar Lundberg was ultimately placed in third
Statement: in 6th place from Japan , Bunkichi Sawada was the highest finisher from a country outside of europe and north america
Statement: both the gold and silver medal (first and second place) were won by the United State
Statement: Bob Richards was the gold medalist , as he vaulted higher than anyone else