| 1 | A | B | C |
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| 2 | Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault - Final classification |  |  |
| 3 | RANK | NAME ATHLETE | HEIGHT |
| 4 | - | Bob Richards (USA) | 4.56 m |
| 5 | - | Bob Gutowski (USA) | 4.53 m |
| 6 | - | Georgios Roubanis (GRE) | 4.50 m |
| 7 | 4. | George Mattos (USA) | 4.35 m |
| 8 | 5. | Ragnar Lundberg (SWE) | 4.25 m |
| 9 | 6. | Zenon Wazny (POL) | 4.25 m |
| 10 | 7. | Eeles Landström (FIN) | 4.25 m |
| 11 | 8. | Manfred Preußger (EUA) | 4.25 m |
| 12 | 9. | Vladimir Bulatov (URS) | 4.15 m |
| 13 | — | Giulio Chiesa (ITA) | 4.15 m |
| 14 | 11. | Anatoly Petrov (URS) | 4.15 m |
| 15 | 12. | Zbigniew Janiszewski (POL) | 4.15 m |
| 16 | 13. | Vitaliy Chernobai (URS) | 4.00 m |
| 17 | — | Matti Sutinen (FIN) | DNQ |
| 18 | — | Peter Denton (AUS) | DNQ |
| 19 | — | Rolando Cruz (PUR) | DNQ |
| 20 | — | Bruce Peever (AUS) | DNQ |
| 21 | — | Victor Sillon (FRA) | DNQ |
| 22 | — | Allah Ditta (PAK) | DNQ |

Question: Which athletes were left by the 4:35?
Answer: By 4.35, there were only four athletes left; the three Americans George Mattos, Bob Gutowski and Richards.