Fernand Gonder

Fernand Gonder ( born June 12, 1883 in Bordeaux, † March 12, 1969 ) was a French pole vaulter.

Gonder had in 1904 set the unofficial world record of 3.69 meters, and in 1905 he exhibited in Gradignan 3.74 meters another world record.

As a world record holder, he traveled to the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens. There he won with 3.50 meters ahead of Sweden's Bruno Söderström and the American Edward Glover. So the Summer Olympics games are an exception, but also that in this case did not win American in the pole vault, not only in the usual four-year system. At the official Olympic Games, the U.S. winning streak broke in the pole vault in 1972 with Wolfgang Nordwig.

The official world records were not introduced until 1912. Marc Wright was the first official world record holder with 4.02 meters. At the Olympic Games in 1912 Wright won the silver medal behind his compatriot Harry Babcock, who jumped 3.95 meters. In the qualification also Gondar in 1912 at the start, but could as Fifteenth qualifying with 3.50 meters not reach the final.