Abstract: A pole vaulting game apparatus consisting of a carriage movable along a track by a manually operable device, a flexible pole carried pivotally by the carriage and having a piece simulating the vaulter frictionally mounted thereon, and a trip device operable to pivot the pole sharply upwardly into a bowed position at a point in the travel of the carriage, and against a stop, whereby the vaulter piece leaves the pole in an upward direction, the object of the game being to cause the vaulter piece to pass over a horizontal bar as in normal pole vaulting.