2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

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The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27 and 29.

Defending champion and Olympic champion Steven Hooker came into the meet injured. He was not able to clear his opening height in the trials.

In the final, with three competitors already over 5.85 (including countryman Łukasz Michalski), Paweł Wojciechowski strategically passed his remaining attempts. At 5.90, he cleared on his second (and last remaining) attempt for the win. Lázaro Borges also cleared 5.90, but on his third attempt, setting the national record for Cuba in the process. Renaud Lavillenie edged Michalski for the bronze, because Michalski had a miss at 5.75.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Paweł Wojciechowski
 Poland (POL) 		Lázaro Borges
 Cuba (CUB) 		Renaud Lavillenie
 France (FRA)

Records

World record  Sergey Bubka (UKR) 6.14 Sestriere, Italy 31 July 1994
Championship record  Dmitri Markov (AUS) 6.05 Edmonton, Canada 9 August 2001
World Leading  Paweł Wojciechowski (POL) 5.91 Szczecin, Poland 15 August 2011
African record  Okkert Brits (RSA) 6.03 Cologne, Germany 18 August 1995
Asian record  Grigoriy Yegorov (KAZ) 5.90 Stuttgart, Germany 19 August 1993
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Brad Walker (USA) 6.04 Eugene, United States 8 June 2008
South American record  Fábio Gomes da Silva (BRA) 5.80 São Caetano do Sul, Brazil 26 February 2011
European record  Sergey Bubka (UKR) 6.14 Sestriere, Italy 31 July 1994
Oceanian record  Dmitri Markov (AUS) 6.05 Edmonton, Canada 9 August 2001

Qualification standards

A standard B standard
5.72 m 5.60 m

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 27, 2011 10:40 Qualification
August 29, 2011 19:25 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Name Nationality 5.20 5.35 5.50 5.60 5.65 Result Notes
1 A Romain Mesnil  France (FRA) - - o - o 5.65 q
1 A Konstadinos Filippidis  Greece (GRE) - o o o o 5.65 q
1 A Dmitry Starodubtsev  Russia (RUS) - o o o o 5.65 q
1 B Lázaro Borges  Cuba (CUB) - o o o o 5.65 q
1 B Renaud Lavillenie  France (FRA) - - o - o 5.65 q
6 A Fábio Gomes da Silva  Brazil (BRA) - - o xo o 5.65 q
6 A Malte Mohr  Germany (GER) - - xo o o 5.65 q
8 A Mateusz Didenkow  Poland (POL) - o o o xo 5.65 q
9 B Jeremy Scott  United States (USA) - o o o - 5.60 q
10 B Łukasz Michalski  Poland (POL) - o xo o x- 5.60 q
10 B Derek Miles  United States (USA) - o xo o - 5.60 q
12 A Daichi Sawano  Japan (JPN) - - o xxx 5.50 q
12 A Paweł Wojciechowski  Poland (POL) - o o xxx 5.50 q
12 B Jan Kudlička  Czech Republic (CZE) - o o xxx 5.50 q
12 B Steven Lewis  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) o o o xxx 5.50 q
12 B Igor Bychkov  Spain (ESP) o - o x- xx 5.50 q
17 A Alhaji Jeng  Sweden (SWE) - xo o xxx 5.50
18 B Jérôme Clavier  France (FRA) - o xo - xxx 5.50
18 B Yevgeny Lukyanenko  Russia (RUS) - o xo xxx 5.50
20 A Raphael Holzdeppe  Germany (GER) - - xxo xxx 5.50
21 B Giovanni Lanaro  Mexico (MEX) - xo xxo xxx 5.50
22 A Mark Hollis  United States (USA) - o xxx 5.35
22 B Denys Yurchenko  Ukraine (UKR) - o xxx 5.35
24 A Jere Bergius  Finland (FIN) - xo - xxx 5.35
24 B Karsten Dilla  Germany (GER) - xo - xxx 5.35
26 B Kim Yoo-suk  South Korea (KOR) o xxx 5.20
A Steven Hooker  Australia (AUS) - - xxx NM
A Edi Maia  Portugal (POR) xxx NM

Final

Rank Name Nationality 5.50 5.65 5.75 5.85 5.90 5.95 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paweł Wojciechowski  Poland (POL) o o o x- xo xxx 5.90
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lázaro Borges  Cuba (CUB) o o xxo o xxo xxx 5.90 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Renaud Lavillenie  France (FRA) - o o o xxx 5.85
4 Łukasz Michalski  Poland (POL) o o xo o xxx 5.85 PB
5 Malte Mohr  Germany (GER) o xo o xxo xxx 5.85
6 Konstadinos Filippidis  Greece (GRE) o xo xo xxx 5.75 NR
7 Mateusz Didenkow  Poland (POL) xo xo xxo xxx 5.75 =PB
8 Fábio Gomes da Silva  Brazil (BRA) xo o xxx 5.65
9 Jan Kudlička  Czech Republic (CZE) o xo xxx 5.65 SB
9 Steven Lewis  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) o xo xxx 5.65 SB
9 Jeremy Scott  United States (USA) o xo xxx 5.65
12 Dmitry Starodubtsev  Russia (RUS) xo xo xxx 5.65
13 Derek Miles  United States (USA) o xxo xxx 5.65
14 Daichi Sawano  Japan (JPN) xo xxo xxx 5.65 SB
Romain Mesnil  France (FRA) - xxx NM
Igor Bychkov  Spain (ESP) xxx NM