2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

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

Official Video

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

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

Records

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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

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A standard B standard
5.72 m 5.60 m

Schedule

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

Results

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Qualification

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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

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Rank Name Nationality 5.50 5.65 5.75 5.85 5.90 5.95 Result Notes
  Paweł Wojciechowski   Poland (POL) o o o x- xo xxx 5.90
  Lázaro Borges   Cuba (CUB) o o xxo o xxo xxx 5.90 NR
  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
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