Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 10 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Shawnacy Barber from Canada.

Men's pole vault at the 2019 Pan American Games
VenueAthletics Stadium
DatesAugust 10
Competitors11 from 8 nations
Winning height5.76
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Brazil
Bronze medal   United States
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Summary

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The medals were decided at 5.61m, only three cleared it. Among the eliminated was Olympic champion Thiago Braz. Clayton Fritsch couldn't get over 5.71m and Augusto Dutra got over it on his second attempt, while Chris Nilsen still had a perfect round going. Dutra passed the next height, daring Nilsen to get over it. Nilsen was well over the bar on his attempts but peaking well behind the bar, he knocked it off on his first two attempts. On his final attempt at 5.76 m (18 ft 10+34 in) he was still too close to the bar, but managed to snake over it. When he landed with the bar still on its pegs, he celebrated. Both made attempts at 5.81m. At 1cm below his personal best from 6 years earlier, it would have been a heroic jump for Dutra, though still 14 cm below what Nilsen had done just two months earlier to win the NCAA Championships. Neither man made it, leaving Dutra with silver while Nilsen took gold.

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record   Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 6.16 Donetsk, Ukraine February 15, 2014
Pan American Games record   Lázaro Borges (CUB) 5.80 Guadalajara, Mexico October 28, 2011

Schedule

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Date Time Round
August 10, 2019 14:20 Final

Results

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All times shown are in meters.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best DQ Disqualified

Final

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The results were as follows:[1]

Rank Name Nationality 5.01 5.16 5.31 5.41 5.51 5.61 5.71 5.76 5.81 Mark Notes
  Chris Nilsen   United States o o o o xxo xxx 5.76
  Augusto Dutra   Brazil xo xxo xo xxx 5.71
  Clayton Fritsch   United States xo o o xxo xxx 5.61
4 Thiago Braz   Brazil xo xxx 5.51
5 Germán Chiaraviglio   Argentina xo o xo xxx 5.51
6 José Pacho   Ecuador xo xo o xxx 5.41
7 Dyander Pacho   Ecuador o o o xxx 5.31 PB
8 Jorge Luna Estes   Mexico o xxo xxx 5.31
9 Andy Hernández Pedroso   Cuba o xxx 5.16
10 Lázaro Borges   Cuba xo xxx 5.16
Walter Viáfara   Colombia xo xxx 5.16
Antonio Ruiz Dobbs   Mexico xxx NH
Natán Rivera   El Salvador xxr NH

References

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  1. ^ "Men's pole vault − Final − Results" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 10 Aug 2019.