1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

Events at the 1999 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Thursday 26 August 1999 at 19:10h.

Medalists

Gold	Maksim Tarasov Russia (RUS)
Silver	Dmitriy Markov Australia (AUS)
Bronze	Aleksandr Averbukh Israel (ISR)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
24.08.1999 – 19:30h	24.08.1999 – 19:30h
Final Round
26.08.1999 – 19:10h

Records

World Record	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	6.14	Sestriere	31 July 1994
Championship Record	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	6.01	Athens, Greece	10 August 1997

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Name	5.40	5.55	5.65	5.70	5.75	Result	Notes
1	A	Maksim Tarasov (RUS)	-	-	-	o	-	5.70	q
1	A	Dmitri Markov (AUS)	-	o	-	o	-	5.70	q
1	A	Danny Ecker (GER)	o	o	o	o	-	5.70	q
1	B	Michael Stolle (GER)	-	o	-	o	x	5.70	q
1	B	Igor Potapovich (KAZ)	-	o	-	o		5.70	q
6	B	Jean Galfione (FRA)	-	xo	-	o	x	5.70	q
7	A	Nick Hysong (USA)	-	-	xxo	xo	-	5.70	q
8	A	Romain Mesnil (FRA)	-	o	-	xxo		5.70	q
9	A	Tim Lobinger (GER)	o	xxo	xo	xxo	-	5.70	q
10	B	Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR)	-	o	o	-	x	5.65	q
11	A	Montxu Miranda (ESP)	o	xxo	xo	xx-		5.65	q
12	A	Okkert Brits (RSA)	o	o	xxo	xxx		5.65	q
12	B	Danny Krasnov (ISR)	-	o	xxo	-	x	5.65	q
14	A	Pat Manson (USA)	-	o	xxx			5.55
14	A	Martin Eriksson (SWE)	-	o	xxx			5.55
14	B	Jeff Hartwig (USA)	-	o	-	xxx		5.55
17	B	José Manuel Arcos (ESP)	xo	o	xxx			5.55
18	B	Dominic Johnson (LCA)	o	xo	xxx			5.55
19	A	Heikki Vaaraniemi (FIN)	o	xxo	xxx			5.55
19	A	Petr Špaček (CZE)	o	xxo	xxx			5.55
19	B	Vadim Strogalyov (RUS)	-	xxo	xxx			5.55
19	B	Jussi Autio (FIN)	o	xxo	xxx			5.55
23	A	Thibaut Duval (BEL)	o	xxx				5.40
23	A	Martin Kysela (CZE)	o	xxx				5.40
23	B	Javier García (ESP)	o	xxx				5.40
23	B	Martin Voss (DEN)	o	xxx				5.40
27	A	Maurilio Mariani (ITA)	xo	xxx				5.40
27	B	Kevin Hughes (GBR)	xo	xxx				5.40
29	B	Stepan Janacek (CZE)	xxo	xxx				5.40
29	B	Patrik Kristiansson (SWE)	xxo	xxx				5.40
–	A	Fumiaki Kobayashi (JPN)	xxx					NM
–	B	Trond Barthel (NOR)	xxx					NM
–	A	Grigoriy Yegorov (KAZ)						DNS
–	B	Viktor Chistyakov (AUS)						DNS

Final

26 August

Rank	Name	5.50	5.70	5.80	5.90	5.96	6.02	6.07	Result	Notes
	Maksim Tarasov (RUS)	-	o	-	o	xxo	o	-	6.02	CR
	Dmitri Markov (AUS)	-	o	-	o	-	x-	xx	5.90
	Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR)	-	xo	xo	xxx				5.80	NR
4	Danny Ecker (GER)	o	o	xxx					5.70
4	Nick Hysong (USA)	o	o	xxx					5.70
6	Tim Lobinger (GER)	o	xo	xxx					5.70
7	Michael Stolle (GER)	o	xxo	-	xxx				5.70
7	Igor Potapovich (KAZ)	-	xxo	-	x-	xx			5.70
9	Danny Krasnov (ISR)	o	xxx						5.50
10	Okkert Brits (RSA)	xo	-	xxx					5.50
—	Jean Galfione (FRA)	-	xxx						NM
—	Romain Mesnil (FRA)	xxx							NM
—	Montxu Miranda (ESP)								DNS

References

• IAAF
• trackandfieldnews