2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

Events at the 2005 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		women
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

The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 9 and August 11.

Medalists

Gold	Rens Blom Netherlands (NED)
Silver	Brad Walker United States (USA)
Bronze	Pavel Gerasimov Russia (RUS)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
09.08.2005 – 12:10h	09.08.2005 – 13:40h
Final Round
11.08.2005 – 18:35h

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

Qualification

Group A

1. Nick Hysong, United States 5.60 m Q
2. Igor Pavlov, Russia 5.60 m Q
3. Tim Lobinger, Germany 5.60 m Q
3. Dmitri Markov, Australia 5.60 m Q
3. Patrik Kristiansson, Sweden 5.60 m Q
6. Daichi Sawano, Japan 5.45 m q
6. Kevin Rans, Belgium 5.45 m q
8. Jean Galfione, France 5.45 m
9. Piotr Buciarski, Denmark 5.30 m

• Toby Stevenson, United States NM
• Leonid Andreev, Uzbekistan NM
• Vladyslav Revenko, Ukraine NM
• Feiliang Liu, China NM

Group B

1. Pavel Gerasimov, Russia 5.60 m Q
2. Giuseppe Gibilisco, Italy 5.45 m q
2. Danny Ecker, Germany 5.45 m q
2. Rens Blom, Netherlands 5.45 m q
2. Brad Walker, United States 5.45 m q
6. Konstadinos Filippidis, Greece 5.45 m
6. Damiel Dossévi, France 5.45 m
8. Giovanni Lanaro, Mexico 5.45 m
9. Denys Yurchenko, Ukraine 5.45 m
9. Steven Hooker, Australia 5.45 m
11. Jure Rovan, Slovenia 5.30 m
11. Matti Mononen, Finland 5.30 m

• Kim Yoo-Suk, South Korea NM
• Lars Börgeling, Germany NM

Final

1. Rens Blom, Netherlands 5.80 m (SB)
2. Brad Walker, United States 5.75 m
3. Pavel Gerasimov, Russia 5.65 m (SB)
4. Igor Pavlov, Russia 5.65 m
5. Giuseppe Gibilisco, Italy 5.50 m
5. Tim Lobinger, Germany 5.50 m
5. Nick Hysong, United States 5.50 m
8. Daichi Sawano, Japan 5.50 m
9. Patrik Kristiansson, Sweden 5.50 m
10. Kevin Rans, Belgium 5.35 m

• Dmitri Markov, Australia NM
• Danny Ecker, Germany NM

External links

• IAAF results, heats
• IAAF results, final