2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

Men's pole vault
at the 2015 World Championships

Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates 22 August (qualification)
24 August (final)
Competitors 34 from 21 nations
Winning height 5.90
Medalists
 Shawnacy Barber  Canada
 Raphael Holzdeppe  Germany
 Paweł Wojciechowski  Poland
 Renaud Lavillenie  France
 Piotr Lisek  Poland
Events at the
2015 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
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
Demonstration events
Masters 400 m women
Masters 800 m men

The men's pole vault at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 and 24 August.[1][2]

Competition

World record holder and world leader Renaud Lavillenie set his opening height at 5.80, after most of the field had already attempted two heights. He cleared it with one foot to spare on his first attempt. It is believed to be the highest opening height ever attempted. At the end of that round, only six jumpers remained and three others, Shawnacy Barber, Piotr Lisek and 2011 winner Paweł Wojciechowski also had no misses. Returning champion Raphael Holzdeppe also was one of the six to clear 5.80, including several misses.

At the next height, 5.90, Lavillenie cleared the bar easily, but in the wrong position. Each time he knocked it off on his way down. Barber, the National High School Record holder and NCAA Champion from the University of Akron, cleared on his first attempt. On his last attempt Holzdeppe cleared 5.90 to stay in the competition, leaving a three-way tie for the bronze medal between Wojciechowski, Lisek, and Lavillenie.[3]

Barber and Holzdeppe competed for the gold medal at a height of 6.00; both athletes failed to clear it on all three attempts, neither really getting off a serious attempt. Barber's initial success at 5.90 in the previous round gave him the gold medal over Holzdeppe.[4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[5]

World record  Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 6.16 Donetsk, Ukraine 15 February 2014
Championship record  Dmitri Markov (AUS) 6.05 Edmonton, Canada 9 August 2001
World Leading  Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 6.05 Eugene, OR, United States 30 May 2015
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, OR, United States 8 June 2008
South American record  Thiago Braz da Silva (BRA) 5.92 Baku, Azerbaijan 24 June 2014
European record  Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 6.16 Donetsk, Ukraine 15 February 2014
Oceanian record  Dmitri Markov (AUS) 6.05 Edmonton, Canada 9 August 2001

Qualification standards

Entry standards[6]
5.65

Schedule

Date Time Round
22 August 2015 18:40 Qualification
24 August 2015 19:05 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

KEY: QQualified q12 best performers NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: 5.70 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).[7]

Rank Group Name Nationality 5.25 5.40 5.55 5.65 5.70 Mark Notes
1 A Sam Kendricks  United States (USA) o o o o o 5.70 Q
1 B Pawel Wojciechowski  Poland (POL) - o o o o 5.70 Q
1 B Renaud Lavillenie  France (FRA) - - - - o 5.70 Q
1 B Jan Kudlička  Czech Republic (CZE) - o - o o 5.70 Q
1 B Robert Sobera  Poland (POL) - o o o o 5.70 Q
1 B Robert Renner  Slovenia (SLO) - o o o o 5.70 Q, NR
7 B Tobias Scherbarth  Germany (GER) - o o x- o 5.70 Q, SB
7 A Michal Balner  Czech Republic (CZE) - o o xo o 5.70 Q
7 A Shawnacy Barber  Canada (CAN) - o o xo o 5.70 Q
7 A Piotr Lisek  Poland (POL) - o o xo o 5.70 Q
11 A Augusto de Oliveira  Brazil (BRA) - o xxo o o 5.70 Q
12 A Ivan Gertlein  Russia (RUS) xo xo xxo xo o 5.70 Q, PB
13 A Germán Chiaraviglio  Argentina (ARG) o o o o xo 5.70 Q
14 A Kévin Menaldo  France (FRA) - o xo o xo 5.70 Q
15 A Ivan Horvat  Croatia (CRO) - o o o xxo 5.70 Q, NR
15 A Raphael Holzdeppe  Germany (GER) - - - - xxo 5.70 Q
17 B Aleksandr Gripich  Russia (RUS) - o o o xxx 5.65
17 B Carlo Paech  Germany (GER) - - o o xxx 5.65
19 B Thiago Braz da Silva  Brazil (BRA) - - xxo o xxx 5.65
20 B Hiroki Ogita  Japan (JPN) - o o xo xxx 5.65 SB
20 A Brad Walker  United States (USA) - o o xo xxx 5.65
22 B Yao Jie  China (CHN) xo o o xo xxx 5.65 PB
23 B Georgiy Gorokhov  Russia (RUS) o o xxo xxo xxx 5.65 =PB
23 A Seito Yamamoto  Japan (JPN) - xo xo xxo xxx 5.65 SB
25 A Mareks Ārents  Latvia (LAT) o o o xxx 5.55
25 B Konstadinos Filippidis  Greece (GRE) - o o xxx 5.55
27 B Jacob Blankenship  United States (USA) - xo o xxx 5.55
28 A Zhang Wei  China (CHN) o xxo o xxx 5.55
29 A Steven Lewis  Great Britain (GBR) o o xxx 5.40
30 B Nikita Filippov  Kazakhstan (KAZ) o xo xxx 5.40
31 B Adrián Vallés  Spain (ESP) o xxo - xx- x 5.40
31 A Arnaud Art  Belgium (BEL) - xxo xxx 5.40
33 A Fábio Gomes da Silva  Brazil (BRA) o xxx 5.25
33 B Vladyslav Revenko  Ukraine (UKR) o xxx 5.25
34 A Natán Rivera  El Salvador (ESA) xxr NM

Final

The final was started at 19:05.[8]

Gold medal winner, Shawnacy Barber
Renaud Lavillenie clearing his only height
Rank Name Nationality 5.50 5.65 5.80 5.90 6.00 Mark Notes
1st Shawnacy Barber  Canada (CAN) o o o o xxx 5.90
2nd Raphael Holzdeppe  Germany (GER) - o xo xxo xxx 5.90
3rd Paweł Wojciechowski  Poland (POL) - o o xxx 5.80
3rd Renaud Lavillenie  France (FRA) - - o xxx 5.80
3rd Piotr Lisek  Poland (POL) o o o xxx 5.80
6 Kévin Menaldo  France (FRA) o o xxo xxx 5.80
7 Michal Balner  Czech Republic (CZE) o o xxx 5.65
7 Tobias Scherbarth  Germany (GER) o o xxx 5.65
9 Augusto de Oliveira  Brazil (BRA) xo xo xxx 5.65
9 Ivan Horvat  Croatia (CRO) xo xo xxx 5.65
9 Sam Kendricks  United States (USA) xo xo xxx 5.65
9 Germán Chiaraviglio  Argentina (ARG) xo xo xxx 5.65
13 Jan Kudlička  Czech Republic (CZE) o xxx 5.50
13 Robert Renner  Slovenia (SLO) o xxx 5.50
15 Robert Sobera  Poland (POL) xo xxx 5.50
16 Ivan Gertlein  Russia (RUS) xxx NM

References

  1. ↑ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Start list
  3. ↑ "REPORT: MEN'S POLE VAULT FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  4. ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/15th-iaaf-world-championships-4875/news/report/men/pole-vault/final
  5. ↑ "Records & Lists – Pole Vault". IAAF. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  6. ↑ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  7. ↑ Qualification results
  8. ↑ Final results
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