Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

Men's pole vault at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Date	20 August 2008 (qualification) 22 August 2008 (final)
Competitors	38 from 25 nations
Winning distance	5.96 OR
Medalists
Steven Hooker   Australia   Yevgeny Lukyanenko   Russia   Denys Yurchenko   Ukraine

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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 at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 20 and 22 August at the Beijing National Stadium.^[1]

The qualifying standards were 5.70 m (18.7 ft) (A standard) and 5.55 m (18.21 ft) (B standard).^[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	6.14 m A	Sestriere, Italy	31 July 1994
Olympic record	Timothy Mack (USA)	5.95 m	Athens, Greece	27 August 2004

A new Olympic record was set during this competition.

Date	Event	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
22 August	Final	Steven Hooker (AUS)	5.96 m	OR

Results

Qualifying round

Qualifying performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	5.15	5.30	5.45	5.55	5.65	Result	Notes
1	B	Yevgeniy Lukyanenko	Russia	-	-	-	o	o	5.65	q
1	A	Igor Pavlov	Russia	-	-	o	-	o	5.65	q
3	A	Leonid Andreev	Uzbekistan	-	o	o	o	xo	5.65	q, =PB
3	A	Jérôme Clavier	France	-	o	-	o	xo	5.65	q
3	A	Raphael Holzdeppe	Germany	-	-	o	o	xo	5.65	q
3	A	Denys Yurchenko	Ukraine	-	-	o	-	xo	5.65	q
7	B	Przemysław Czerwiński	Poland	-	-	o	xo	xo	5.65	q
7	A	Jan Kudlička	Czech Republic	o	o	-	xo	xo	5.65	q
9	B	Danny Ecker	Germany	-	-	xxo	-	xo	5.65	q
9	B	Derek Miles	United States	-	-	o	xxo	xo	5.65	q
11	A	Dmitry Starodubtsev	Russia	-	xo	-	xxo	xo	5.65	q
12	B	Steven Hooker	Australia	-	-	-	-	xxo	5.65	q
13	B	Giuseppe Gibilisco	Italy	-	-	xo	o	xxo	5.65	q, SB
14	B	Alhaji Jeng	Sweden	-	-	-	o	xxx	5.55
14	B	Romain Mesnil	France	-	-	-	o	xxx	5.55
16	A	Paul Burgess	Australia	-	-	o	xo	xxx	5.55
16	B	Tim Lobinger	Germany	-	-	o	xo	xxx	5.55
16	A	Maksym Mazuryk	Ukraine	-	-	o	xo	xxx	5.55
16	B	Daichi Sawano	Japan	-	-	o	xo	xxx	5.55
20	A	Jeff Hartwig	United States	-	-	o	xxo	xxx	5.55
20	A	Liu Feiliang	China	-	o	o	xxo	xxx	5.55
22	B	Oleksandr Korchmid	Ukraine	-	-	o	xxx		5.45
22	B	Mikko Latvala	Finland	-	-	o	-	xxx	5.45
24	A	Jesper Fritz	Sweden	-	xo	o	xxx		5.45
25	B	Spas Bukhalov	Bulgaria	-	-	xo	-	xxx	5.45
25	B	Fábio Gomes da Silva	Brazil	-	-	xo	xxx		5.45
25	A	Giovanni Lanaro	Mexico	-	-	xo	xxx		5.45
28	B	Aleksandr Averbukh	Israel	-	-	xxo	-	xxx	5.45
28	B	Kevin Rans	Belgium	-	o	xxo	xxx		5.45
30	B	Štěpán Janáček	Czech Republic	o	o	-	xxx		5.30
30	B	Dominic Johnson	Saint Lucia	-	o	xxx			5.30
32	A	Jurij Rovan	Slovenia	xx-	o	xxx			5.30
	B	Lázaro Borges	Cuba	-	xxx				NM
	A	Germán Chiaraviglio	Argentina	-	xxx				NM
	A	Iliyan Efremov	Bulgaria	xxx					NM
	A	Kim Yoo-Suk	South Korea	-	xxx				NM
	A	Steven Lewis	Great Britain	-	-	xxx			NM
	A	Brad Walker	United States	-	-	-	-	xxx	NM

Final

The final was held on August 22.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	5.45	5.60	5.70	5.75	5.80	5.85	5.90	5.96	Result	Notes[3]
	Steven Hooker	Australia	-	o	-	-	xxo	xxo	xxo	xxo	5.96	OR
	Yevgeny Lukyanenko	Russia	-	xxo	o	-	o	xxo	xxx		5.85
	Denys Yurchenko	Ukraine	xxo	xo	o						5.70
4	Derek Miles	United States	o	xxo	xo	-	xxx				5.70
5	Dmitry Starodubtsev	Russia	xxo	xxo	xo	-	xxx				5.70
6	Danny Ecker	Germany	xo	-	xxo	xxx					5.70
7	Jérôme Clavier	France	xo	o	xxx						5.60
8	Raphael Holzdeppe	Germany	o	xo	xxx						5.60
9	Igor Pavlov	Russia	-	xxo	-	xxx					5.60
10	Jan Kudlička	Czech Republic	o	xxx							5.45
11	Przemysław Czerwiński	Poland	xo	xxx							5.45
	Giuseppe Gibilisco	Italy	xxx								NM
	Leonid Andreev	Uzbekistan	xxx								NM

WR - World Record / =SB - Equal Season Best / PB - Personal Best / SB - Season Best

References

• sports-reference

1. "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
2. "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
3. "Olympic Games 2008 - Pole Vault M Final". IAAF. Archived from the original on 24 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-22.