2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
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Pole vault
Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...
event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
2011 World Championships in Athletics
The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011....
was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27 and 29.
Defending champion and Olympic champion Steven Hooker
Steven Hooker
Steven Leslie "Steve" Hooker OAM is an Australian pole vaulter and Olympic gold medalist. His personal best is 6.06 m, making him the second highest pole-vaulter in history behind only Sergey Bubka.-Career:...
came into the meet injured. He was not able to clear his opening height in the trials.
In the final, with three competitors already over 5.85 (including countryman Łukasz Michalski
Łukasz Michalski
Łukasz Michalski is a Polsh pole vaulter.-Achievements:-References:...
), Paweł Wojciechowski strategically passed his remaining attempts. At 5.90, he cleared on his second (and last remaining) attempt for the win. Lázaro Borges
Lázaro Borges
Lázaro Borges is Cuban pole vaulter.He has represented Cuba at 2008 Summer Olympics, but he didn't advance to the Final. Borges won silver medal in 2011 World Championships with 5.90m, setting new Cuban record. His personal best before the competition was 5.75m.-Achievements:- Personal bests :-...
also cleared 5.90, but on his third attempt, setting the national record for Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
in the process. Renaud Lavillenie
Renaud Lavillenie
Renaud Lavillenie is a French pole vaulter.He won the gold medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, but without reaching the final...
edged Michalski for the bronze, because Michalski had a miss at 5.75.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Paweł Wojciechowski ' |
Lázaro Borges Lázaro Borges Lázaro Borges is Cuban pole vaulter.He has represented Cuba at 2008 Summer Olympics, but he didn't advance to the Final. Borges won silver medal in 2011 World Championships with 5.90m, setting new Cuban record. His personal best before the competition was 5.75m.-Achievements:- Personal bests :-... ' |
Renaud Lavillenie Renaud Lavillenie Renaud Lavillenie is a French pole vaulter.He won the gold medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, but without reaching the final... ' |
Records
| World record | 6.14 | Sestriere Sestriere Sestriere is an alpine village in Italy, a comune of the Province of Turin. It is from the French border. Its name derives from Latin: ad petram sistrariam, that is at sixty Roman miles from Turin.... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
31 July 1994 | |
| Championship record | 6.05 | Edmonton Edmonton Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census... , Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... |
9 August 2001 | |
| World Leading | 5.91 | Szczecin Szczecin Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427.... , Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... |
15 August 2011 | |
| African record | 6.03 | Cologne Cologne Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
18 August 1995 | |
| Asian record | 5.90 | Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , Germany |
19 August 1993 | |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | 6.04 | Eugene Eugene, Oregon Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
8 June 2008 | |
| South American record | 5.80 | São Caetano do Sul São Caetano do Sul São Caetano do Sul is a city in São Paulo state in Brazil, located in the Greater São Paulo Metropolitan Area. It is the city with the highest per capita income in Brazil and it also has the highest Human Development Index .-Geography:São Caetano do Sul is located on a plateau that is part of the... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |
26 February 2011 | |
| European record | 6.14 | Sestriere, Italy | 31 July 1994 | |
| Oceanian record | 6.05 | Edmonton, Canada | 9 August 2001 |
Qualification standards
| A standard | B standard |
|---|---|
| 5.72 m | 5.60 m |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| August 27, 2011 | 10:40 | Qualification |
| August 29, 2011 | 19:25 | Final |
Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 5.20 | 5.35 | 5.50 | 5.60 | 5.65 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Romain Mesnil Romain Mesnil Romain Mesnil is a French pole vaulter. His personal best is 5.95 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Castres... |
- | - | o | - | o | 5.65 | q | |
| 1 | A | Konstantinos Filippidis | - | o | o | o | o | 5.65 | q | |
| 1 | A | Dmitry Starodubtsev Dmitry Starodubtsev Dmitriy Andreevich Starodubtsev ; born 3 January 1986) is a Russian pole vaulter. His personal best is 5.75 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Kazan.-Achievements:-External links:... |
- | o | o | o | o | 5.65 | q | |
| 1 | B | Lázaro Borges Lázaro Borges Lázaro Borges is Cuban pole vaulter.He has represented Cuba at 2008 Summer Olympics, but he didn't advance to the Final. Borges won silver medal in 2011 World Championships with 5.90m, setting new Cuban record. His personal best before the competition was 5.75m.-Achievements:- Personal bests :-... |
- | o | o | o | o | 5.65 | q | |
| 1 | B | Renaud Lavillenie Renaud Lavillenie Renaud Lavillenie is a French pole vaulter.He won the gold medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, but without reaching the final... |
- | - | o | - | o | 5.65 | q | |
| 6 | A | Fábio Gomes da Silva Fábio Gomes da Silva Fábio Gomes da Silva is a Brazilian pole vaulter.His personal best jump is 5.80 metres , achieved in February 2011 in São Caetano, Brazil and 5.65 metres , achieved in February 2011 in Linz, Austria. These are the current Brazilian records.-Achievements:- References :... |
- | - | o | xo | o | 5.65 | q | |
| 6 | A | Malte Mohr Malte Mohr Malte Mohr is an German pole vaulter.-Career:At the 2009 World Athletics Championships, Mohr finished in 14th place with a vault of 5.50 meters.... |
- | - | xo | o | o | 5.65 | q | |
| 8 | A | Mateusz Didenkow Mateusz Didenkow -Achievements:-References:... |
- | o | o | o | xo | 5.65 | q | |
| 9 | B | Jeremy Scott Jeremy Scott (athlete) Jeremy Scott is an American pole vaulter.He finished sixth at the 2009 World Athletics Final. He also competed at the 2003 World Indoor Championships and the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final.... |
- | o | o | o | - | 5.60 | q | |
| 10 | B | Łukasz Michalski Łukasz Michalski Łukasz Michalski is a Polsh pole vaulter.-Achievements:-References:... |
- | o | xo | o | x- | 5.60 | q | |
| 10 | B | Derek Miles Derek Miles Derek Miles is an American pole vaulter, from Tea, South Dakota. A former pole vaulter for The University of South Dakota Track and Field team, Miles is currently an assistant coach for the Coyotes. Miles finished fourth in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. In 2004, he placed... |
- | o | xo | o | - | 5.60 | q | |
| 12 | A | Daichi Sawano Daichi Sawano is a Japanese pole vaulter.His personal best is 5.83 metres, achieved in May 2005 in Shizuoka.-Achievements:-External links:... |
- | - | o | xxx | 5.50 | q | ||
| 12 | A | Paweł Wojciechowski | - | o | o | xxx | 5.50 | q | ||
| 12 | B | Jan Kudlička Jan Kudlicka -References:... |
- | o | o | xxx | 5.50 | q | ||
| 12 | B | Steven Lewis Steven Lewis Steven James Lewis is an English pole vaulter.Lewis was born in Stoke-on-Trent. His personal best jump outdoors is 5.71 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Bydgoszcz, while indoors his best is 5.75 m, achieved in Manchester on 17 January 2009... |
o | o | o | xxx | 5.50 | q | ||
| 12 | B | Igor Bychkov | o | - | o | x- | xx | 5.50 | q | |
| 17 | A | Alhaji Jeng Alhaji Jeng Alhaji Jeng is a Swedish pole vaulter and actor.Jeng came to Sweden when he was just 3 months old, but retained his Gambian citizenship until he was 18 years old, when he applied for and was granted Swedish citizenship... |
- | xo | o | xxx | 5.50 | |||
| 18 | B | Jérôme Clavier Jérôme Clavier Jérôme Clavier is a French pole vaulter.He finished sixth at the 2002 World Junior Championships, seventh at the 2003 Summer Universiade and sixth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships... |
- | o | xo | - | xxx | 5.50 | ||
| 18 | B | Yevgeny Lukyanenko | - | o | xo | xxx | 5.50 | |||
| 20 | A | Raphael Holzdeppe Raphael Holzdeppe Raphael Marcel Holzdeppe is a German pole vaulter.He finished fifth at the 2006 World Junior Championships and won the 2008 World Junior Championships. At the 2007 European Junior Championships he notably got no result, having no-heighted in the qualifying round.His personal best jump is 5.80... |
- | - | xxo | xxx | 5.50 | |||
| 21 | B | Giovanni Lanaro Giovanni Lanaro Giovanni Alessandro Lanaro is a Mexican pole vaulter.-Youth and college:Giovanni Lanaro attended West Covina High School in California; Lanaro pole vaulted as a freshman in high school but suffered a back injury as well as a fractured ankle skateboarding that prevented him from vaulting the next... |
- | xo | xxo | xxx | 5.50 | |||
| 22 | A | Mark Hollis | - | o | xxx | 5.35 | ||||
| 22 | B | Denys Yurchenko Denys Yurchenko Denys Sergiyovich Yurchenko is a Ukrainian pole vaulter with three medals in Indoor Athletics Championships. He also won the bronze medal in the men's pole vault event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.... |
- | o | xxx | 5.35 | ||||
| 24 | A | Jere Bergius | - | xo | - | xxx | 5.35 | |||
| 24 | B | Karsten Dilla | - | xo | - | xxx | 5.35 | |||
| 26 | B | Kim Yoo-Suk Kim Yoo-Suk Kim Yoo Suk is a South Korean pole vaulter.He finished eighth at the 2003 Universiade. He also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final.... |
o | xxx | 5.20 | |||||
| A | Steven Hooker Steven Hooker Steven Leslie "Steve" Hooker OAM is an Australian pole vaulter and Olympic gold medalist. His personal best is 6.06 m, making him the second highest pole-vaulter in history behind only Sergey Bubka.-Career:... |
- | - | xxx | ||||||
| A | Edi Maia | xxx |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.50 | 5.65 | 5.75 | 5.85 | 5.90 | 5.95 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paweł Wojciechowski | o | o | o | x- | xo | xxx | 5.90 | |||
| Lázaro Borges Lázaro Borges Lázaro Borges is Cuban pole vaulter.He has represented Cuba at 2008 Summer Olympics, but he didn't advance to the Final. Borges won silver medal in 2011 World Championships with 5.90m, setting new Cuban record. His personal best before the competition was 5.75m.-Achievements:- Personal bests :-... |
o | o | xxo | o | xxo | xxx | 5.90 | NR Cuban records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Cuba maintained by its national athletics federation: Federación Cubana de Atletismo .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to longer distance# = not officially ratified by IAAF... |
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| Renaud Lavillenie Renaud Lavillenie Renaud Lavillenie is a French pole vaulter.He won the gold medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, but without reaching the final... |
- | o | o | o | xxx | 5.85 | ||||
| Łukasz Michalski Łukasz Michalski Łukasz Michalski is a Polsh pole vaulter.-Achievements:-References:... |
o | o | xo | o | xxx | 5.85 | PB | |||
| Malte Mohr Malte Mohr Malte Mohr is an German pole vaulter.-Career:At the 2009 World Athletics Championships, Mohr finished in 14th place with a vault of 5.50 meters.... |
o | xo | o | xxo | xxx | 5.85 | ||||
| Konstantinos Filippidis | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 5.75 | NR Greek records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Greece maintained by Greece's national athletics federation: Association Hellenique d'Athlétisme Amateur .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not officially ratified by IAAF... |
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| Mateusz Didenkow Mateusz Didenkow -Achievements:-References:... |
xo | xo | xxo | xxx | 5.75 | =PB | ||||
| Fábio Gomes da Silva Fábio Gomes da Silva Fábio Gomes da Silva is a Brazilian pole vaulter.His personal best jump is 5.80 metres , achieved in February 2011 in São Caetano, Brazil and 5.65 metres , achieved in February 2011 in Linz, Austria. These are the current Brazilian records.-Achievements:- References :... |
xo | o | xxx | 5.65 | ||||||
| Jan Kudlička Jan Kudlicka -References:... |
o | xo | xxx | 5.65 | SB | |||||
| Steven Lewis Steven Lewis Steven James Lewis is an English pole vaulter.Lewis was born in Stoke-on-Trent. His personal best jump outdoors is 5.71 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Bydgoszcz, while indoors his best is 5.75 m, achieved in Manchester on 17 January 2009... |
o | xo | xxx | 5.65 | SB | |||||
| Jeremy Scott Jeremy Scott (athlete) Jeremy Scott is an American pole vaulter.He finished sixth at the 2009 World Athletics Final. He also competed at the 2003 World Indoor Championships and the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final.... |
o | xo | xxx | 5.65 | ||||||
| 12 | Dmitry Starodubtsev Dmitry Starodubtsev Dmitriy Andreevich Starodubtsev ; born 3 January 1986) is a Russian pole vaulter. His personal best is 5.75 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Kazan.-Achievements:-External links:... |
xo | xo | xxx | 5.65 | |||||
| 13 | Derek Miles Derek Miles Derek Miles is an American pole vaulter, from Tea, South Dakota. A former pole vaulter for The University of South Dakota Track and Field team, Miles is currently an assistant coach for the Coyotes. Miles finished fourth in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. In 2004, he placed... |
o | xxo | xxx | 5.65 | |||||
| 14 | Daichi Sawano Daichi Sawano is a Japanese pole vaulter.His personal best is 5.83 metres, achieved in May 2005 in Shizuoka.-Achievements:-External links:... |
xo | xxo | xxx | 5.65 | SB | ||||
Romain Mesnil
Romain Mesnil is a French pole vaulter. His personal best is 5.95 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Castres...
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External links
- Pole vault results at IAAF website