2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault


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

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.
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.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record6.16Donetsk, Ukraine15 February 2014
Championship record6.05Edmonton, Canada9 August 2001
World Leading6.05Eugene, OR, United States30 May 2015
African record6.03Cologne, Germany18 August 1995
Asian record5.90Stuttgart, Germany19 August 1993
North, Central American and Caribbean record6.04Eugene, OR, United States8 June 2008
South American record5.92Baku, Azerbaijan24 June 2014
European record6.16Donetsk, Ukraine15 February 2014
Oceanian record6.05Edmonton, Canada9 August 2001

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 5.70 m or at least 12 best performers.
RankGroupNameNationality5.255.405.555.655.70MarkNotes
1ASam Kendricksooooo 5.70
1BPawel Wojciechowski-oooo 5.70
1BRenaud Lavillenie----o 5.70
1BJan Kudlička-o-oo 5.70
1BRobert Sobera-oooo 5.70
1BRobert Renner-oooo 5.70,
7BTobias Scherbarth-oox-o 5.70,
7AMichal Balner-ooxoo 5.70
7AShawnacy Barber-ooxoo5.70
7APiotr Lisek-ooxoo 5.70
11AAugusto de Oliveira-oxxooo 5.70
12AIvan Gertleinxoxoxxoxoo 5.70,
13AGermán Chiaraviglioooooxo5.70
14AKévin Menaldo-oxooxo5.70
15AIvan Horvat-oooxxo5.70,
15ARaphael Holzdeppe----xxo5.70
17BAleksandr Gripich-ooo xxx5.65
17BCarlo Paech--oo xxx5.65
19BThiago Braz da Silva--xxoo xxx5.65
20BHiroki Ogita-ooxoxxx5.65
20ABrad Walker-ooxoxxx5.65
22BYao Jiexoooxoxxx5.65
23BGeorgiy Gorokhovooxxoxxoxxx5.65=
23ASeito Yamamoto-xoxoxxoxxx5.65
25AMareks Ārentsooo xxx5.55
25BKonstadinos Filippidis-oo xxx5.55
27BJacob Blankenship-xoo xxx5.55
28AZhang Weioxxoo xxx5.55
29ASteven Lewisoo xxx5.40
30BNikita Filippovoxoxxx5.40
31BAdrián Vallésoxxo-xx-x5.40
31AArnaud Art-xxoxxx5.40
33Ao xxx5.25
33BVladyslav Revenkoo xxx5.25
ANatán Riveraxxr

Final

The final was started at 19:05.

RankNameNationality5.505.655.805.906.00MarkNotes
Shawnacy Barberoooo xxx5.90
Raphael Holzdeppe-oxoxxoxxx5.90
Paweł Wojciechowski-oo xxx5.80
Renaud Lavillenie--o xxx5.80
Piotr Lisekooo xxx5.80
Kévin Menaldoooxxoxxx5.80
Michal Balneroo xxx5.65
Tobias Scherbarthoo xxx5.65
Augusto de Oliveiraxoxoxxx5.65
Ivan Horvatxoxoxxx5.65
Sam Kendricksxoxoxxx5.65
Germán Chiaraviglioxoxoxxx5.65
13Jan Kudličkao xxx5.50
13Robert Rennero xxx5.50
15Robert Soberaxo xxx5.50
Ivan Gertleinxxx