2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault


The men's pole vault at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 8 August.

Summary

Of the twelve finalists, only three reached 5.75 metres without any fails: Olympic bronze medalist Sam Kendricks, world record holder Renaud Lavillenie and Xue Changrui. Two Polish vaulters, Piotr Lisek and Paweł Wojciechowski, also cleared that height but with previous misses. Kendricks and Xue succeeded first time at 5.82 metres, while all the others passed after one failure to the next height, 5.89 metres. Kendricks and Lisek cleared that height on their first attempts, and Lavillenie on his last attempt, with Xue and Wojciechowski failing to clear that height and leaving the three medallists confirmed. All three were unsuccessful in their first two tries at 5.95 metres, and on the third try Kendrick succeeded, Lisek failed, and Lavillenie passed. Both Kendricks and Lavillenie failed at 6.01 metres, leaving Lavillenie with bronze and Kendricks with gold.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthleteDateLocation
World6.16Renaud Lavillenie5 Feb 2014Donetsk, Ukraine
Championship6.05Dmitri Markov9 Aug 2001Edmonton, Canada
World leading6.00Sam Kendricks24 Jun 2017Sacramento, United States
African6.03Okkert Brits18 Aug 1995Cologne, Germany
Asian5.92Igor PotapovichStockholm, Sweden
NACAC6.04Brad Walker8 Jun 2008Eugene, OR, United States
South American6.03Thiago Braz da Silva15 Aug 2016Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
European6.16Renaud Lavillenie15 Feb 2014Donetsk, Ukraine
Oceanian6.06Steven Hooker7 Feb 2009Boston, MA, United States

The following records were set at the competition:
RecordAthleteDate
Chinese5.82Xue Changrui8 Aug 2017

[|Qualification] standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 5.70 metres.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time, was as follows:
DateTimeRound
6 August10:40Qualification
8 August19:35Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on 6 August, in two groups, both starting at 10:40. Athletes attaining a mark of 5.75 metres or at least the 12 best performers qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
RankGroupNameNationality5.305.455.605.70MarkNotes
1ARenaud Lavillenie--oo5.70
1APiotr Lisekoooo5.70
3BSam Kendricksooxxoo5.70
4BShawnacy Barberoooxxo5.70
5AAxel Chapellexoooxxo5.70
5ARaphael Holzdeppe-oxoxxo5.70
7BPaweł Wojciechowski-oxxoxxo5.70
8AArmand Duplantisxxoxoxoxxo5.70
9BArnaud Artoooxxx5.60
10AXue Changrui-xooxxx5.60
11BKurtis Marschalloxxooxxx5.60
11BYao Jieoxxooxxx5.60
13BChristopher Nilsenooxoxxx5.60
14BValentin Lavillenie-xoxoxxx5.60
15AAndrew Irwinxxooxoxxx5.60
16AAdrián Vallésxxoxoxoxxx5.60
17AVladyslav Malykhinxxooxxoxxx5.60
18AJan Kudlička-oxxx5.45
18BHiroki Ogitaooxxx5.45
20AGermán Chiaraviglioxooxxx5.45
21AEmmanouil Karálisxxooxxx5.45
22AIlya Mudrovoxoxxx5.45
22AIvan Horvatoxoxxx5.45
22BKévin Menaldo-xoxxx5.45
25BMichal Balnerxoxxoxxx5.45
26ASeito Yamamotooxxx5.30
BDiogo Ferreiraxxx
BIgor Bychkovxxx
BMenno Vloon-x--
BKonstantinos Filippidis----

Final

The final took place on 8 August at 19:42. The results were as follows:
RankNameNationality5.505.655.755.825.895.956.01MarkNotes
Sam Kendricksoooooxxoxr5.95
Piotr Lisekoxxoox-oxxx5.89
Renaud Lavillenieoox-xoxx-x5.89
4Xue Changruiooooxxx5.82'
5Paweł Wojciechowskiooxox-xx5.75
6Axel Chapelleooxxx5.65
7Kurtis Marschallxooxxx5.65
8Shawnacy Barberxoxxoxxx5.65
9Armand Duplantisoxxx5.50
Arnaud Artxxx'
Raphael Holzdeppexxx'
Yao Jiexxx'