Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault


The men's pole vault competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 25–27 August.

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. Athletes start with a qualifying round. Jumping in turn, each athlete attempts to achieve the qualifying height. If they fail at three jumps in a row, they are eliminated. After a successful jump, they receive three more attempts to achieve the next height. Once all jumps have been completed, all athletes who have achieved the qualifying height go through to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieve the qualifying standard, the best 12 athletes go through. Cleared heights reset for the final, which followed the same format until all athletes fail three consecutive jumps.

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time
DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 25 August 200419:15Qualification
Friday, 27 August 200420:00Final

Records

, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
DateEventNameNationalityResultRecord
27 AugustFinalTimothy Mack5.95 m

Summary

With a first attempt clearance at 5.85m, Giuseppe Gibilisco went into 5.90m with the lead. Tim Mack and Toby Stevenson were the only others to clear 5.85m, both on their second attempt, but Stevenson had the advantage because Mack had an earlier miss. But the medals were not settled because Igor Pavlov saved one attempt for 5.90m. Stevenson and Mack both made it on their first attempt, while Pavlov missed to be eliminated and Gibilisco missed his first. With nothing to be gained, Gibilisco passed to. The only way to unseat Stevenson was a clearance, but nobody could negotiate 5.95 in their first two attempts, leaving Gibilisco with bronze. On his final attempt, Mack slithered over a personal best for the second time in the competition. It was also a new Olympic record. Stevenson put on his helmet to take one last attempt but the bar dragged off, giving Mack the gold.

Results

Qualifying round

Rule: Qualifying standard 5.70 or at least best 12 qualified.
RankGroupNameNationality5.305.505.605.655.70ResultNotes
1BAleksandr Averbukh-o-oo5.70Q
1ALars Börgeling-o-oo5.70Q, =SB
1BPaul Burgess-o-oo5.70Q
1APavel Gerasimov-oo-o5.70Q
1ARuslan Yeremenko-o-oo5.70Q, =SB
6BIgor Pavlov-oxo-o5.70Q
7AToby Stevenson-xoxo-o5.70Q
7BDanny Ecker-xxo--o5.70Q
7ARens Blom-xoxo-o5.70Q
10BDenys Yurchenko-xo-xxoo5.70Q
11BTimothy Mack-oo-xo5.70Q
12AGiuseppe Gibilisco-o-x-xo5.70Q
12BTim Lobinger-oxo-xo5.70Q
14BOleksandr Korchmid-xooxxoxo5.70Q, =SB
15ADaichi Sawanooxoxoxxoxo5.70Q
16ADerek Miles-oo-xxo5.70Q
17BMatti Mononenoo-oxxx5.65PB
18ARomain Mesnil-o-xxoxxx5.65
19AOkkert Britsxo-o-xxx5.60
20BPatrik Kristiansson--xo-xxx5.60
21BNick Buckfieldxooxxo-xxx5.60
22BDmitri Markov-o-xxx5.50
22AVesa Rantanenooxx-x5.50
22AAdam Ptáčekoox-x5.50
25AJurij Rovanxxoxoxxx5.50
26BPiotr Buciarskioxxoxxx5.50
27ASpas Bukhalovxoxxoxxx5.50
28ASteven Hookeroxxx5.30
28BŠtěpán Janáčekoxx-x5.30
28BJavier Gazoloxxx5.30
31BNicolas Guigonxoxxx5.30
31BAdam Kolasaxoxxx5.30
33AKim Yoo-sukxxoxxx5.30
33AMarios Evangelouxxoxxx5.30
AVadim Strogalev-xxx'
ALiu Feiliangxxx'
BIliyan Efremovxxx'
BGiovanni Lanarox'
AGrigoriy Yegorovxxx'
BLeonid Andreev'

Final

RankAthlete5.405.555.655.755.805.855.905.956.00ResultNotes
-oxoo-xooxxoxxx5.95OR
-ooo-xooxxx5.90
-xo-o-ox-xx5.85SB
-ooxoxoxx-x5.80PB
-xxo-oxxx5.75SB
-o-xxoxx-x5.75SB
-oxoxxox-xx5.75
--oxxx5.65SB
-xooxxx5.65
-xooxxx5.65
11-o-xxx5.55
11-oxxx5.55
13-xox-x5.55
13oxoxxx5.55
13-xxo-xxx5.55
16-xxoxxx5.55