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1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

The final of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics was held on Sunday August 10, 1997, in Athens, Greece.

Medalists edit

Gold   Sergey Bubka
Ukraine (UKR)
Silver   Maksim Tarasov
Russia (RUS)
Bronze   Dean Starkey
United States (USA)

Schedule edit

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
08.08.1997 – 17:30h 08.08.1997 – 17:30h
Final Round
10.08.1997 – 17:30h

Abbreviations edit

  • All results shown are in metres
Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
World Record   Sergey Bubka (UKR) 6.14 m July 31, 1994   Sestriere, Italy
Event Record   Sergey Bubka (UKR) 6.00 m August 19, 1993   Stuttgart, Germany
Broken records during the 1997 World Athletics Championships
Event Record   Sergey Bubka (UKR) 6.01 m August 10, 1997   Athens, Greece

Results edit

Qualification edit

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Group A edit

Rank Name 5.30 5.45 5.60 5.70 Result Notes
1   Tim Lobinger (GER) - o o o 5.70 q
1   Maksim Tarasov (RUS) - - - o 5.70 q
3   Sergey Bubka (UKR) - - - xo 5.70 q
3   Nick Buckfield (GBR) o o o xo 5.70 q
5   Trond Barthel (NOR) - xo xo xo 5.70 q
6   Pat Manson (USA) - o o xxo 5.70 q
7   Danny Krasnov (ISR) - xo o xxo 5.70 q
8   Juan Gabriel Concepción (ESP) xxo xxo o xxx 5.60
9   Alain Andji (FRA) - o xxo xxx 5.60
9   Andrei Tivontschik (GER) - - xxo xxx 5.60
11   Peter Widen (SWE) - o xxx 5.45
12   Ilian Efremov (BUL) xxo o xxx 5.45
13   Vesa Rantanen (FIN) o xo xxx 5.45
14   Andrea Giannini (ITA) xo xo xxx 5.45
15   Edgardo Díaz (PUR) o xxo xxx 5.45
16   Ruhan Işim (TUR) xxo xxx 5.30
–   Okkert Brits (RSA) - - xx- x NM
–   Lawrence Johnson (USA) - - xxx NM
–   Aleksandr Korchagin (KAZ) xxx NM
–   Montxu Miranda (ESP) - DNF

Group B edit

Rank Name 5.30 5.45 5.60 5.70 Result Notes
1   Martin Eriksson (SWE) - o xo o 5.70 q
2   Yevgeniy Smiryagin (RUS) xo o xxo o 5.70 q
3   Jean Galfione (FRA) - xo - xo 5.70 q
4   Vadim Strogalyov (RUS) - xxo - xo 5.70 q
5   Riaan Botha (RSA) - - o xxo 5.70 q
6   Dean Starkey (USA) - xo xo xxo 5.70 q
7   Igor Potapovich (KAZ) - - o xxx 5.60
8   Khalid Lachheb (FRA) xo o xo xxx 5.60
9   Michael Stolle (GER) o o xxo xxx 5.60
10   Fabio Pizzolato (ITA) xxo o xxo xxx 5.60
11   Paul Gibbons (NZL) o xo xxx 5.45
12   Laurens Looije (NED) o xxx 5.30
12   Vyacheslav Shuteyev (UKR) o xxx 5.30
–   Heikki Vaaraniemi (FIN) - xxx NM
–   Javier García (ESP) - xxx NM
–   Stavros Tsitouras (GRE) - xxx NM
–   Martin Voss (DEN) xxx NM
–   Jurij Rovan (SLO) xxx NM
–   Dmitriy Markov (BLR) DNS

Final edit

Rank Name 5.50 5.70 5.80 5.86 5.91 5.96 6.01 6.06 6.15 Result Notes
    Sergey Bubka (UKR) - xo - - xo - o - DNF 6.01 CR
    Maksim Tarasov (RUS) - xo - o xxo o x- xx 5.96
    Dean Starkey (USA) xo o o xxo xxo x- xx 5.91 SB
4   Tim Lobinger (GER) o o o xxx 5.80
5   Nick Buckfield (GBR) o o xxx 5.70
6   Pat Manson (USA) xo o xxx 5.70
7   Vadim Strogalyov (RUS) o xxo xxx 5.70
8   Yevgeniy Smiryagin (RUS) xo xxo xxx 5.70
9   Martin Eriksson (SWE) o xxx 5.50
9   Danny Krasnov (ISR) o xxx 5.50
11   Trond Barthel (NOR) xo xxx 5.50
—   Riaan Botha (RSA) - xxx NM
—   Jean Galfione (FRA) - xxx NM
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