2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 12 July.

Medalists

Gold	Raphael Holzdeppe Germany
Silver	Paweł Wojciechowski Poland
Bronze	Karsten Dilla Germany

Results

Final

12 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Raphael Holzdeppe	Germany	5.50
	Paweł Wojciechowski	Poland	5.40
	Karsten Dilla	Germany	5.30
4	Dezső Szabó	Hungary	5.30
5	Andrew Marsh	United Kingdom	5.20
6	Rasmus Wejnold Jørgensen	Denmark	5.20
7	Hiroki Sasase	Japan	5.10
7	Joe Berry	United States	5.10
9	Anatoliy Bednyuk	Russia	5.10
10	Maston Wallace	United States	5.00
11	Cheyne Rahme	South Africa	5.00
12	Yuya Ariake	Japan	4.85
	Mickael Guillaume	France	NH

Qualifications

10 July

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Anatoliy Bednyuk	Russia	5.15	q
2	Cheyne Rahme	South Africa	5.10	q
2	Maston Wallace	United States	5.10	q
4	Karsten Dilla	Germany	5.10	q
5	Dezső Szabó	Hungary	5.10	q
6	Hiroki Sasase	Japan	5.00	q
7	Noël Ost	France	5.00
8	Scott Huggins	United Kingdom	4.90
9	Sergey Tsybulka	Ukraine	4.90
10	Manuel Concepción	Spain	4.70
	Raphael Darquennes	Belgium	NH

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Raphael Holzdeppe	Germany	5.20	Q
2	Joe Berry	United States	5.10	q
3	Rasmus Wejnold Jørgensen	Denmark	5.10	q
4	Yuya Ariake	Japan	5.10	q
4	Paweł Wojciechowski	Poland	5.10	q
6	Andrew Marsh	United Kingdom	5.10	q
7	Mickael Guillaume	France	5.00	q
8	Deryk Theodore	Canada	5.00
9	Nikandros Stylianou	Cyprus	4.90
10	Laurent Vanhees	Belgium	4.70
11	Ivan Yeryomin	Ukraine	4.70
12	Tomas Krajnák	Slovakia	4.70

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (2)
• Canada (1)
• Cyprus (1)
• Denmark (1)
• France (2)
• Germany (2)
• Hungary (1)
• Japan (2)
• Poland (1)
• Russia (1)
• Slovakia (1)
• South Africa (1)
• Spain (1)
• Ukraine (2)
• United Kingdom (2)
• United States (2)