2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 30 June and 1 July.

Medalists edit

Gold Renaud Lavillenie
  France
Silver Björn Otto
  Germany
Bronze Raphael Holzdeppe
  Germany

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record   Sergey Bubka (UKR) 6.14 Sestriere, Italy 31 July 1994
European record   Sergey Bubka (UKR) 6.14 Sestriere, Italy 31 July 1994
Championship record   Rodion Gataullin (RUS) 6.00 Helsinki, Finland 11 August 1994
World Leading   Malte Mohr (GER) 5.91 Ingolstadt, Germany 22 June 2012
European Leading   Malte Mohr (GER) 5.91 Ingolstadt, Germany 22 June 2012
Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World and European Leading   Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 5.97 Helsinki, Finland 1 July 2012

Schedule edit

Date Time Round
30 June 2012 13:15 Qualification
1 July 2012 16:15 Final

Results edit

Qualification edit

Qualification: Qualification Performance 5.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final

Rank Group Athlete Nationality 5.10 5.30 5.40 5.50 5.55 Result Notes
1 A Renaud Lavillenie   France o 5.55
2 B Maksym Mazuryk   Ukraine xxo o 5.55
3 A Claudio Stecchi   Italy xo xo xo 5.55
4 A Björn Otto   Germany o 5.50
4 B Raphael Holzdeppe   Germany o 5.50
4 B Jan Kudlička   Czech Republic o o 5.50
7 A Konstadinos Filippidis   Greece xxo o 5.50
8 B Rasmus Jørgensen   Denmark o o o xo x– 5.50 =PB
8 B Sergey Kucheryanu   Russia o xo 5.50
10 B Igor Bychkov   Spain o xo xo xx– 5.50
11 B Malte Mohr   Germany xxo 5.50
12 B Jérôme Clavier   France o xxx 5.30
12 A Stanislau Tsivonchyk   Belarus o xxx 5.30
14 A Max Eaves   Great Britain xo o xxx 5.30
14 A Dídac Salas   Spain xo o xxx 5.30
16 B Eemeli Salomäki   Finland xo xxx 5.30
16 A Andrew Sutcliffe   Great Britain o xo xxx 5.30
18 A Jere Bergius   Finland xxo xxx 5.30
18 A Robbert-Jan Jansen   Netherlands xxo xxx 5.30
20 B Luke Cutts   Great Britain o xxx 5.10
B Marco Boni   Italy xxx NM
B Przemysław Czerwiński   Poland xxx NM
A Alhaji Jeng   Sweden xx– x NM
B Edi Maia   Portugal xxx NM
A Romain Mesnil   France xxx NM
A Pauls Pujāts   Latvia xxx NM
B Nikandros Stylianou   Cyprus xxx NM
A Denys Yurchenko   Ukraine xxx NM

Final edit

Rank Athlete Nationality 5.40 5.50 5.60 5.66 5.72 5.77 5.82 5.87 5.92 5.97 6.02 Result Notes
  Renaud Lavillenie   France xo o xxo o o o xxx 5.97 WL
  Björn Otto   Germany o o xxo xxo xo xxx 5.92 PB
  Raphael Holzdeppe   Germany o o o xxx 5.77 =SB
4 Malte Mohr   Germany o xo xxx 5.77
5 Konstadinos Filippidis   Greece o o xo xxx 5.72 SB
6 Jan Kudlička   Czech Republic o o xx– x 5.60
7 Rasmus Wejnold Jørgensen   Denmark xxo xxo xxx 5.50 =PB
8 Maksym Mazuryk   Ukraine xo xxx 5.40
8 Claudio Stecchi   Italy xo xxx 5.40
10 Jérôme Clavier   France xxo xxx 5.40
Igor Bychkov   Spain xxx NM
Sergey Kucheryanu   Russia xxx NM
Stanislau Tsivonchyk   Belarus xxx NM

References edit