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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.[1]

Men's pole vault
at the 2017 World Championships
Sam Kendricks, the winner of the event.
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates6 August (qualification)
8 August (final)
Competitors29 from 19 nations
Winning height5.95
Medalists
gold medal Sam Kendricks   United States
silver medal Piotr Lisek   Poland
bronze medal Renaud Lavillenie   France
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Summary edit

Of the twelve finalists, only three reached 5.75 metres without any fails: Olympic bronze medalist Sam Kendricks (USA), world record holder Renaud Lavillenie and Xue Changrui (China). 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 edit

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 6.16 Renaud Lavillenie   FRA 5 Feb 2014 Donetsk, Ukraine
Championship 6.05 Dmitri Markov   AUS 9 Aug 2001 Edmonton, Canada
World leading 6.00 Sam Kendricks   USA 24 Jun 2017 Sacramento, United States
African 6.03 Okkert Brits   RSA 18 Aug 1995 Cologne, Germany
Asian 5.92 Igor Potapovich   KAZ 19 Feb 1998 Stockholm, Sweden
NACAC 6.04 Brad Walker   USA 8 Jun 2008 Eugene, OR, United States
South American 6.03 Thiago Braz da Silva   BRA 15 Aug 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
European 6.16 Renaud Lavillenie   FRA 15 Feb 2014 Donetsk, Ukraine
Oceanian 6.06 Steven Hooker   AUS 7 Feb 2009 Boston, MA, United States

The following records were set at the competition:[3]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date
Chinese 5.82 Xue Changrui   CHN 8 Aug 2017

Qualification standard edit

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 5.70 metres.[4]

Schedule edit

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
6 August 10:40 Qualification
8 August 19:35 Final

Results edit

Qualification edit

The qualification round took place on 6 August, in two groups, both starting at 10:40. Athletes attaining a mark of 5.75 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.[6] The overall results were as follows:[7]

Rank Group Name Nationality 5.30 5.45 5.60 5.70 Mark Notes
1 A Renaud Lavillenie   France (FRA) - - o o 5.70 q
A Piotr Lisek   Poland (POL) o o o o 5.70 q
3 B Sam Kendricks   United States (USA) o o xxo o 5.70 q
4 B Shawnacy Barber   Canada (CAN) o o o xxo 5.70 q
5 A Axel Chapelle   France (FRA) xo o o xxo 5.70 q
A Raphael Holzdeppe   Germany (GER) - o xo xxo 5.70 q
7 B Paweł Wojciechowski   Poland (POL) - o xxo xxo 5.70 q
8 A Armand Duplantis   Sweden (SWE) xxo xo xo xxo 5.70 q
9 B Arnaud Art   Belgium (BEL) o o o xxx 5.60 q
10 A Xue Changrui   China (CHN) - xo o xxx 5.60 q
11 B Kurtis Marschall   Australia (AUS) o xxo o xxx 5.60 q
B Yao Jie   China (CHN) o xxo o xxx 5.60 q
13 B Christopher Nilsen   United States (USA) o o xo xxx 5.60
14 B Valentin Lavillenie   France (FRA) - xo xo xxx 5.60
15 A Andrew Irwin   United States (USA) xxo o xo xxx 5.60
16 A Adrián Vallés   Spain (ESP) xxo xo xo xxx 5.60
17 A Vladyslav Malykhin   Ukraine (UKR) xxo o xxo xxx 5.60
18 A Jan Kudlička   Czech Republic (CZE) - o xxx 5.45
B Hiroki Ogita   Japan (JPN) o o xxx 5.45
20 A Germán Chiaraviglio   Argentina (ARG) xo o xxx 5.45
21 A Emmanouil Karális   Greece (GRE) xxo o xxx 5.45
22 A Ilya Mudrov   Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) o xo xxx 5.45
A Ivan Horvat   Croatia (CRO) o xo xxx 5.45
B Kévin Menaldo   France (FRA) - xo xxx 5.45
25 B Michal Balner   Czech Republic (CZE) xo xxo xxx 5.45
26 A Seito Yamamoto   Japan (JPN) o xxx 5.30
B Diogo Ferreira   Portugal (POR) xxx NH
B Igor Bychkov   Spain (ESP) xxx NH
B Menno Vloon   Netherlands (NED) - x- - r NH
B Konstantinos Filippidis   Greece (GRE) - - - - DNS [a]

Final edit

The final took place on 8 August at 19:42. The results were as follows:[9]

Rank Name Nationality 5.50 5.65 5.75 5.82 5.89 5.95 6.01 Mark Notes
  Sam Kendricks   United States (USA) o o o o o xxo xr 5.95
  Piotr Lisek   Poland (POL) o xxo o x- o xxx 5.89
  Renaud Lavillenie   France (FRA) – o o x- xo xx- x 5.89 SB
4 Xue Changrui   China (CHN) o o o o xxx 5.82 NR
5 Paweł Wojciechowski   Poland (POL) o o xo x- xx 5.75
6 Axel Chapelle   France (FRA) o o xxx 5.65
7 Kurtis Marschall   Australia (AUS) xo o xxx 5.65
8 Shawnacy Barber   Canada (CAN) xo xxo xxx 5.65
9 Armand Duplantis   Sweden (SWE) o xxx 5.50
Arnaud Art   Belgium (BEL) xxx NH
Raphael Holzdeppe   Germany (GER) xxx NH
Yao Jie   China (CHN) xxx NH

References edit

  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ "Pole Vault Men – Records". IAAF. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Pole Vault Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Pole Vault Men − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Pole Vault Men − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Χωρίς τον Φιλιππίδη η αποστολή για Λονδίνο". ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΕΣ (in Greek). 2 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Pole Vault Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Konstantinos Filippidis didn't participate due to an injury before the Qualification Round.[8]
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