2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 4 March 2018.[1]

Men's pole vault
at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
VenueArena Birmingham
Dates4 March
Competitors15 from 10 nations
Winning height5.90
Medalists
gold medal    France
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Poland
← 2016
2022 →

Summary

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Only 15 competitors meant only a final was held. Several notable names were eliminated early on; 2015 World Champion Shawnacy Barber; 2016 Olympic champion Thiago Braz da Silva; world junior record holder Armand Duplantis; 2014 World Indoor Champion Konstantinos Filippidis; 2011 World Champion Paweł Wojciechowski; and 2013 World Champion Raphael Holzdeppe. Young newcomers Kurtis Marschall and Emmanouil Karalis cleared personal bests of 5.80m to be among the last contenders. The medalists were decided by a first attempt clearance at 5.85m, by Piotr Lisek, Sam Kendricks and Renaud Lavillenie. At that point, Lavillenie was still clean placing him in first place, Kendricks had one miss for second and Lisek had two misses for third. Six other vaulters had attempts left, many strategically passing to 5.90m after the clearances, but none were able to clear another height. In fact, only Lavillenie was able to get over 5.90 m (19 ft 4+14 in) on his second attempt, confirming his win. Kendricks took one attempt for the win at 5.95m but in the end the podium in 2018 was exactly the same as in 2016.

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World indoor record   Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 6.16 Donetsk, Ukraine 15 February 2014
Championship record   Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 6.02 Portland, United States 17 March 2016
World Leading   Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 5.93 Clermont-Ferrand, France 25 February 2018
  Sam Kendricks (USA)

Schedule

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Date Time Round
4 March 2018 15:00 Final

Results

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The final was started at 15:00.[2]

Rank Name Nationality 5.45 5.60 5.70 5.80 5.85 5.90 5.95 6.00 Result Notes
  Renaud Lavillenie   France o o xo xxx 5.90
  Sam Kendricks   United States o o o x– o xx– x 5.85
  Piotr Lisek   Poland xo x– o xxx 5.85
4 Kurtis Marschall   Australia xo o o o x– xx 5.80 PB
5 Emmanouil Karalis   Greece xo o xo o x– xx 5.80 PB
Raphael Holzdeppe   Germany o xo xo o x– xx 5.80
7 Konstantinos Filippidis   Greece xo o o x– xx 5.70
8 Armand Duplantis   Sweden o xo o x– x– x 5.70
9 Melker Svärd Jacobsson   Sweden o xxo xo xx– x 5.70
10 Axel Chapelle   France o o xxx 5.60
11 Xue Changrui   China o xo xxx 5.60
12 Thiago Braz da Silva   Brazil xxo xxx 5.60
13 Scott Houston   United States xo xxo xxx 5.60
Paweł Wojciechowski   Poland xo xxo xxx 5.60
15 Shawnacy Barber   Canada o xxx 5.45

References

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