2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 23 and 26 August 2023.

Men's pole vault
at the 2023 World Championships
Armand Duplantis shortly after the final.
VenueNational Athletics Centre
Dates23 August (qualification)
26 August (final)
Competitors34 from 23 nations
Winning height6.10
Medalists
gold medal    Sweden
silver medal    Philippines
bronze medal    Australia
bronze medal    United States
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Summary

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Rather than apply tiebreakers, all 13 who cleared 5.75m in the preliminary round qualified for the final. Two of them were unable to clear 5.75 again in the final. Through the next height of 5.85m, only five got over the bar. World record holder / defending champion Armand Duplantis and Thibaut Collet remained perfect. At 5.90m Ernest John Obiena, Chris Nilsen and Collet cleared on their first attempt. Kurtis Marschall missed his first attempt, then passed to the next height. Duplantis passed it entirely. At 5.95m, Marschall redeemed his pass, with a first attempt clearance. Marschall is one of only three people to have bested Duplantis in a global competition, at the 2016 U20 Championships when Marschall was 19 and Duplantis was 17. Obiena, Duplantis and Nilsen all followed along making it on their first attempts. Collet missed. The tie was broken putting Duplantis into the lead. Collet passed to the next height, 6 metres. Only Obiena and Duplantis had made 6.00 this year. Duplantis made it easily on his first attempt. Obiena made it on his second. None of the others were able to get over the bar. With two misses each earlier in the competition, Nilsen and Marschall were left with bronze. So Obiena and Duplantis would go to 6.05m. Obiena missed his first attempt, after Duplantis made his first attempt, Obiena passed to the next scheduled height, 6.10m. No previous competition had two competitors left in the competition at 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in). Only Sergey Bubka, Renaud Lavillenie and Duplantis had ever made it. Inexperienced at this height, Obiena missed his first attempt. Duplantis made it to remain perfect through the competition. After Obiena failed on his final attempt, Duplantis was confirmed for the gold medal. Now it was time to move the bar up to a world record attempt. Nobody had ever made an attempt at 6.23 m (20 ft 5+14 in) before. With the crowd eagerly watching and clapping in unison, over the next 20 minutes Duplantis made three attempts, but as in all pole vault competitions, they either end in withdrawal or failure. Duplantis failed to set a new record on this night.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[1]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record   Armand Duplantis (SWE) 6.22 m Clermont-Ferrand, France 25 February 2023
Championship record 6.21 m Eugene, United States 24 July 2022
World Leading 6.12 m Ostrava, Czech Republic 27 June 2023
African Record   Okkert Brits (RSA) 6.03 m Cologne, Germany 18 August 1995
Asian Record   Ernest John Obiena (PHI) 6.00 m Bergen, Norway 10 June 2023
North, Central American and Caribbean record   KC Lightfoot (USA) 6.07 m Nashville, United States 2 June 2023
South American Record   Thiago Braz (BRA) 6.03 m Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 15 August 2016
European Record   Armand Duplantis (SWE) 6.22 m Clermont-Ferrand, France 25 February 2023
Oceanian record   Steven Hooker (AUS) 6.06 m (i) Boston, United States 7 February 2009

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 5.81 m.[2]


Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Date Time Round
23 August 10:15 Qualification
26 August 19:25 Final

Results

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Qualification

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Qualification: 5.80 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).[3]

Rank Group Name Nationality 5.35 5.55 5.70 5.75 5.80 Mark Notes
1 A Armand Duplantis   Sweden (SWE) o o o 5.75 q
1 A Christopher Nilsen   United States (USA) o o o o 5.75 q
1 A Ernest John Obiena   Philippines (PHI) o o 5.75 q
1 A Kurtis Marschall   Australia (AUS) o o o o 5.75 q
5 B Yao Jie   China (CHN) o xo o o 5.75 q
6 B Zach McWhorter   United States (USA) o o xxo o 5.75 q
6 A Thibaut Collet   France (FRA) xxo o o o 5.75 q
8 A Ersu Şaşma   Turkey (TUR) o o xo 5.75 q
9 B Piotr Lisek   Poland (POL) o xo o xo 5.75 q
9 B Robert Sobera   Poland (POL) o o x– xo 5.75 q, SB
11 A Ben Broeders   Belgium (BEL) o o xxo 5.75 q
12 A Claudio Michel Stecchi   Italy (ITA) o xo xxo 5.75 q
13 B Huang Bokai   China (CHN) xo xo o xxo 5.75 q, =PB
14 B Oleg Zernikel   Germany (GER) o o o xxx 5.70 SB
15 B Kyle Rademeyer [fr]   South Africa (RSA) xxo o o xxx 5.70
16 B Zachery Bradford   United States (USA) xo xxo o xxx 5.70
16 B Menno Vloon   Netherlands (NED) xxo xo o xxx 5.70
18 A Zhong Tao   China (CHN) o xo xo xxx 5.70
19 B Baptiste Thiery   France (FRA) o o xxo xxx 5.70
20 A Ethan Cormont   France (FRA) o o xxx 5.55
20 A Sondre Guttormsen   Norway (NOR) o o xx– x 5.55
22 B Juho Alasaari [fi]   Finland (FIN) o xxx 5.35
22 A Gillian Ladwig   Germany (GER) o xxx 5.35
22 A Germán Chiaraviglio   Argentina (ARG) o xxx 5.35
22 A Paweł Wojciechowski   Poland (POL) o xxx 5.35
26 A Pedro Buaró   Portugal (POR) xo xxx 5.35
26 B Vladislav Malykhin   Ukraine (UKR) xo xxx 5.35
26 B Hussain Asim Al Hizam   Saudi Arabia (KSA) xo xxx 5.35
29 B Eduardo Nápoles   Cuba (CUB) xxo xxx 5.35
B Emmanouil Karalis   Greece (GRE) xxx NM
B Dominik Alberto   Switzerland (SUI) xxx NM
B Pål Haugen Lillefosse   Norway (NOR) xxx NM
A Urho Kujanpää   Finland (FIN) xxx NM
A Tomoya Karasawa [de]   Japan (JPN) xxx NM

Final

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The final started on 26 August at 19:25.[4][5]

Rank Name Nationality 5.55 5.75 5.85 5.90 5.95 6.00 6.05 6.10 6.23 Mark Notes
  Armand Duplantis   Sweden (SWE) o o o o o o xxx 6.10
  Ernest John Obiena   Philippines (PHI) o xo xo o o xo x– xx 6.00 =AR
  Kurtis Marschall   Australia (AUS) xo o o x– o xxx 5.95 =PB
  Christopher Nilsen   United States (USA) o o xxo o o xxx 5.95 SB
5 Thibaut Collet   France (FRA) o o o o x– xx 5.90 PB
6 Huang Bokai   China (CHN) o o xxx 5.75 =PB
7 Ben Broeders   Belgium (BEL) xo o xxx 5.75
8 Zach McWhorter   United States (USA) xo xo xxx 5.75
9 Yao Jie   China (CHN) o xxo xxx 5.75
9 Claudio Michel Stecchi   Italy (ITA) o xxo xxx 5.75
9 Piotr Lisek   Poland (POL) o xxo x– xx 5.75
12 Robert Sobera   Poland (POL) o xxx 5.55
12 Ersu Şaşma   Turkey (TUR) o xxx 5.55

References

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  1. ^ "Pole Vault Men − Records". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Results Pole Vault Men - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics. 23 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Start List Pole Vault Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 25 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Results Pole Vault Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 26 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.