2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany will be held between 20 August and 22 August 2009.

Reigning Olympic champion Steven Hooker came into the competition nursing a pulled hamstring incurred 12 days before the championships. Minimizing his effort, he only took one (successful) attempt in qualifying and two attempts in the final. Hooker waited until only three other competitors were left in the field. Hooker agonized in the pit after missing his attempt at 5.85, then watched Romain Mesnil clear. After one failure Renaud Lavillenie joined Hooker in passing to the next height while Maksym Mazuryk, who had passed to get to 5.85 exhausted his attempts. Constantly stretching and massaging his hamstring, Hooker successfully cleared 5.90 with room to spare, leaping from nothing to first place. Mesnil and Lavillenie could not answer.

Medalists

Gold Steven Hooker
 (Australia)
Silver Romain Mesnil
 (France)
Bronze Renaud Lavillenie
 (France)

Records

World record  Sergey Bubka (UKR) 6.14 Sestriere, Italy 31 July 1994
Championship record  Dmitri Markov (AUS) 6.05 Edmonton, Canada 9 August 2001
World Leading  Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 6.01 Leiria, Portugal 21 June 2009
African record  Okkert Brits (RSA) 6.03 Cologne, Germany 18 August 1995
Asian record  Grigoriy Yegorov (KAZ) 5.90 Stuttgart, Germany 19 August 1993
North American record  Brad Walker (USA) 6.04 Eugene, United States 8 June 2008
South American record  Fábio Gomes da Silva (BRA) 5.77 São Paulo, Brazil 7 June 2007
European record  Sergey Bubka (UKR) 6.14 Sestriere, Italy 31 July 1994
Oceanian record  Dmitri Markov (AUS) 6.05 Edmonton, Canada 9 August 2001

Qualification standards

A standard B standard
5.70m 5.55m

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 20, 200910:10Qualification
August 22, 200918:15Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

RankGroupNameNationality5.255.405.555.65ResultNotes
1ASteven Hooker Australia (AUS)---o5.65q
1BRenaud Lavillenie France (FRA)-ooo5.65q
1BAlexander Straub Germany (GER)--oo5.65q
4ARomain Mesnil France (FRA)--xoo5.65q
4AMaksym Mazuryk Ukraine (UKR)-oxoo5.65q
6ADamiel Dossévi France (FRA)-ooxo5.65q
7AGiuseppe Gibilisco Italy (ITA)-ooxxo5.65q
8AMalte Mohr Germany (GER)--xoxxo5.65q
8AAleksandr Gripich Russia (RUS)ooxoxxo5.65q
8BSteven Lewis Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)-oxoxxo5.65q
11BAlhaji Jeng Sweden (SWE)-xoxxoxxo5.65q, SB
12ADerek Miles United States (USA)--oxxx5.55q
12BKevin Rans Belgium (BEL)-ooxxx5.55q
12BDaichi Sawano Japan (JPN)--oxxx5.55q
12BViktor Chistiakov Russia (RUS)--oxxx5.55q
14AJeremy Scott United States (USA)-oxoxxx5.55
15AKonstadinos Filippidis Greece (GRE)ooxxoxxx5.55
16AKim Yoo-Suk South Korea (KOR)xooxxoxxx5.55SB
16AIgor Pavlov Russia (RUS)-xoxxoxxx5.55
16BBjörn Otto Germany (GER)-xoxxoxxx5.55
19BLeonid Andreev Uzbekistan (UZB)xxooxxoxxx5.55
20BEemeli Salomäki Finland (FIN)ooxxx5.40
20BŁukasz Michalski Poland (POL)-oxxx5.40
22ASpas Bukhalov Bulgaria (BUL)-xo-xxx5.40
22AJan Kudlička Czech Republic (CZE)-xoxxx5.40
22ALuke Cutts Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)-xoxxx5.40
22BToby Stevenson United States (USA)-xoxxx5.40
26AYavgeniy Olhovsky Israel (ISR)xoxoxxx5.40
26BJurij Rovan Slovenia (SLO)xoxoxxx5.40
28BDenys Fedas Ukraine (UKR)oxxx5.25
29ATakafumi Suzuki Japan (JPN)oxxx5.25
AJesper Fritz Sweden (SWE)-xNM
BFábio Gomes da Silva Brazil (BRA)-xxxNM
BOleksandr Korchmid Ukraine (UKR)-xxxNM
BBrad Walker United States (USA)DNS

Key: NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result), NR = National record, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Final

RankNameNationality5.505.655.755.805.855.905.95ResultNotes
Steven Hooker Australia (AUS)----x-o-5.90
Romain Mesnil France (FRA)oox-oox-xx5.85SB
Renaud Lavillenie France (FRA)ooxxoox-x-x5.80
4Maksym Mazuryk Ukraine (UKR)oxoox-xx5.75
5Aleksandr Gripich Russia (RUS)oxxooxxx5.75PB
6Damiel Dossévi France (FRA)ooxoxxx5.75PB
7Alexander Straub Germany (GER)xoxoxxx5.65
7Giuseppe Gibilisco Italy (ITA)xoxoxx-x5.65
7Steven Lewis Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)xoxoxxx5.65
10Daichi Sawano Japan (JPN)oxxx5.50
10Viktor Chistiakov Russia (RUS)oxxx5.50
12Alhaji Jeng Sweden (SWE)xoxxx5.50
12Kevin Rans Belgium (BEL)xoxxx5.50
14Malte Mohr Germany (GER)xxoxxx5.50
Derek Miles United States (USA)xxxNM

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