2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

None The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany will be held between 20 August and 22 August 2009.Men's pole vault results 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 GoldSteven Hooker AUSSilverRomain Mesnil FRABronzeRenaud Lavillenie FRA Records World recordSergey Bubka UKR6.14Sestriere, Italy 31 July 1994Championship recordDmitri Markov AUS6.05Edmonton, Canada9 August 2001World LeadingRenaud Lavillenie FRA6.01Leiria, Portugal21 June 2009African recordOkkert Brits RSA6.03Cologne, Germany18 August 1995Asian recordGrigoriy Yegorov KAZ5.90Stuttgart, Germany19 August 1993North American recordBrad Walker USA6.04Eugene, United States8 June 2008South American recordFábio Gomes da Silva BRA5.77São Paulo, Brazil7 June 2007European recordSergey Bubka UKR6.14Sestriere, Italy 31 July 1994Oceanian recordDmitri Markov AUS6.05Edmonton, Canada9 August 2001 Qualification standards A standardB standard 5.70m 5.55m Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 20, 2009 10:10 QualificationAugust 22, 2009 18:15 Final Results Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. Rank Group Name Nationality 5.255.405.555.65 Result Notes 01 1 A Steven Hooker Australia 2009 World - - - o 5.65 q 01 1 B Renaud Lavillenie France 2009 World - o o o 5.65 q 01 1 B Alexander Straub Germany 2009 World - - o o 5.65 q 04 4 A Romain Mesnil France 2009 World - - xo o 5.65 q 04 4 A Maksym Mazuryk Ukraine 2009 World - o xo o 5.65 q 06 6 A Damiel Dossévi France 2009 World - o o xo 5.65 q 07 7 A Giuseppe Gibilisco Italy 2009 World - o o xxo 5.65 q 08 8 A Malte Mohr Germany 2009 World - - xo xxo 5.65 q 08 8 A Aleksandr Gripich Russia 2009 World o o xo xxo 5.65 q 08 8 B Steven Lewis Great Britain 2009 World - o xo xxo 5.65 q 11 B Alhaji Jeng Sweden 2009 World - xo xxo xxo 5.65 q, SB 12 A Derek Miles United States 2009 World - - o xxx 5.55 q 12 B Kevin Rans Belgium 2009 World - o o xxx 5.55 q 12 B Daichi Sawano Japan 2009 World - - o xxx 5.55 q 12 B Viktor Chistiakov Russia 2009 World - - o xxx 5.55 q 14 A Jeremy Scott United States 2009 World - o xo xxx 5.55 15 A Konstadinos Filippidis Greece 2009 World o o xxo xxx 5.55 16 A Kim Yoo-Suk South Korea 2009 World xo o xxo xxx 5.55 SB 16 A Igor Pavlov Russia 2009 World - xo xxo xxx 5.55 16 B Björn Otto Germany 2009 World - xo xxo xxx 5.55 19 B Leonid Andreev Uzbekistan 2009 World xxo o xxo xxx 5.55 20 B Eemeli Salomäki Finland 2009 World o o xxx 5.40 20 B Łukasz Michalski Poland 2009 World - o xxx 5.40 22 A Spas Bukhalov Bulgaria 2009 World - xo - xxx 5.40 22 A Jan Kudlička Czech Republic 2009 World - xo xxx 5.40 22 A Luke Cutts Great Britain 2009 World - xo xxx 5.40 22 B Toby Stevenson United States 2009 World - xo xxx 5.40 26 A Yavgeniy Olhovsky Israel 2009 World xo xo xxx 5.40 26 B Jurij Rovan Slovenia 2009 World xo xo xxx 5.40 28 B Denys Fedas Ukraine 2009 World o xxx 5.25 29 A Takafumi Suzuki Japan 2009 World o xxx 5.25 98 A Jesper Fritz Sweden 2009 World - x 0.01 NM 98 B Fábio Gomes da Silva Brazil 2009 World - xxx 0.01 NM 98 B Oleksandr Korchmid Ukraine 2009 World - xxx 0.01 NM 99 B Brad Walker United States 2009 World 0.00 DNS Key: NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result), NR = National record, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best Final Rank Name Nationality 5.505.655.755.80 5.85 5.90 5.95 Result Notes Steven Hooker Australia 2009 World - - - - x- o - 5.90 Romain Mesnil France 2009 World o o x- o o x- xx 5.85 SB Renaud Lavillenie France 2009 World o o xxo o x- x- x 5.80 04 4 Maksym Mazuryk Ukraine 2009 World o xo o x- xx 5.75 05 5 Aleksandr Gripich Russia 2009 World o xxo o xxx 5.75 PB 06 6 Damiel Dossévi France 2009 World o o xo xxx 5.75 PB 07 7 Alexander Straub Germany 2009 World xo xo xxx 5.65 07 7 Giuseppe Gibilisco Italy 2009 World xo xo xx- x 5.65 07 7 Steven Lewis Great Britain 2009 World xo xo xxx 5.65 10 Daichi Sawano Japan 2009 World o xxx 5.50 10 Viktor Chistiakov Russia 2009 World o xxx 5.50 12 Alhaji Jeng Sweden 2009 World xo xxx 5.50 12 Kevin Rans Belgium 2009 World xo xxx 5.50 14 Malte Mohr Germany 2009 World xxo xxx 5.50 99 Derek Miles United States 2009 World xxx 0.00 NM References General Specific Pole vault Category:Pole vault at the World Athletics Championships