1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

None November 2024 The final of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics was held on Sunday August 10, 1997, in Athens, Greece. Medalists Source:Athína (Olympic Stadium) 1997 worldathletics.org 10 August 1997 https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-championships/6th-iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics-6913256/results/men/pole-vault/final/result 24 November 2024 GoldUKR Sergey BubkaUkraine (UKR)SilverRUS Maksim TarasovRussia (RUS)BronzeUSA Dean StarkeyUnited States (USA) Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B08.08.1997 – 17:30h08.08.1997 – 17:30hFinal Round10.08.1997 – 17:30h Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Records Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships World Record Sergey Bubka UKR 6.14 m July 31, 1994 ITA Sestriere, Italy Event Record Sergey Bubka UKR 6.00 m August 19, 1993 GER Stuttgart, Germany Broken records during the 1997 World Athletics Championships Event Record Sergey Bubka UKR 6.01 m August 10, 1997 GRE Athens, Greece Results Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. Group A RankName5.305.455.605.70ResultNotes1Tim Lobinger GER – o o o 5.70 q1Maksim Tarasov RUS – – – o 5.70 q3Sergey Bubka UKR – – – xo 5.70 q3Nick Buckfield GBR o o o xo 5.70 q5Trond Barthel NOR – xo xo xo 5.70 q6Pat Manson USA – o o xxo 5.70 q7Danny Krasnov ISR – xo o xxo 5.70 q8Juan Gabriel Concepción ESP xxo xxo o xxx 5.609Alain Andji FRA – o xxo xxx 5.609Andrei Tivontschik GER – – xxo xxx 5.6011Peter Widen SWE – o xxx 5.4512Ilian Efremov BUL xxo o xxx 5.4513Vesa Rantanen FIN o xo xxx 5.4514Andrea Giannini ITA xo xo xxx 5.4515Edgardo Díaz PUR o xxo xxx 5.4516Ruhan Işim TUR xxo xxx 5.30 –Okkert Brits RSA – – xx- x NM –Lawrence Johnson USA – – xxx NM –Aleksandr Korchagin KAZ xxx NM –Montxu Miranda ESP – DNF Group B RankName5.305.455.605.70ResultNotes1Martin Eriksson SWE – o xo o 5.70 q2Yevgeniy Smiryagin RUS xo o xxo o 5.70 q3Jean Galfione FRA – xo – xo 5.70 q4Vadim Strogalyov RUS – xxo – xo 5.70 q5Riaan Botha RSA – – o xxo 5.70 q6Dean Starkey USA – xo xo xxo 5.70 q7Igor Potapovich KAZ – – o xxx 5.608Khalid Lachheb FRA xo o xo xxx 5.609Michael Stolle GER o o xxo xxx 5.6010Fabio Pizzolato ITA xxo o xxo xxx 5.6011Paul Gibbons NZL o xo xxx 5.4512Laurens Looije NED o xxx 5.3012Vyacheslav Shuteyev UKR o xxx 5.30 –Heikki Vaaraniemi FIN – xxx NM –Javier García ESP – xxx NM –Stavros Tsitouras GRE – xxx NM –Martin Voss DEN xxx NM –Jurij Rovan SLO xxx NM –Dmitriy Markov BLR DNS Final RankName5.505.705.805.865.915.966.016.066.15ResultNotesImage:Gold medal icon.svgSergey Bubka UKR – xo - - xo - o - DNF6.01CRImage:Silver medal icon.svgMaksim Tarasov RUS – xo - o xxo o x- xx 5.96Image:Bronze medal icon.svgDean Starkey USA xo o o xxo xxo x- xx 5.91SB4Tim Lobinger GER o o o xxx 5.805Nick Buckfield GBRo o xxx 5.706Pat Manson USA xo o xxx 5.707Vadim Strogalyov RUS oxxoxxx 5.708Yevgeniy Smiryagin RUS xoxxoxxx 5.709Martin Eriksson SWE oxxx 5.509Danny Krasnov ISR oxxx 5.5011Trond Barthel NOR xo xxx 5.50—Riaan Botha RSA -xxx NM—Jean Galfione FRA -xxx NM References - Mens Pole Vault, 1997 World Championships In Athletics Category:Pole vault at the World Athletics Championships