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
editGold | Steven Hooker |
Silver | Romain Mesnil |
Bronze | Renaud Lavillenie |
Records
editWorld record | 6.14 | Sestriere, Italy | 31 July 1994 | |
Championship record | 6.05 | Edmonton, Canada | 9 August 2001 | |
World Leading | 6.01 | Leiria, Portugal | 21 June 2009 | |
African record | 6.03 | Cologne, Germany | 18 August 1995 | |
Asian record | 5.90 | Stuttgart, Germany | 19 August 1993 | |
North American record | 6.04 | Eugene, United States | 8 June 2008 | |
South American record | 5.77 | São Paulo, Brazil | 7 June 2007 | |
European record | 6.14 | Sestriere, Italy | 31 July 1994 | |
Oceanian record | 6.05 | Edmonton, Canada | 9 August 2001 |
Qualification standards
editA standard | B standard |
---|---|
5.70m | 5.55m |
Schedule
editDate | Time | Round |
---|---|---|
August 20, 2009 | 10:10 | Qualification |
August 22, 2009 | 18:15 | Final |
Results
editQualification
editQualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 5.25 | 5.40 | 5.55 | 5.65 | Result | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | A | Steven Hooker | - | - | - | o | 5.65 | q | |
1 | B | Renaud Lavillenie | - | o | o | o | 5.65 | q | |
1 | B | Alexander Straub | - | - | o | o | 5.65 | q | |
4 | A | Romain Mesnil | - | - | xo | o | 5.65 | q | |
4 | A | Maksym Mazuryk | - | o | xo | o | 5.65 | q | |
6 | A | Damiel Dossévi | - | o | o | xo | 5.65 | q | |
7 | A | Giuseppe Gibilisco | - | o | o | xxo | 5.65 | q | |
8 | A | Malte Mohr | - | - | xo | xxo | 5.65 | q | |
8 | A | Aleksandr Gripich | o | o | xo | xxo | 5.65 | q | |
8 | B | Steven Lewis | - | o | xo | xxo | 5.65 | q | |
11 | B | Alhaji Jeng | - | xo | xxo | xxo | 5.65 | q, SB | |
12 | A | Derek Miles | - | - | o | xxx | 5.55 | q | |
12 | B | Kevin Rans | - | o | o | xxx | 5.55 | q | |
12 | B | Daichi Sawano | - | - | o | xxx | 5.55 | q | |
12 | B | Viktor Chistiakov | - | - | o | xxx | 5.55 | q | |
14 | A | Jeremy Scott | - | o | xo | xxx | 5.55 | ||
15 | A | Konstadinos Filippidis | o | o | xxo | xxx | 5.55 | ||
16 | A | Kim Yoo-Suk | xo | o | xxo | xxx | 5.55 | SB | |
16 | A | Igor Pavlov | - | xo | xxo | xxx | 5.55 | ||
16 | B | Björn Otto | - | xo | xxo | xxx | 5.55 | ||
19 | B | Leonid Andreev | xxo | o | xxo | xxx | 5.55 | ||
20 | B | Eemeli Salomäki | o | o | xxx | 5.40 | |||
20 | B | Łukasz Michalski | - | o | xxx | 5.40 | |||
22 | A | Spas Bukhalov | - | xo | - | xxx | 5.40 | ||
22 | A | Jan Kudlička | - | xo | xxx | 5.40 | |||
22 | A | Luke Cutts | - | xo | xxx | 5.40 | |||
22 | B | Toby Stevenson | - | xo | xxx | 5.40 | |||
26 | A | Yavgeniy Olhovsky | xo | xo | xxx | 5.40 | |||
26 | B | Jurij Rovan | xo | xo | xxx | 5.40 | |||
28 | B | Denys Fedas | o | xxx | 5.25 | ||||
29 | A | Takafumi Suzuki | o | xxx | 5.25 | ||||
A | Jesper Fritz | - | x | NM | |||||
B | Fábio Gomes da Silva | - | xxx | NM | |||||
B | Oleksandr Korchmid | - | xxx | NM | |||||
B | Brad Walker | DNS |
Key: NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result), NR = National record, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best
Final
editRank | Name | Nationality | 5.50 | 5.65 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | 5.90 | 5.95 | Result | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steven Hooker | - | - | - | - | x- | o | - | 5.90 | |||
Romain Mesnil | o | o | x- | o | o | x- | xx | 5.85 | SB | ||
Renaud Lavillenie | o | o | xxo | o | x- | x- | x | 5.80 | |||
4 | Maksym Mazuryk | o | xo | o | x- | xx | 5.75 | ||||
5 | Aleksandr Gripich | o | xxo | o | xxx | 5.75 | PB | ||||
6 | Damiel Dossévi | o | o | xo | xxx | 5.75 | PB | ||||
7 | Alexander Straub | xo | xo | xxx | 5.65 | ||||||
7 | Giuseppe Gibilisco | xo | xo | xx- | x | 5.65 | |||||
7 | Steven Lewis | xo | xo | xxx | 5.65 | ||||||
10 | Daichi Sawano | o | xxx | 5.50 | |||||||
10 | Viktor Chistiakov | o | xxx | 5.50 | |||||||
12 | Alhaji Jeng | xo | xxx | 5.50 | |||||||
12 | Kevin Rans | xo | xxx | 5.50 | |||||||
14 | Malte Mohr | xxo | xxx | 5.50 | |||||||
Derek Miles | xxx | NM |
References
edit- General
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