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 GoldSilverBronze
Records World record6.14Sestriere, Italy 31 July 1994Championship record6.05Edmonton, Canada9 August 2001World Leading6.01Leiria, Portugal21 June 2009African record6.03Cologne, Germany18 August 1995Asian record5.90Stuttgart, Germany19 August 1993North American record6.04Eugene, United States8 June 2008South American record5.77São Paulo, Brazil7 June 2007European record6.14Sestriere, Italy 31 July 1994Oceanian record6.05Edmonton, 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 A Steven Hooker - - - o 5.65 q B Renaud Lavillenie - o o o 5.65 q B Alexander Straub - - o o 5.65 q A Romain Mesnil - - xo o 5.65 q A Maksym Mazuryk - o xo o 5.65 q A Damiel Dossévi - o o xo 5.65 q A Giuseppe Gibilisco - o o xxo 5.65 q A Malte Mohr - - xo xxo 5.65 q A Aleksandr Gripich o o xo xxo 5.65 q 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 B Fábio Gomes da Silva - xxx B Oleksandr Korchmid - xxx B Brad Walker
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 - - - - 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 Maksym Mazuryk o xo o x- xx 5.75 Aleksandr Gripich o xxo o xxx 5.75 PB Damiel Dossévi o o xo xxx 5.75 PB Alexander Straub xo xo xxx 5.65 Giuseppe Gibilisco xo xo xx- x 5.65 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
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