The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27 and 29.

Defending champion and Olympic champion Steven Hooker came into the meet injured. He was not able to clear his opening height in the trials.

In the final, with three competitors already over 5.85 (including countryman Łukasz Michalski), Paweł Wojciechowski strategically passed his remaining attempts. At 5.90, he cleared on his second (and last remaining) attempt for the win. Lázaro Borges also cleared 5.90, but on his third attempt, setting the national record for Cuba in the process. Renaud Lavillenie edged Michalski for the bronze, because Michalski had a miss at 5.75.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzePaweł WojciechowskiLázaro BorgesRenaud Lavillenie

Records World record6.14Sestriere, Italy 31 July 1994Championship record6.05Edmonton, Canada9 August 2001World Leading5.91Szczecin, Poland15 August 2011African record6.03Cologne, Germany18 August 1995Asian record5.90Stuttgart, Germany19 August 1993North, Central American and Caribbean record6.04Eugene, United States8 June 2008South American record5.80São Caetano do Sul, Brazil26 February 2011European record6.14Sestriere, Italy 31 July 1994Oceanian record6.05Edmonton, Canada9 August 2001

Qualification standards A standardB standard 5.72 m 5.60 m

Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 27, 2011 10:40 QualificationAugust 29, 2011 19:25 Final

Results

Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Name Nationality 5.205.355.505.60 5.65Result Notes 1 A Romain Mesnil - - o - o 5.65 q 1 A Konstadinos Filippidis - o o o o 5.65 q 1 A Dmitry Starodubtsev - o o o o 5.65 q 1 B Lázaro Borges - o o o o 5.65 q 1 B Renaud Lavillenie - - o - o 5.65 q 6 A Fábio Gomes da Silva - - o xo o 5.65 q 6 A Malte Mohr - - xo o o 5.65 q 8 A Mateusz Didenkow - o o o xo 5.65 q 9 B Jeremy Scott - o o o - 5.60 q 10 B Łukasz Michalski - o xo o x- 5.60 q 10 B Derek Miles - o xo o - 5.60 q 12 A Daichi Sawano - - o xxx 5.50 q 12 A Paweł Wojciechowski - o o xxx 5.50 q 12 B Jan Kudlička - o o xxx 5.50 q 12 B Steven Lewis o o o xxx 5.50 q 12 B Igor Bychkov o - o x- xx 5.50 q 17 A Alhaji Jeng - xo o xxx 5.50 18 B Jérôme Clavier - o xo - xxx 5.50 18 B Yevgeny Lukyanenko - o xo xxx 5.50 20 A Raphael Holzdeppe - - xxo xxx 5.50 21 B Giovanni Lanaro - xo xxo xxx 5.50 22 A Mark Hollis - o xxx 5.35 22 B Denys Yurchenko - o xxx 5.35 24 A Jere Bergius - xo - xxx 5.35 24 B Karsten Dilla - xo - xxx 5.35 26 B Kim Yoo-suk o xxx 5.20 A Steven Hooker - - xxx A Edi Maia xxx

Final Rank Name Nationality 5.505.655.755.85 5.90 5.95 Result Notes Paweł Wojciechowski o o o x- xo xxx 5.90 Lázaro Borges o o xxo o xxo xxx 5.90 NR Renaud Lavillenie - o o o xxx 5.85 Łukasz Michalski o o xo o xxx 5.85 PB Malte Mohr o xo o xxo xxx 5.85 Konstadinos Filippidis o xo xo xxx 5.75 NR Mateusz Didenkow xo xo xxo xxx 5.75=PB Fábio Gomes da Silva xo o xxx 5.65 Jan Kudlička o xo xxx 5.65 SB Steven Lewis o xo xxx 5.65 SB Jeremy Scott o xo xxx 5.65 12 Dmitry Starodubtsev xo xo xxx 5.65 13 Derek Miles o xxo xxx 5.65 14 Daichi Sawano xo xxo xxx 5.65SB Romain Mesnil - xxx Igor Bychkov xxx

External links Pole vault results at IAAF website