The men's pole vault at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 and 24 August.Start list

Competition World record holder and world leader Renaud Lavillenie set his opening height at 5.80, after most of the field had already attempted two heights. He cleared it with one foot to spare on his first attempt. It is believed to be the highest opening height ever attempted. At the end of that round, only six jumpers remained and three others, Shawnacy Barber, Piotr Lisek and 2011 winner Paweł Wojciechowski also had no misses. Returning champion Raphael Holzdeppe also was one of the six to clear 5.80, including several misses.

At the next height, 5.90, Lavillenie cleared the bar easily, but in the wrong position. Each time he knocked it off on his way down. Barber, the National High School Record holder and NCAA Champion from the University of Akron, cleared on his first attempt. On his last attempt Holzdeppe cleared 5.90 to stay in the competition, leaving a three-way tie for the bronze medal between Wojciechowski, Lisek, and Lavillenie.

Barber and Holzdeppe competed for the gold medal at a height of 6.00; both athletes failed to clear it on all three attempts, neither really getting off a serious attempt. Barber's initial success at 5.90 in the previous round gave him the gold medal over Holzdeppe.

Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record6.16Donetsk, Ukraine15 February 2014Championship record6.05Edmonton, Canada9 August 2001World Leading6.05Eugene, OR, United States30 May 2015African record6.03Cologne, Germany18 August 1995Asian record5.90Stuttgart, Germany19 August 1993North, Central American and Caribbean record6.04Eugene, OR, United States8 June 2008South American record5.92Baku, Azerbaijan24 June 2014European record6.16Donetsk, Ukraine15 February 2014Oceanian record6.05Edmonton, Canada9 August 2001

Qualification standards Entry standards 5.65

Schedule Date Time Round22 August 2015 18:40 Qualification24 August 2015 19:05 Final

Results KEY:QQualifiedq12 best performersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Qualification Qualification: 5.70 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).Qualification results

Rank Group Name Nationality 5.25 5.40 5.55 5.65 5.70 Mark Notes 1 A Sam Kendricks o o o o o 5.70 1 B Pawel Wojciechowski - o o o o 5.70 1 B Renaud Lavillenie - - - - o 5.70 1 B Jan Kudlička - o - o o 5.70 1 B Robert Sobera - o o o o 5.70 1 B Robert Renner - o o o o 5.70 , 7 B Tobias Scherbarth - o o x- o 5.70 , 7 A Michal Balner - o o xo o 5.70 7 A Shawnacy Barber - o o xo o 5.70 7 A Piotr Lisek - o o xo o 5.70 11 A Augusto de Oliveira - o xxo o o 5.70 12 A Ivan Gertlein xo xo xxo xo o 5.70 , 13 A Germán Chiaraviglio o o o o xo 5.70 14 A Kévin Menaldo - o xo o xo 5.70 15 A Ivan Horvat - o o o xxo 5.70 , 15 A Raphael Holzdeppe - - - - xxo 5.70 17 B Aleksandr Gripich - o o o xxx 5.65 17 B Carlo Paech - - o o xxx 5.65 19 B Thiago Braz da Silva - - xxo o xxx 5.65 20 B Hiroki Ogita - o o xo xxx 5.65 20 A Brad Walker - o o xo xxx 5.65 22 B Yao Jie xo o o xo xxx 5.65 23 B Georgiy Gorokhov o o xxo xxo xxx 5.65 = 23 A Seito Yamamoto - xo xo xxo xxx 5.65 25 A Mareks Ārents o o o xxx 5.55 25 B Konstadinos Filippidis - o o xxx 5.55 27 B Jacob Blankenship - xo o xxx 5.55 28 A Zhang Wei o xxo o xxx 5.55 29 A Steven Lewis o o xxx 5.40 30 B Nikita Filippov o xo xxx 5.40 31 B Adrián Vallés o xxo - xx- x 5.40 31 A Arnaud Art - xxo xxx 5.40 33 A o xxx 5.25 33 B Vladyslav Revenko o xxx 5.25 A Natán Rivera xxr

Final The final was started at 19:05.Final results

Rank Name Nationality 5.50 5.65 5.80 5.90 6.00 Mark Notes Shawnacy Barber o o o o xxx 5.90 Raphael Holzdeppe - o xo xxo xxx 5.90 Paweł Wojciechowski - o o xxx 5.80 Renaud Lavillenie - - o xxx 5.80 Piotr Lisek o o o xxx 5.80 Kévin Menaldo o o xxo xxx 5.80 Michal Balner o o xxx 5.65 Tobias Scherbarth o o xxx 5.65 Augusto de Oliveira xo xo xxx 5.65 Ivan Horvat xo xo xxx 5.65 Sam Kendricks xo xo xxx 5.65 Germán Chiaraviglio xo xo xxx 5.65 13 Jan Kudlička o xxx 5.50 13 Robert Renner o xxx 5.50 15 Robert Sobera xo xxx 5.50 Ivan Gertlein xxx

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