The men's pole vault competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 10 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Shawnacy Barber from Canada.
Summary The medals were decided at 5.61m, only three cleared it. Among the eliminated was Olympic champion Thiago Braz. Clayton Fritsch couldn't get over 5.71m and Augusto Dutra got over it on his second attempt, while Chris Nilsen still had a perfect round going. Dutra passed the next height, daring Nilsen to get over it. Nilsen was well over the bar on his attempts but peaking well behind the bar, he knocked it off on his first two attempts. On his final attempt at he was still too close to the bar, but managed to snake over it. When he landed with the bar still on its pegs, he celebrated. Both made attempts at 5.81m. At 1cm below his personal best from 6 years earlier, it would have been a heroic jump for Dutra, though still 14 cm below what Nilsen had done just two months earlier to win the NCAA Championships. Neither man made it, leaving Dutra with silver while Nilsen took gold.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record6.16Donetsk, UkraineFebruary 15, 2014Pan American Games record5.80Guadalajara, MexicoOctober 28, 2011
Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 10, 2019 14:20 Final
Results All times shown are in meters.
KEY:qQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified
Final The results were as follows: Rank Name Nationality 5.01 5.16 5.31 5.41 5.51 5.61 5.71 5.76 5.81 Mark NotesChris Nilsen o o o o xxo xxx 5.76 Augusto Dutra xo xxo xo xxx 5.71 Clayton Fritsch xo o o xxo xxx 5.61 4Thiago Braz xo xxx 5.51 5Germán Chiaraviglio xo o xo xxx 5.51 6José Pacho xo xo o xxx 5.41 7Dyander Pacho o o o xxx 5.31 8Jorge Luna Estes o xxo xxx 5.31 9Andy Hernández Pedroso o xxx 5.16 10Lázaro Borges xo xxx 5.16 Walter Viáfara xo xxx 5.16 Antonio Ruiz Dobbs xxx Natán Rivera xxr
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