The men's pole vault at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 28 September to 1 October 2019.
Summary The field many of the top contemporary pole vaulters, except for 2015 champion Shawnacy Barber. World record holder Renaud Lavillenie and 2011 champion Paweł Wojciechowski failed to qualify for the final. In the final, 2013 champion Raphael Holzdeppe and Olympic champion Thiago Braz bowed out, unable to clear 5.80m. That height selected the medalists and it was the same three who had cleared 6 metres earlier in the season, all three perfect to that point.
At 5.87m, all three athletes failed on their first attempts. Armand Duplantis cleared the height on his second attempt, as did Piotr Lisek. However, defending champion Sam Kendricks missed again, losing his lead and leaving himself with only one more attempt to stay in the competition. He adjusted the placement of his standards and successfully cleared the height, keeping his hopes alive. At 5.92m, Duplantis and Lisek missed their first attempts, Kendricks made his. Advantage Kendricks. Duplantis missed his next attempt, then Lisek decided to go for the win and saved his two remaining attempts for the next height . Now the pressure was on Duplantis. He made his attempt, putting him into silver medal position.
At 5.97m, none of the three could get over on their first two attempts. Lisek was eliminated and had to settle for bronze. Again under pressure, Duplantis and Kendricks both made their final attempt. The bar moved to 6.02m with Kendricks holding the lead. Neither athlete was able to clear the height on their first two attempts. When Duplantis failed on his third attempt, Kendricks celebrated the successful defense of his title.
At the end of the competition, the medallists celebrated together on the pole vault mat. Their act of competitor camaraderie earned them a place on the shortlist for the International Fair Play Award.Shortlist announced for International Fair Play Award. IAAF (2019-10-07). Retrieved 2019-10-19.
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
World record6.16 mDonetsk, Ukraine15 February 2014Championship record6.05 mEdmonton, Canada9 August 2001World Leading6.06 mDes Moines, United States27 July 2019African Record6.03 mCologne, Germany18 August 1995Asian Record5.92 mStockholm, Sweden19 February 1998North, Central American and Caribbean record6.06 mDes Moines, United States27 July 2019South American Record6.03 mRio de Janeiro, Brazil15 August 2016European Record6.16 mDonetsk, Ukraine15 February 2014Oceanian record6.06 mBoston, United States7 February 2009
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 5.71 m.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows: Date Time Round28 September 17:30 Qualification1 October 20:05 Final
Results Qualification Qualification: 5.75 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).
Rank Group Name Nationality 5.30 5.45 5.60 5.70 5.75 Mark Notes1 A Sam Kendricks o o o o o 5.75 B Piotr Lisek o o o o 5.75 3 B Cole Walsh xo xo xxo o 5.75 4 A Thiago Braz o o o xo 5.75 5 A Claudio Stecchi o xo xo 5.75 6 A Huang Bokai o xxo xo xo 5.75 , 7 B Armand Duplantis o o xxo 5.75 8 B Raphael Holzdeppe o xo xxo xxo 5.75 9 A Valentin Lavillenie o o o xxx 5.70 10 B Augusto Dutra o xo o xxx 5.70 11 A Ben Broeders xo xo o xxx 5.70 B Bo Kanda Lita Baehre o xxo o xxx 5.70 13 B Konstantinos Filippidis o o o xxo xxx 5.70 A Paweł Wojciechowski o o xxo xxx 5.70 15 A Emmanouil Karalis o o xxx 5.60 B Renaud Lavillenie o xxx 5.60 B KC Lightfoot o o o xxx 5.60 B Ernest Obiena o o xxx 5.60 19 B Robert Sobera o xxo o xxx 5.60 20 B Seito Yamamoto o xo xo xxx 5.60 21 A Ding Bangchao xo xo xxo xxx 5.60 22 A Zach Bradford xxo xo xxo xxx 5.60 23 A Torben Blech o o xx- 5.45 B Rutger Koppelaar o o xxx 5.45 25 A Jin Min-sub xo xxx 5.45 26 B Alioune Sene xxo xo xxx 5.45 27 A Daichi Sawano xxo xxx 5.45 28 A Masaki Ejima xo xxo xxx 5.45 29 B Sondre Guttormsen xo xxx 5.30 B Yao Jie xxx B Harry Coppell A Melker Svärd Jacobsson A Menno Vloon
Final The final was started on 1 October at 20:06.
Rank Name Nationality 5.55 5.70 5.80 5.87 5.92 5.97 6.02 Mark NotesSam Kendricks o o o xxo o xxo xx- 5.97 Armand Duplantis o o xo xxo xxo xxx 5.97 Piotr Lisek o o o xo x- xx 5.87 4Bo Kanda Lita Baehre o o xxx 5.70 5Thiago Braz xo o xxx 5.70 6Raphael Holzdeppe o xo xxx 5.70 Valentin Lavillenie o xo xxx 5.70 8Claudio Stecchi o xxo xxx 5.70 9Huang Bokai o xxx 5.55 10 Augusto Dutra xo xxx 5.55 Cole Walsh xo xxx 5.55 12Ben Broeders xxo xxx 5.55
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