1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault explained

These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Thursday 26 August 1999 at 19:10h.

Medalists

Gold	Maksim Tarasov Russia (RUS)
Silver	Dmitriy Markov Australia (AUS)
Bronze	Aleksandr Averbukh Israel (ISR)

World Record		6.14	Sestriere	31 July 1994
Championship Record		6.01	Athens, Greece	10 August 1997

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	5.40	5.55	5.65	5.70	5.75	Result	Notes
1	A	-	-	-	o	-	5.70	q
1	A	-	o	-	o	-	5.70	q
1	A	o	o	o	o	-	5.70	q
1	B	-	o	-	o	x	5.70	q
1	B	-	o	-	o		5.70	q
6	B	-	xo	-	o	x	5.70	q
7	A	-	-	xxo	xo	-	5.70	q
8	A	-	o	-	xxo	-		5.70	q
9	A	o	xxo	xo	xxo	-	5.70	q
10	B	-	o	o	-	x	5.65	q
11	A	o	xxo	xo	xx-		5.65	q
12	A	o	o	xxo	xxx		5.65	q
12	B	-	o	xxo	-	x	5.65	q
14	A	-	o	xxx			5.55
14	A	-	o	xxx			5.55
14	B	-	o	-	xxx		5.55
17	B	xo	o	xxx			5.55
18	B	o	xo	xxx			5.55
19	A	o	xxo	xxx			5.55
19	A	o	xxo	xxx			5.55
19	B	-	xxo	xxx			5.55
19	B	o	xxo	xxx			5.55
23	A	o	xxx				5.40
23	A	o	xxx				5.40
23	B	o	xxx				5.40
23	B	o	xxx				5.40
27	A	xo	xxx				5.40
27	B	xo	xxx				5.40
29	B	xxo	xxx				5.40
29	B	xxo	xxx				5.40
	A	xxx
	B	xxx
	A
	B

26 August