2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault explained

Event:	Men's pole vault
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The men's pole vault at the 2006 European Athletics Championships was held at the Ullevi on August 10 and August 13.Lobinger and Mesnil both claimed 2nd place, and therefore both received silver medals.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver
Aleksandr Averbukh	Tim Lobinger	Romain Mesnil

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 10, 2006	10:10	Qualification
August 13, 2006	12:45	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.65 (Q) or at least 18 best performers (q) advance to the final.
Competition was abandoned due to heavy rain. 20 athletes advanced to the final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	5.35	5.45	5.55	5.60	Result	Notes
	B			-	o	-	o	5.60	q
	B			o	-	xo	o	5.60	q
	B			xo	-	o	o	5.60	q
	B			-	xxo	xo	o	5.60	q
	A			-	o	-	xo	5.60	q
	A			-	o	-	xo	5.60	q
	B			o	o	o	xx-	5.55	q
	A			xo	-	o	xx	5.55	q
	A			o	xo	o	xx	5.55	q, SB
10	B			o	xxo	o	xx-	5.55	q, SB
11	A			o	o	xo	x	5.55	q
11	A			-	o	xo	-	5.55	q
13	A			o	xo	xxo	xx	5.55	q
13	B			-	xo	xxo	xx	5.55	q
15	A			-	o	-	xx	5.45	q
15	A			-	o	-	xx	5.45	q
15	B			o	o	xxx		5.45	q
18	A			xo	o	xxx		5.45	q
19	A			-	xo	xxx		5.45	q
19	B			-	xo	-	xx	5.45	q
21	B			xo	xo	xxx		5.45
21	B			xo	xo	xxx		5.45
23	A			o	-	xxx		5.35
24	A			xo	xxx			5.35
24	B			xo	-	xxx		5.35
26	B			xxo	xxx			5.35
	B			-	xx-

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	5.40	5.50	5.60	5.65	5.70	5.75	5.80	Result	Notes
			-	o	-	-	o	-	xxx	5.70
			-	o	-	o	-	xxx		5.65
			-	o	-	o	x-	xx		5.65
			-	xo	-	o	x-	xx		5.65
			o	xo	xo	o	xx-	x		5.65
			-	xo	xxo	-	xxx			5.60
			-	o	-	x-	x-	x		5.50
			xo	o	xxx					5.50
			xo	o	xxx					5.50
10			xo	xo	xxx					5.50
10			xo	xo	xxx					5.50
10			xo	xo	xxx					5.50
13			o	xxx						5.40
13			o	-	xxx					5.40
15			xo	xxx						5.40
15			xo	-	xxx					5.40
17			xxo	xxx						5.40
			-	xxx
			xxx
			-	-	x

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