| Event: | Men's pole vault |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The men's pole vault at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 30 June and 1 July.
| Gold | Renaud Lavillenie | |
| Silver | Björn Otto | |
| Bronze | Raphael Holzdeppe |
| Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 6.14 | Sestriere, Italy | 31 July 1994 | ||
| European record | 6.14 | Sestriere, Italy | 31 July 1994 | ||
| Championship record | 6.00 | Helsinki, Finland | 11 August 1994 | ||
| World Leading | 5.91 | Ingolstadt, Germany | 22 June 2012 | ||
| European Leading | 5.91 | Ingolstadt, Germany | 22 June 2012 | ||
| Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics Championships | |||||
| World and European Leading | 5.97 | Helsinki, Finland | 1 July 2012 | ||
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2012 | 13:15 | Qualification | |
| 1 July 2012 | 16:15 | Final |
Qualification: Qualification Performance 5.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | 5.10 | 5.30 | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.55 | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | – | – | – | – | o | 5.55 | ||||
| 2 | B | – | – | xxo | – | o | 5.55 | ||||
| 3 | A | – | xo | – | xo | xo | 5.55 | ||||
| 4 | A | – | – | – | o | – | 5.50 | ||||
| 4 | B | – | – | – | o | – | 5.50 | ||||
| 4 | B | – | o | – | o | – | 5.50 | ||||
| 7 | A | – | xxo | – | o | – | 5.50 | ||||
| 8 | B | o | o | o | xo | x– | 5.50 | =PB | |||
| 8 | B | – | o | – | xo | – | 5.50 | ||||
| 10 | B | o | xo | – | xo | xx– | 5.50 | ||||
| 11 | B | – | – | – | xxo | – | 5.50 | ||||
| 12 | B | – | o | – | xxx | 5.30 | |||||
| 12 | A | – | o | xxx | 5.30 | ||||||
| 14 | A | xo | o | – | xxx | 5.30 | |||||
| 14 | A | xo | o | xxx | 5.30 | ||||||
| 16 | B | – | xo | – | xxx | 5.30 | |||||
| 16 | A | o | xo | xxx | 5.30 | ||||||
| 18 | A | – | xxo | – | – | xxx | 5.30 | ||||
| 18 | A | – | xxo | xxx | 5.30 | ||||||
| 20 | B | o | xxx | 5.10 | |||||||
| B | xxx | NM | |||||||||
| B | – | xxx | NM | ||||||||
| A | – | – | – | xx– | x | NM | |||||
| B | xxx | NM | |||||||||
| A | – | – | – | – | xxx | NM | |||||
| A | xxx | NM | |||||||||
| B | xxx | NM | |||||||||
| A | – | – | xxx | NM |
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.60 | 5.66 | 5.72 | 5.77 | 5.82 | 5.87 | 5.92 | 5.97 | 6.02 | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | xo | – | – | o | xxo | o | o | o | xxx | 5.97 | WL | ||||
| – | o | – | o | – | xxo | xxo | – | xo | – | xxx | 5.92 | PB | ||||
| – | o | – | – | o | o | xxx | 5.77 | =SB | ||||||||
| – | – | o | – | – | xo | xxx | 5.77 | |||||||||
| – | o | – | o | xo | xxx | 5.72 | SB | |||||||||
| o | – | o | – | xx– | x | 5.60 | ||||||||||
| xxo | xxo | xxx | 5.50 | =PB | ||||||||||||
| xo | – | xxx | 5.40 | |||||||||||||
| xo | xxx | 5.40 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | xxo | – | xxx | 5.40 | ||||||||||||
| xxx | ||||||||||||||||
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| xxx |