2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault explained

The men's pole vault at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 and 12 July.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Thiago Braz da Silva	Ivan Horvat	Shawnacy Barber

Records

, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record		5.80 m	Bryansk, Soviet Union	14 July 1989
			Biberach, Germany	28 June 2008
Championship Record		5.71 m	Beijing, China	19 August 2006
World Junior Leading		5.72 m	Baton Rouge, United States	13 May 2012

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Standard 5.20 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	4.75	4.95	5.05	5.15	Result	Note
1	A			o	o	o	o	5.15	q
1	B			–	–	o	o	5.15	q
1	B			o	o	o	o	5.15	q
4	A			o	o	xo	o	5.15	q
4	B			–	xo	o	o	5.15	q
6	A			–	–	xxo	o	5.15	q
6	B			o	–	xxo	o	5.15	q
8	B			–	o	o	xo	5.15	q
9	A			–	–	–	xxo	5.15	q
10	A			–	xo	o	xxo	5.15	q
11	A			–	xo	xxo	xxo	5.15	q, PB
12	A			–	–	o	xxx	5.05	q
12	B			–	–	o	xxx	5.05	q
12	B			o	o	o	xxx	5.05	q, SB
15	B			xo	o	xo	xxx	5.05
16	A			o	o	xxo	xxx	5.05
17	A			o	o	xxx		4.95
17	B			–	o	xxx		4.95
19	A			xo	o	xxx		4.95
20	A			xxo	o	xxx		4.95
21	A			o	xo	xxx		4.95
22	A			xo	xo	xxx		4.95
22	B			xo	xo	xxx		4.95
24	A			o	xxo	xxx		4.95
24	B			o	xxo	xxx		4.95
24	B			o	xxo	xxx		4.95
27	A			xo	xxx			4.75
27	B			xo	xxx			4.75
29	A			xxo	xxx			4.75
	B			xxx
	B			–	–	xxx

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	4.85	5.00	5.10	5.20	5.30	5.35	5.40	5.45	5.50	5.55	5.60	5.65	Result	Notes
			–	-	o	o	o	-	xo	o	xo	o	-	xxx	5.55	NJ
			-	o	o	o	xo	-	xxo	-	xo	o	xxx		5.55
			–	o	-	xo	o	o	xo	o	xo	xxo	xxx		5.55	NJ
			–	–	o	-	o	-	o	x-	xo	xx-	x		5.50
			-	o	-	o	o	-	xo	x-	xx				5.40
			–	xo	o	xxo	-	xxo	-	xxx					5.35	PB
			-	o	-	xo	o	x-	xx						5.30	PB
			-	-	o	o	xxo	-	xxx						5.30
			-	o	xo	o	xxx								5.20	SB
10			-	xo	o	xo	x-	xx							5.20
11			o	-	o	xxx									5.10
12			o	o	xo	xxx									5.10
13			o	o	xxx										5.00
			-	xxx											NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

External links

• WJC12 pole vault schedule

Notes and References

1. Web site: iaaf.org - International Association of Athletics Federations. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120727064810/http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=PV/combCode=hash/timetable.html. 2012-07-27.