2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault explained

Event:	Men's pole vault
Competition:	2015 World Championships
Venue:	Beijing National Stadium
Dates:	22 August (qualification) 24 August (final)
Competitors:	34
Nations:	21
Win Label:	Winning height
Win Value:	5.90
Gold:	Shawnacy Barber
Goldnoc:	CAN
Silver:	Raphael Holzdeppe
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Paweł Wojciechowski
Bronzenoc:	POL
Bronze2:	Renaud Lavillenie
Bronzenoc2:	FRA
Bronze3:	Piotr Lisek
Bronzenoc3:	POL
Prev:	2013
Next:	2017

The men's pole vault at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 and 24 August.^{[1] [2]}

Competition

World record holder and world leader Renaud Lavillenie set his opening height at 5.80, after most of the field had already attempted two heights. He cleared it with one foot to spare on his first attempt. It is believed to be the highest opening height ever attempted. At the end of that round, only six jumpers remained and three others, Shawnacy Barber, Piotr Lisek and 2011 winner Paweł Wojciechowski also had no misses. Returning champion Raphael Holzdeppe also was one of the six to clear 5.80, including several misses.

At the next height, 5.90, Lavillenie cleared the bar easily, but in the wrong position. Each time he knocked it off on his way down. Barber, the National High School Record holder and NCAA Champion from the University of Akron, cleared on his first attempt. On his last attempt Holzdeppe cleared 5.90 to stay in the competition, leaving a three-way tie for the bronze medal between Wojciechowski, Lisek, and Lavillenie.^[3] Barber and Holzdeppe competed for the gold medal at a height of 6.00; both athletes failed to clear it on all three attempts, neither really getting off a serious attempt. Barber's initial success at 5.90 in the previous round gave him the gold medal over Holzdeppe.^[4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:^[5]

World record		6.16	Donetsk, Ukraine	15 February 2014
Championship record		6.05	Edmonton, Canada	9 August 2001
World Leading		6.05	Eugene, OR, United States	30 May 2015
African record		6.03	Cologne, Germany	18 August 1995
Asian record		5.90	Stuttgart, Germany	19 August 1993
North, Central American and Caribbean record		6.04	Eugene, OR, United States	8 June 2008
South American record		5.92	Baku, Azerbaijan	24 June 2014
European record		6.16	Donetsk, Ukraine	15 February 2014
Oceanian record		6.05	Edmonton, Canada	9 August 2001

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
22 August 2015	18:40	Qualification
24 August 2015	19:05	Final

Results

KEY:

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Q

Qualified

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q

12 best performers

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: 5.70 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).^[6]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	5.25	5.40	5.55	5.65	5.70	Mark	Notes
1	A			o	o	o	o	o	5.70
1	B			-	o	o	o	o	5.70
1	B			-	-	-	-	o	5.70
1	B			-	o	-	o	o	5.70
1	B			-	o	o	o	o	5.70
1	B			-	o	o	o	o	5.70	,
7	B			-	o	o	x-	o	5.70	,
7	A			-	o	o	xo	o	5.70
7	A			-	o	o	xo	o	5.70
7	A			-	o	o	xo	o	5.70
11	A			-	o	xxo	o	o	5.70
12	A			xo	xo	xxo	xo	o	5.70	,
13	A			o	o	o	o	xo	5.70
14	A			-	o	xo	o	xo	5.70
15	A			-	o	o	o	xxo	5.70	,
15	A			-	-	-	-	xxo	5.70
17	B			-	o	o	o	xxx	5.65
17	B			-	-	o	o	xxx	5.65
19	B			-	-	xxo	o	xxx	5.65
20	B			-	o	o	xo	xxx	5.65
20	A			-	o	o	xo	xxx	5.65
22	B			xo	o	o	xo	xxx	5.65
23	B			o	o	xxo	xxo	xxx	5.65	=
23	A			-	xo	xo	xxo	xxx	5.65
25	A			o	o	o	xxx		5.55
25	B			-	o	o	xxx		5.55
27	B			-	xo	o	xxx		5.55
28	A			o	xxo	o	xxx		5.55
29	A			o	o	xxx			5.40
30	B			o	xo	xxx			5.40
31	B			o	xxo	-	xx-	x	5.40
31	A			-	xxo	xxx			5.40
33	A			o	xxx				5.25
33	B			o	xxx				5.25
	A			xxr

Final

The final was started at 19:05.^[7]

Rank	Name	Nationality	5.50	5.65	5.80	5.90	6.00	Mark	Notes
			o	o	o	o	xxx	5.90
			-	o	xo	xxo	xxx	5.90
			-	o	o	xxx		5.80
			-	-	o	xxx		5.80
			o	o	o	xxx		5.80
			o	o	xxo	xxx		5.80
			o	o	xxx			5.65
			o	o	xxx			5.65
			xo	xo	xxx			5.65
			xo	xo	xxx			5.65
			xo	xo	xxx			5.65
			xo	xo	xxx			5.65
13			o	xxx				5.50
13			o	xxx				5.50
15			xo	xxx				5.50
			xxx

Notes and References

1. Web site: Beijing 2015: Timetable . https://web.archive.org/web/20141201205133/http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ . dead . 1 December 2014 . 10 August 2015 . 10 August 2015 . Beijing 2015 .
2. http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-PV-M-q----.SL2.pdf Start list
3. Web site: REPORT: MEN'S POLE VAULT FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015. 24 August 2015. iaaf.org. 2 September 2015.
4. Web site: Error 200 | World Athletics.
5. Web site: Records & Lists – Pole Vault. IAAF. 19 August 2015.
6. http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-PV-M-q----.RS6.pdf Qualification results
7. http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-PV-M-f----.RS6.pdf Final results