| Event: | Men's pole vault |
| Competition: | 2018 World U20 Championships |
| Venue: | Ratina Stadium |
| Dates: | 11 July (qualification) 14 July (final) |
| Competitors: | 22 |
| Nations: | 16 |
| Win Label: | Winning height |
| Win Value: | 5.82 m |
| Gold: | Armand Duplantis |
| Goldnoc: | SWE |
| Silver: | Zachery Bradford |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Masaki Ejima |
| Bronzenoc: | JPN |
| Prev: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2021 |
The men's pole vault at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 11 and 14 July.[1]
| Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World U20 Record | 5.93 | Baton Rouge, United States | 5 May 2018 | ||
| Championship Record | 5.71 | Beijing, China | 19 August 2006 | ||
| World U20 Leading | 5.93 | Baton Rouge, United States | 5 May 2018 | ||
The qualification round took place on 11 July, in two groups, both starting at 17:00. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 5.35 metres (
Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.[2] [3]| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 4.80 | 4.95 | 5.10 | 5.20 | 5.30 | Mark | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Armand Duplantis |  | – | – | – | – | o | 5.30 | ||
| 2 | B | Sondre Guttormsen |  | – | – | o | o | 5.20 | |||
| A | Zachery Bradford |  | – | – | – | o | 5.20 | ||||
| 4 | B | Shunto Ozaki |  | xo | o | xxo | o | 5.20 | , | ||
| 5 | B | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre | – | – | o | xo | 5.20 | ||||
| A | Ethan Cormont |  | – | o | o | xo | 5.20 | ||||
| A | Masaki Ejima | | – | – | – | xo | 5.20 | ||||
| 8 | B | Cole Riddle | | – | – | xxo | xo | 5.20 | |||
| B | Thibaut Collet | | – | – | xxo | xo | 5.20 | ||||
| 10 | A | o | xxo | xxo | xxo | 5.20 | |||||
| 11 | B | Illya Kravchenko |  | – | o | o | xxx | 5.10 | |||
| A | José Antonio Maldonado |  | o | o | o | xxx | 5.10 | ||||
| 13 | B | Ersu Şaşma |  | – | o | xo | xxx | 5.10 | |||
| A | Riccardo Klotz |  | – | o | xo | xxx | 5.10 | ||||
| A | Taras Shevtsov | | o | o | xo | xxx | 5.10 | ||||
| 16 | B | Santtu Koskiaho |  | xo | xo | xo | xxx | 5.10 | |||
| 17 | A | Matteo Madrassi |  | xxo | xo | xxo | xxx | 5.10 | |||
| 18 | B | Andrea Marin | | o | xxx | 4.80 | |||||
| A | Pablo Zaffaroni |  | o | xxx | 4.80 | ||||||
| 20 | B | Csanád Simonváros |  | xo | xxx | 4.80 | |||||
| B | Javier Fernández | | xo | xxx | 4.80 | ||||||
| A | Maxim Goldovsky |  | xxx |
The final was held on 14 July at 13:49.[4]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.85 | 5.05 | 5.20 | 5.30 | 5.40 | 5.45 | 5.50 | 5.55 | 5.60 | 5.82 | 6.01 | Mark | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armand Duplantis | | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | o | xxx | 5.82 | CR | ||
| Zachery Bradford | | – | – | o | o | o | – | o | xxo | xxx | 5.55 | |||||
| Masaki Ejima | | – | – | o | – | xxo | – | o | xxo | xxx | 5.55 | |||||
| Bo Kanda Lita Baehre | – | – | – | o | o | – | o | – | xxx | 5.50 | ||||||
| Thibaut Collet | | – | – | o | – | o | – | x- | xx | 5.40 | ||||||
| Sondre Guttormsen | | – | – | o | – | xo | – | x- | x- | x | 5.40 | |||||
| Cole Riddle | | – | – | xo | xo | xxx | 5.30 | |||||||||
| Ethan Cormont | | – | xxo | xo | xo | xxx | 5.30 | |||||||||
| o | xo | xxo | xo | xxx | 5.30 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Shunto Ozaki | | o | xo | xo | xxx | 5.20 | |||||||||
| 11 | Illya Kravchenko | | – | o | xxx | 5.05 | ||||||||||
| 12 | José Antonio Maldonado | | xo | o | xxx | 5.05 |