1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 2 August. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Pavel Gerasimov   Russia
Silver	Lars Börgeling   Germany
Bronze	Paul Burgess   Australia
Bronze	Adam Ptáček   Czech Republic
Bronze	Giuseppe Gibilisco   Italy

Results

Final

2 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Pavel Gerasimov	Russia	5.55
	Lars Börgeling	Germany	5.50
	Paul Burgess	Australia	5.20
	Adam Ptáček	Czech Republic	5.20
	Giuseppe Gibilisco	Italy	5.20
6	Jacob Pauli	United States	5.10
7	Jukka Nurmela	Finland	5.10
8	Thibaut Duval	Belgium	5.00
8	Gildas Verbist	France	5.00
8	Georgi Wassilew	Germany	5.00
11	Yevgeniy Mikhaylichenko	Russia	5.00
12	Christian Linskey	United Kingdom	5.00
13	Arnaud Verguet	France	4.80
13	Brian Hunter	United States	4.80
	Xu Gang	China	NH
	Kim Do-Kyun	South Korea	NH

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (1)
•   Belgium (1)
•   China (1)
•   Czech Republic (1)
•   Finland (1)
•   France (2)
•   Germany (2)
•   Italy (1)
•   Russia (2)
•   South Korea (1)
•   United Kingdom (1)
•   United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 December 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015