1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Thursday 26 August 1999 at 19:10h.

Medalists

Gold	Maksim Tarasov Russia (RUS)
Silver	Dmitriy Markov Australia (AUS)
Bronze	Aleksandr Averbukh Israel (ISR)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
24.08.1999 – 19:30h	24.08.1999 – 19:30h
Final Round
26.08.1999 – 19:10h

Records

World Record	Sergey Bubka  (UKR)	6.14	Sestriere	31 July 1994
Championship Record	Sergey Bubka  (UKR)	6.01	Athens, Greece	10 August 1997

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Name	5.40	5.55	5.65	5.70	5.75	Result	Notes
1	A	Maksim Tarasov  (RUS)	-	-	-	o	-	5.70	q
1	A	Dmitri Markov  (AUS)	-	o	-	o	-	5.70	q
1	A	Danny Ecker  (GER)	o	o	o	o	-	5.70	q
1	B	Michael Stolle  (GER)	-	o	-	o	x	5.70	q
1	B	Igor Potapovich  (KAZ)	-	o	-	o		5.70	q
6	B	Jean Galfione  (FRA)	-	xo	-	o	x	5.70	q
7	A	Nick Hysong  (USA)	-	-	xxo	xo	-	5.70	q
8	A	Romain Mesnil  (FRA)	-	o	-	xxo		5.70	q
9	A	Tim Lobinger  (GER)	o	xxo	xo	xxo	-	5.70	q
10	B	Aleksandr Averbukh  (ISR)	-	o	o	-	x	5.65	q
11	A	Montxu Miranda  (ESP)	o	xxo	xo	xx-		5.65	q
12	A	Okkert Brits  (RSA)	o	o	xxo	xxx		5.65	q
12	B	Danny Krasnov  (ISR)	-	o	xxo	-	x	5.65	q
14	A	Pat Manson  (USA)	-	o	xxx			5.55
14	A	Martin Eriksson  (SWE)	-	o	xxx			5.55
14	B	Jeff Hartwig  (USA)	-	o	-	xxx		5.55
17	B	José Manuel Arcos  (ESP)	xo	o	xxx			5.55
18	B	Dominic Johnson  (LCA)	o	xo	xxx			5.55
19	A	Heikki Vaaraniemi  (FIN)	o	xxo	xxx			5.55
19	A	Petr Špaček  (CZE)	o	xxo	xxx			5.55
19	B	Vadim Strogalyov  (RUS)	-	xxo	xxx			5.55
19	B	Jussi Autio  (FIN)	o	xxo	xxx			5.55
23	A	Thibaut Duval  (BEL)	o	xxx				5.40
23	A	Martin Kysela  (CZE)	o	xxx				5.40
23	B	Javier García  (ESP)	o	xxx				5.40
23	B	Martin Voss  (DEN)	o	xxx				5.40
27	A	Maurilio Mariani  (ITA)	xo	xxx				5.40
27	B	Kevin Hughes  (GBR)	xo	xxx				5.40
29	B	Stepan Janacek  (CZE)	xxo	xxx				5.40
29	B	Patrik Kristiansson  (SWE)	xxo	xxx				5.40
–	A	Fumiaki Kobayashi  (JPN)	xxx					NM
–	B	Trond Barthel  (NOR)	xxx					NM
–	A	Grigoriy Yegorov  (KAZ)						DNS
–	B	Viktor Chistyakov  (AUS)						DNS

Final

26 August

Rank	Name	5.50	5.70	5.80	5.90	5.96	6.02	6.07	Result	Notes
	Maksim Tarasov  (RUS)	-	o	-	o	xxo	o	-	6.02	CR
	Dmitri Markov  (AUS)	-	o	-	o	-	x-	xx	5.90
	Aleksandr Averbukh  (ISR)	-	xo	xo	xxx				5.80	NR
4	Danny Ecker  (GER)	o	o	xxx					5.70
4	Nick Hysong  (USA)	o	o	xxx					5.70
6	Tim Lobinger  (GER)	o	xo	xxx					5.70
7	Michael Stolle  (GER)	o	xxo	-	xxx				5.70
7	Igor Potapovich  (KAZ)	-	xxo	-	x-	xx			5.70
9	Danny Krasnov  (ISR)	o	xxx						5.50
10	Okkert Brits  (RSA)	xo	-	xxx					5.50
—	Jean Galfione  (FRA)	-	xxx						NM
—	Romain Mesnil  (FRA)	xxx							NM
—	Montxu Miranda  (ESP)								DNS

References

• IAAF
• trackandfieldnews