2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

These are the results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris, France.

Medalists

Gold	Giuseppe Gibilisco Italy (ITA)
Silver	Okkert Brits South Africa (RSA)
Bronze	Patrik Kristiansson Sweden (SWE)

Schedule

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

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
26.08.2003 – 18:45h	26.08.2003 – 18:45h
Final Round
28.08.2003 – 18:30h

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

Records

World Record	Sergey Bubka  (UKR)	6.14	Sestriere, Italy	31 July 1994
Championship Record	Dmitri Markov  (AUS)	6.05	Edmonton, Canada	9 August 2001

Results

Qualification

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

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	5.20	5.35	5.50	5.60	5.70	Result	Notes
1	B	Giuseppe Gibilisco	Italy	-	-	o	-	o	5.70	q
2	B	Tim Lobinger	Germany	-	-	o	xo	o	5.70	q
2	B	Viktor Chistiakov	Australia	-	-	xo	o	o	5.70	q
4	A	Dmitri Markov	Australia	-	-	-	xxo	o	5.70	q
4	A	Derek Miles	United States	-	-	xo	xo	o	5.70	q
6	B	Okkert Brits	South Africa	-	-	o	o	xo	5.70	q
6	B	Patrik Kristiansson	Sweden	-	-	-	o	xo	5.70	q
8	A	Timothy Mack	United States	-	xo	xo	o	xxo	5.70	q
8	A	Denys Yurchenko	Ukraine	-	-	xxo	-	xxo	5.70	q, SB
10	A	Adam Kolasa	Poland	-	o	o	o	xxx	5.60	q
10	B	Daichi Sawano	Japan	-	o	o	o	xxx	5.60	q
10	B	Vadim Strogalev	Russia	-	o	-	o	xxx	5.60	q
13	A	Lars Börgeling	Germany	-	-	-	xo	xxx	5.60
14	A	Rens Blom	Netherlands	-	-	xxo	xo	xxx	5.60
15	B	Spas Bukhalov	Bulgaria	-	o	o	xxo	xxx	5.60
16	A	Iliyan Efremov	Bulgaria	-	xo	o	xxo	xxx	5.60
17	A	Pavel Gerasimov	Russia	-	o	xxo	xxo	xxx	5.60	SB
18	B	Jeff Hartwig	United States	-	-	o	xxx		5.50
19	A	Adam Ptácek	Czech Republic	-	o	xo	xxx		5.50
20	B	Matti Mononen	Finland	-	xxo	xo	xxx		5.50
21	A	Nick Buckfield	Great Britain	-	-	xxo	xxx		5.50
22	A	Thibaut Duval	Belgium	-	o	xxx			5.35
23	B	Christian Tamminga	Netherlands	-	xo	xxx			5.35
23	B	Piotr Buciarski	Denmark	-	xo	-	xxx		5.35
25	B	Dominic Johnson	Saint Lucia	-	xxo	xxx			5.35
26	A	Pierre-Charles Peuf	France	o	-	xxx			5.20
26	A	Alexandre Barbaud	France	o	-	xx-	x		5.20
26	B	Štěpán Janáček	Czech Republic	o	xxx				5.20
29	A	Fumiaki Kobayashi	Japan	xo	xxx				5.20
	A	Aleksandr Averbukh	Israel	-	-	-	xxx		NM
	B	Richard Spiegelburg	Germany	-	xxx				NM
	B	Romain Mesnil	France	-	-	-	-	xxx	NM

Final

28 August

Rank	Name	5.30	5.50	5.60	5.70	5.75	5.80	5.85	5.90	5.95	Result	Notes
	Giuseppe Gibilisco  (ITA)	-	-	o	-	xx-	o	o	o	-	5.90	NR
	Okkert Brits  (RSA)	-	-	xo	-	xo	-	xo	x-	xx	5.85	SB
	Patrik Kristiansson  (SWE)	-	-	xo	-	o	o	xxo	xxx		5.85	PB
4	Dmitri Markov  (AUS)	-	-	xo	-	xo	-	xxo	xx-	x	5.85
5	Tim Lobinger  (GER)	-	-	o	o	xo	o	xxx			5.80
6	Timothy Mack  (USA)	-	xo	o	o	xxx					5.70
6	Derek Miles  (USA)	-	xo	o	o	xxx					5.70
8	Denys Yurchenko  (UKR)	-	xo	-	o	-	xx-	x			5.70	SB
9	Adam Kolasa  (POL)	o	o	o	xo	xxx					5.70	SB
9	Vadim Strogalev  (RUS)	-	o	o	xo	-	xxx				5.70
11	Viktor Chistiakov  (AUS)	-	-	o	-	xxx					5.60
—	Daichi Sawano  (JPN)										DNS

See also

• Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games - Men's pole vault

References

• Qualification results (archived)
• Final results (archived)
• Results