2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

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The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany will be held between 20 August and 22 August 2009.

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Reigning Olympic champion Steven Hooker came into the competition nursing a pulled hamstring incurred 12 days before the championships. Minimizing his effort, he only took one (successful) attempt in qualifying and two attempts in the final. Hooker waited until only three other competitors were left in the field. Hooker agonized in the pit after missing his attempt at 5.85, then watched Romain Mesnil clear. After one failure Renaud Lavillenie joined Hooker in passing to the next height while Maksym Mazuryk, who had passed to get to 5.85 exhausted his attempts. Constantly stretching and massaging his hamstring, Hooker successfully cleared 5.90 with room to spare, leaping from nothing to first place. Mesnil and Lavillenie could not answer.

Medalists

Gold Steven Hooker
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Silver Romain Mesnil
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Bronze Renaud Lavillenie
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)

Records

World record Flag of Ukraine.svg  Sergey Bubka  (UKR)6.14 Sestriere, Italy 31 July 1994
Championship record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Dmitri Markov  (AUS)6.05 Edmonton, Canada 9 August 2001
World LeadingFlag of France.svg  Renaud Lavillenie  (FRA)6.01 Leiria, Portugal 21 June 2009
African record Flag of South Africa.svg  Okkert Brits  (RSA)6.03 Cologne, Germany 18 August 1995
Asian record Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Grigoriy Yegorov  (KAZ)5.90 Stuttgart, Germany19 August 1993
North American recordFlag of the United States.svg  Brad Walker  (USA)6.04 Eugene, United States 8 June 2008
South American record Flag of Brazil.svg  Fábio Gomes da Silva  (BRA)5.77 São Paulo, Brazil 7 June 2007
European record Flag of Ukraine.svg  Sergey Bubka  (UKR)6.14Sestriere, Italy31 July 1994
Oceanian recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Dmitri Markov  (AUS)6.05Edmonton, Canada9 August 2001

Qualification standards

A standardB standard
5.70m5.55m

Schedule

DateTimeRound
August 20, 200910:10 Qualification
August 22, 200918:15 Final

Results

Qualification

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

RankGroupNameNationality5.255.405.555.65ResultNotes
1A Steven Hooker Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)---o5.65q
1B Renaud Lavillenie Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)-ooo5.65q
1B Alexander Straub Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)--oo5.65q
4A Romain Mesnil Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)--xoo5.65q
4A Maksym Mazuryk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)-oxoo5.65q
6A Damiel Dossévi Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)-ooxo5.65q
7A Giuseppe Gibilisco Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)-ooxxo5.65q
8A Malte Mohr Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)--xoxxo5.65q
8A Aleksandr Gripich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)ooxoxxo5.65q
8B Steven Lewis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)-oxoxxo5.65q
11B Alhaji Jeng Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)-xoxxoxxo5.65q, SB
12A Derek Miles Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)--oxxx5.55q
12B Kevin Rans Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)-ooxxx5.55q
12B Daichi Sawano Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)--oxxx5.55q
12B Viktor Chistiakov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)--oxxx5.55q
14A Jeremy Scott Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)-oxoxxx5.55
15A Konstadinos Filippidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)ooxxoxxx5.55
16A Kim Yoo-Suk Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)xooxxoxxx5.55SB
16A Igor Pavlov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)-xoxxoxxx5.55
16B Björn Otto Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)-xoxxoxxx5.55
19B Leonid Andreev Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan  (UZB)xxooxxoxxx5.55
20B Eemeli Salomäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)ooxxx5.40
20B Łukasz Michalski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)-oxxx5.40
22A Spas Bukhalov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)-xo-xxx5.40
22A Jan Kudlička Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)-xoxxx5.40
22A Luke Cutts Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)-xoxxx5.40
22B Toby Stevenson Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)-xoxxx5.40
26A Yavgeniy Olhovsky Flag of Israel.svg  Israel  (ISR)xoxoxxx5.40
26B Jurij Rovan Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)xoxoxxx5.40
28B Denys Fedas Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)oxxx5.25
29A Takafumi Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)oxxx5.25
A Jesper Fritz Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)-xNM
B Fábio Gomes da Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)-xxxNM
B Oleksandr Korchmid Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)-xxxNM
B Brad Walker Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)DNS

Key: NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result), NR = National record, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Final

RankNameNationality5.505.655.755.805.855.905.95ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Steven Hooker Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)----x-o-5.90
Silver medal icon.svg Romain Mesnil Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)oox-oox-xx5.85SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Renaud Lavillenie Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)ooxxoox-x-x5.80
4 Maksym Mazuryk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)oxoox-xx5.75
5 Aleksandr Gripich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)oxxooxxx5.75PB
6 Damiel Dossévi Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)ooxoxxx5.75PB
7 Alexander Straub Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)xoxoxxx5.65
7 Giuseppe Gibilisco Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)xoxoxx-x5.65
7 Steven Lewis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)xoxoxxx5.65
10 Daichi Sawano Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)oxxx5.50
10 Viktor Chistiakov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)oxxx5.50
12 Alhaji Jeng Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)xoxxx5.50
12 Kevin Rans Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)xoxxx5.50
14 Malte Mohr Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)xxoxxx5.50
Derek Miles Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)xxxNM

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