2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 30 June and 1 July.

Medalists

Gold	Renaud Lavillenie   France
Silver	Björn Otto   Germany
Bronze	Raphael Holzdeppe   Germany

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record	Sergey Bubka  (UKR)	6.14	Sestriere, Italy	31 July 1994
European record	Sergey Bubka  (UKR)	6.14	Sestriere, Italy	31 July 1994
Championship record	Rodion Gataullin  (RUS)	6.00	Helsinki, Finland	11 August 1994
World Leading	Malte Mohr  (GER)	5.91	Ingolstadt, Germany	22 June 2012
European Leading	Malte Mohr  (GER)	5.91	Ingolstadt, Germany	22 June 2012
Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World and European Leading	Renaud Lavillenie  (FRA)	5.97	Helsinki, Finland	1 July 2012

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
30 June 2012	13:15	Qualification
1 July 2012	16:15	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 5.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	5.10	5.30	5.40	5.50	5.55	Result	Notes
1	A	Renaud Lavillenie	France	–	–	–	–	o	5.55
2	B	Maksym Mazuryk	Ukraine	–	–	xxo	–	o	5.55
3	A	Claudio Stecchi	Italy	–	xo	–	xo	xo	5.55
4	A	Björn Otto	Germany	–	–	–	o	–	5.50
4	B	Raphael Holzdeppe	Germany	–	–	–	o	–	5.50
4	B	Jan Kudlička	Czech Republic	–	o	–	o	–	5.50
7	A	Konstadinos Filippidis	Greece	–	xxo	–	o	–	5.50
8	B	Rasmus Jørgensen	Denmark	o	o	o	xo	x–	5.50	=PB
8	B	Sergey Kucheryanu	Russia	–	o	–	xo	–	5.50
10	B	Igor Bychkov	Spain	o	xo	–	xo	xx–	5.50
11	B	Malte Mohr	Germany	–	–	–	xxo	–	5.50
12	B	Jérôme Clavier	France	–	o	–	xxx		5.30
12	A	Stanislau Tsivonchyk	Belarus	–	o	xxx			5.30
14	A	Max Eaves	Great Britain	xo	o	–	xxx		5.30
14	A	Dídac Salas	Spain	xo	o	xxx			5.30
16	B	Eemeli Salomäki	Finland	–	xo	–	xxx		5.30
16	A	Andrew Sutcliffe	Great Britain	o	xo	xxx			5.30
18	A	Jere Bergius	Finland	–	xxo	–	–	xxx	5.30
18	A	Robbert-Jan Jansen	Netherlands	–	xxo	xxx			5.30
20	B	Luke Cutts	Great Britain	o	xxx				5.10
	B	Marco Boni	Italy	xxx					NM
	B	Przemysław Czerwiński	Poland	–	xxx				NM
	A	Alhaji Jeng	Sweden	–	–	–	xx–	x	NM
	B	Edi Maia	Portugal	xxx					NM
	A	Romain Mesnil	France	–	–	–	–	xxx	NM
	A	Pauls Pujāts	Latvia	xxx					NM
	B	Nikandros Stylianou	Cyprus	xxx					NM
	A	Denys Yurchenko	Ukraine	–	–	xxx			NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	5.40	5.50	5.60	5.66	5.72	5.77	5.82	5.87	5.92	5.97	6.02	Result	Notes
	Renaud Lavillenie	France	–	–	xo	–	–	o	xxo	o	o	o	xxx	5.97	WL
	Björn Otto	Germany	–	o	–	o	–	xxo	xxo	–	xo	–	xxx	5.92	PB
	Raphael Holzdeppe	Germany	–	o	–	–	o	o	xxx					5.77	=SB
4	Malte Mohr	Germany	–	–	o	–	–	xo	xxx					5.77
5	Konstadinos Filippidis	Greece	–	o	–	o	xo	xxx						5.72	SB
6	Jan Kudlička	Czech Republic	o	–	o	–	xx–	x						5.60
7	Rasmus Wejnold Jørgensen	Denmark	xxo	xxo	xxx									5.50	=PB
8	Maksym Mazuryk	Ukraine	xo	–	xxx									5.40
8	Claudio Stecchi	Italy	xo	xxx										5.40
10	Jérôme Clavier	France	xxo	–	xxx									5.40
	Igor Bychkov	Spain	xxx											NM
	Sergey Kucheryanu	Russia	xxx											NM
	Stanislau Tsivonchyk	Belarus	xxx											NM

References

• Qualification Results
• Final Results