2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 and 12 July. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Thiago Braz   Brazil	Ivan Horvat   Croatia	Shawnacy Barber   Canada

Records

Prior to the competition ^[update] , the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record	Maksim Tarasov  (USSR)	5.80 m	Bryansk, Soviet Union	14 July 1989
	Raphael Holzdeppe  (GER)		Biberach, Germany	28 June 2008
Championship Record	Germán Chiaraviglio  (ARG)	5.71 m	Beijing, China	19 August 2006
World Junior Leading	Andrew Irwin  (USA)	5.72 m	Baton Rouge, United States	13 May 2012

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Standard 5.20 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	4.75	4.95	5.05	5.15	Result	Note
1	A	Thibault Boisseau	France	o	o	o	o	5.15	q
1	B	Andreas Duplantis	Sweden	–	–	o	o	5.15	q
1	B	Ivan Horvat	Croatia	o	o	o	o	5.15	q
4	A	Shawnacy Barber	Canada	o	o	xo	o	5.15	q
4	B	Robert Renner	Slovenia	–	xo	o	o	5.15	q
6	A	Didac Salas	Spain	–	–	xxo	o	5.15	q
6	B	Theodoros-Panayiotis Hrisanthopoulos	Greece	o	–	xxo	o	5.15	q
8	B	Jonas Efferoth	Germany	–	o	o	xo	5.15	q
9	A	Nikita Kirillov	United States	–	–	–	xxo	5.15	q
10	A	Arnaud Art	Belgium	–	xo	o	xxo	5.15	q
11	A	Lukas Hallanzy	Germany	–	xo	xxo	xxo	5.15	q, PB
12	A	Melker Svärd Jacobsson	Sweden	–	–	o	xxx	5.05	q
12	B	Thiago Braz	Brazil	–	–	o	xxx	5.05	q
12	B	Ruben Miranda	Portugal	o	o	o	xxx	5.05	q, SB
15	B	Axel Chapelle	France	xo	o	xo	xxx	5.05
16	A	Daiki Fujii	Japan	o	o	xxo	xxx	5.05
17	A	Lukas Wirth	Austria	o	o	xxx		4.95
17	B	Menno Vloon	Netherlands	–	o	xxx		4.95
19	A	Vladislav Mandych	Ukraine	xo	o	xxx		4.95
20	A	Rutger Koppelaar	Netherlands	xxo	o	xxx		4.95
21	A	Doo-hyun Han	South Korea	o	xo	xxx		4.95
22	A	Karol Pawlik	Poland	xo	xo	xxx		4.95
22	B	Eirik Greibrokk Dolve	Norway	xo	xo	xxx		4.95
24	A	Alessandro Sinno	Italy	o	xxo	xxx		4.95
24	B	Casey Bowen	United States	o	xxo	xxx		4.95
24	B	Manel Miralles	Spain	o	xxo	xxx		4.95
27	A	Per Magne Florvaag	Norway	xo	xxx			4.75
27	B	Nicholas Southgate	New Zealand	xo	xxx			4.75
29	A	Andreas Ronning	Denmark	xxo	xxx			4.75
	B	Brodie Cross	Australia	xxx				NM
	B	Wei Zhang	China	–	–	xxx		NM

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	4.85	5.00	5.10	5.20	5.30	5.35	5.40	5.45	5.50	5.55	5.60	5.65	Result	Notes
	Thiago Braz	Brazil	–	-	o	o	o	-	xo	o	xo	o	-	xxx	5.55	NJ
	Ivan Horvat	Croatia	-	o	o	o	xo	-	xxo	-	xo	o	xxx		5.55
	Shawnacy Barber	Canada	–	o	-	xo	o	o	xo	o	xo	xxo	xxx		5.55	NJ
4	Didac Salas	Spain	–	–	o	-	o	-	o	x-	xo	xx-	x		5.50
5	Robert Renner	Slovenia	-	o	-	o	o	-	xo	x-	xx				5.40
6	Melker Svärd Jakobsson	Sweden	–	xo	o	xxo	-	xxo	-	xxx					5.35	PB
7	Thibault Boisseau	France	-	o	-	xo	o	x-	xx						5.30	PB
8	Nikita Kirillov	United States	-	-	o	o	xxo	-	xxx						5.30
9	Jonas Efferoth	Germany	-	o	xo	o	xxx								5.20	SB
10	Andreas Duplantis	Sweden	-	xo	o	xo	x-	xx							5.20
11	Theódoros-Panayiótis Hrisanthópoulos	Greece	o	-	o	xxx									5.10
12	Lukas Hallanzy	Germany	o	o	xo	xxx									5.10
13	Rubem Miranda	Portugal	o	o	xxx										5.00
	Arnaud Art	Belgium	-	xxx											NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (1)
•   Austria (1)
•   Belgium (1)
•   Brazil (1)
•   Canada (1)
•   China (1)
•   Croatia (1)
•   Denmark (1)
•   France (2)
•   Germany (2)
•   Greece (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Japan (1)
•   Netherlands (2)
•   New Zealand (1)
•   Norway (2)
•   Poland (1)
•   Portugal (1)
•   Slovenia (1)
•   South Korea (1)
•   Spain (2)
•   Sweden (2)
•   Ukraine (1)
•   United States (2)

References

1. "iaaf.org - International Association of Athletics Federations". Archived from the original on 27 July 2012.
2. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
3. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015

External links

• WJC12 pole vault schedule