2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault

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Men's pole vault
at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue Arena Birmingham
Dates4 March
Competitors15 from 10 nations
Winning height5.90
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
  2016
2022  

The men's pole vault at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 4 March 2018. [1]

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Summary

Only 15 competitors meant only a final was held. Several notable names were eliminated early on; 2015 World Champion Shawnacy Barber; 2016 Olympic champion Thiago Braz da Silva; world junior record holder Armand Duplantis; 2014 World Indoor Champion Konstantinos Filippidis; 2011 World Champion Paweł Wojciechowski; and 2013 World Champion Raphael Holzdeppe. Young newcomers Kurtis Marschall and Emmanouil Karalis cleared personal bests of 5.80m to be among the last contenders. The medalists were decided by a first attempt clearance at 5.85m, by Piotr Lisek, Sam Kendricks and Renaud Lavillenie. At that point, Lavillenie was still clean placing him in first place, Kendricks had one miss for second and Lisek had two misses for third. Six other vaulters had attempts left, many strategically passing to 5.90m after the clearances, but none were able to clear another height. In fact, only Lavillenie was able to get over 5.90 m (19 ft 4+14 in) on his second attempt, confirming his win. Kendricks took one attempt for the win at 5.95m but in the end the podium in 2018 was exactly the same as in 2016.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World indoor record Flag of France.svg  Renaud Lavillenie  (FRA)6.16 Donetsk, Ukraine 15 February 2014
Championship record Flag of France.svg  Renaud Lavillenie  (FRA)6.02 Portland, United States 17 March 2016
World LeadingFlag of France.svg  Renaud Lavillenie  (FRA)5.93 Clermont-Ferrand, France 25 February 2018
Flag of the United States.svg  Sam Kendricks  (USA)

Schedule

DateTimeRound
4 March 201815:00 Final

Results

The final was started at 15:00. [2]

RankNameNationality5.455.605.705.805.855.905.956.00ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Renaud Lavillenie Flag of France.svg France ooxoxxx5.90
Silver medal icon.svg Sam Kendricks Flag of the United States.svg United States ooox–oxx–x5.85
Bronze medal icon.svg Piotr Lisek Flag of Poland.svg Poland xox–oxxx5.85
4 Kurtis Marschall Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia xoooox–xx5.80 PB
5 Emmanouil Karalis Flag of Greece.svg Greece xooxoox–xx5.80 PB
Raphael Holzdeppe Flag of Germany.svg Germany oxoxoox–xx5.80
7 Konstantinos Filippidis Flag of Greece.svg Greece xooox–xx5.70
8 Armand Duplantis Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden oxoox–x–x5.70
9 Melker Svärd Jacobsson Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden oxxoxoxx–x5.70
10 Axel Chapelle Flag of France.svg France ooxxx5.60
11 Xue Changrui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China oxoxxx5.60
12 Thiago Braz da Silva Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil xxoxxx5.60
13 Scott Houston Flag of the United States.svg United States xoxxoxxx5.60
Paweł Wojciechowski Flag of Poland.svg Poland xoxxoxxx5.60
15 Shawnacy Barber Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada oxxx5.45

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