2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

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Men's pole vault
at the 2022 World Championships
Venue Hayward Field
Dates22 July (qualification)
24 July (final)
Competitors33 from 20 nations
Winning height6.21 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
  2019
2023  
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The men's pole vault at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 22 and 24 July 2022. [1] The winning margin was 0.27 metres which as of 2024 is the only time the men's pole vault has been won by more than 0.2 metres at these championships.

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Summary

The script was written 15 years before 2020 Olympic Champion and World Record holder Armand Duplantis was born. At the time, Sergey Bubka was the dominant pole vaulter. He would go to meets offering large bonuses for a world record, or a major championship. Step 1) get the feel of the runway while the other competitors max out. 2) set the bar to one centimeter above the world record. 3) fly over the bar. 4) collect the money and go home. [2] During that period, Armand's father and coach (along with his mother Helena), Greg Duplantis was sometimes one of those other vaulters, watching. [3] Years later, Yelena Isinbayeva made a career of doing the same thing. The world never got to articulate how good these athletes were at their best, only how good they needed to be to collect the bonus.

There was a $100,000 bonus for setting a World Record at these Championships. [4] It took 5.75m to get into the final. There, 7 got over 5.80m with Duplantis and 2012 Olympic Champion / former World Record holder Renaud Lavillenie both passing. At 5.87m it was down to 7, with Duplantis and Chris Nilsen missing their first attempts, putting first attempt clearance by Ernest John Obiena and 2016 Olympic Champion Thiago Braz into a tie for the lead. At 5.94m, Duplantis and Nilsen cleared on their first attempts to take back the lead after Obiena missed his first attempt before clearing on his second to improve his own Asian record. Braz missed his first two and passed to try to make one last attempt at 6 metres. Duplantis cleared 6 with ease, the others had maxed out, Nilsen left with silver, Obiena bronze. Competition over, next Duplantis had to deal with records, first the Championship record, formerly 6.05m by Dmitri Markov from 2001. He flew over that one. With his name cemented into the record book, the next step, a big step, was the World Record. Duplantis had the bar set at 6.21 m (20 ft 4+14 in). His first time down the runway, it wasn't right. He aborted the remains of the attempt going under the bar. On his second attempt, he flew over the bar. It was time to celebrate, collect the medal and the paycheck. Duplantis took no further attempts.

The World Record bettered his own world record set indoors by winning the Indoor World Championships on the same script. It also bettered his own outdoor world record of 6.16m set at the BAUHAUS-galan meet in Stockholm less than a month earlier.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [5]

RecordAthlete & Nat.Perf.LocationDate
World record Flag of Sweden.svg  Armand Duplantis  (SWE)6.20 m (i) Belgrade, Serbia 20 March 2022
Championship record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Dmitri Markov  (AUS)6.05 m Edmonton, Canada 9 August 2001
World Leading Flag of Sweden.svg  Armand Duplantis  (SWE)6.16 m Stockholm, Sweden 30 June 2022
African Record Flag of South Africa.svg  Okkert Brits  (RSA)6.03 m Cologne, Germany 18 August 1995
Asian Record Flag of the Philippines.svg  Ernest John Obiena  (PHI)5.93 m Innsbruck, Austria 11 September 2021
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Sam Kendricks  (USA)6.06 m Des Moines, United States 27 July 2019
South American Record Flag of Brazil.svg  Thiago Braz  (BRA)6.03 m Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 15 August 2016
European Record Flag of Sweden.svg  Armand Duplantis  (SWE)6.20 m (i) Belgrade, Serbia 20 March 2022
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Steven Hooker  (AUS)6.06 m (i) Boston, United States 7 February 2009

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 5.80 m. [6]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

DateTimeRound
22 July17:05 Qualification
24 July17:25 Final

Results

Qualification

The heats will start on 22 July at 17:05. Qualification: 5.80 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q). [7] [8]

RankGroupNameNationality5.305.505.655.755.80MarkNotes
1A Armand Duplantis Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)oo5.75 q
1A Chris Nilsen Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)ooo5.75 q
1B Oleg Zernikel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)ooo5.75 q
4A Thiago Braz Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)oxxoo5.75 q
5B Ben Broeders Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)ooxo5.75 q
6B Ernest John Obiena Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines  (PHI)xooxo5.75 q
6B Ersu Şaşma Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)ooxoxo5.75 q
8A Renaud Lavillenie Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)xxoxo5.75 q
9A Bo Kanda Lita Baehre Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)oxoxxo5.75 q
9B Menno Vloon Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)oxooxxo5.75 q
9A Pål Lillefosse Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)oxoxxo5.75 q
9B Sondre Guttormsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)xoxxo5.75 q
13A Rutger Koppelaar Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)ooxxx5.65
14A Hussain Al-Hizam Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)xoooxxx5.65 SB
15B Seito Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)ooxoxxx5.65
15B Simen Guttormsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)ooxoxxx5.65
17B Luke Winder Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)xooxoxxx5.65
18A Thibaut Collet Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)oxxoxxx5.65
19A Harry Coppell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)ooxxx5.50
19B Mikko Paavola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)ooxxx5.50
19A Piotr Lisek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)oxxx5.50
22A Emmanouil Karalis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)xoxxx5.50
22A Tommi Holttinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)oxoxxx5.50 SB
24B Huang Bokai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)xxoxxx5.50
24B Robert Sobera Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)xxoxxx5.50
24A Kurtis Marschall Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)xxoxxx5.50
27A Robert Renner Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)xoxxoxxx5.50
28A Germán Chiaraviglio Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)xoxxx5.30
B Andrew Irwin Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)xxxNM
B Augusto Dutra Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)xxxNM
A Torben Blech Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)xxxNM
B Valentin Lavillenie Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)xxxNM

Final

The final was started on 24 July at 17:25. [9]

RankNameNationality5.555.705.805.875.946.006.066.21MarkNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Armand Duplantis Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)oxooooxo6.21 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Chris Nilsen Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)oooxooxxx5.94
Bronze medal icon.svg Ernest John Obiena Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines  (PHI)oxoooxoxxx5.94 AR
4 Thiago Braz Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)ooxooxx–x5.87
5 Oleg Zernikel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)oooxoxxx5.87 PB
5 Renaud Lavillenie Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)oxoxxx5.87 SB
7 Bo Kanda Lita Baehre Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)xoxoxxoxxoxxx5.87
8 Ersu Şaşma Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)xoxooxxx5.80=NR
9 Pål Lillefosse Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)oxoxxx5.80
10 Sondre Guttormsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)ooxxx5.70
11 Ben Broeders Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)xxooxxx5.70
Menno Vloon Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)xxxNM

References

  1. Timetable
  2. "The Man Who Broke the World Record for Pole Vaulting—35 Different Times". 19 January 2016.
  3. "When Mondo met Bubka: Vault record breakers talk poles and future goals". olympics.com. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  4. "World Athletics Championships 2022: World record performance will make athletes richer by US $100,000".
  5. "Pole Vault Men − Records". IAAF . Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  6. "Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022" (PDF). iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
  7. Pole vault qualification
  8. SUMMARY Pole Vault Men - Qualification
  9. RESULTS Pole Vault Men - Final