2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault

Men's pole vault at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Venue	Omnisport Apeldoorn [1]
Location	Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Dates	7 March 2025 (qualification) 9 March 2025 (final)
Competitors	18 from 11 nations
Winning mark	5.90
Medalists
Emmanouil Karalis    Greece   Menno Vloon    Netherlands   Sondre Guttormsen    Norway
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The men's pole vault at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships is scheduled to be held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 7 and 9 March 2025. This will be the 15th time the event is contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

The qualifying round is scheduled for 7 March during the evening session. The final is scheduled for 9 March during the evening session.

Background

The men's pole vault was contested 37 times before 2025, held every time since the first edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1970–2023). ^[2] The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships will be held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. ^[3] The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024. ^[3]

Armand Duplantis is the world and European record holder, with a height of 6.27 m, set in 2025. Duplantis also holds the championship record of 6.05 m, set at the 2021 championships. ^[4]

Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships

Record	Athlete (nation)	Height (m)	Location	Date
World record [4]	Armand Duplantis  (SWE)	6.27	Clermont-Ferrand, France	28 February 2025
European record [4]
Championship record [5]		6.05	Toruń, Poland	7 March 2021
World leading [6]		6.27	Clermont-Ferrand, France	28 February 2025
European leading [6]

Qualification

For the men's pole vault, the qualification period runs from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025. ^[7] Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standards of 5.85 m or by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event. ^[7] There is a target number of 18 athletes. ^[7]

Rounds

Qualification

The qualifying round is scheduled for 7 March, starting at 19:05 (UTC+1) in the evening. ^[8]

Results of the qualification round ^[9]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	5.25	5.45	5.65	5.75	Result	Notes	PB
1	Thibaut Collet	France	–	o	o	o	5.75	q	5.95
1	Emmanouil Karalis	Greece	–	–	o	o	5.75	q	6.02
1	Menno Vloon	Netherlands	–	o	o	o	5.75	q	5.96
4	David Holý	Czech Republic	o	o	xo	o	5.75	q, PB	5.71
5	Valters Kreišs	Latvia	–	o	o	xo	5.75	q	5.82
5	Baptiste Thiery	France	–	o	o	xo	5.75	q	5.80
7	Oleg Zernikel	Germany	–	o	xxo	xxo	5.75	q, SB	5.87
8	Ben Broeders	Belgium	–	o	o	xxr	5.65	q	5.85
8	Sondre Guttormsen	Norway	–	o	o	xxx	5.65	q	6.00
8	Renaud Lavillenie	France	–	o	o	xxx	5.65	q	6.16
8	Bo Kanda Lita Baehre	Germany	–	o	o	xxx	5.65	q	5.90
12	Torben Blech	Germany	–	o	xo	xxx	5.65		5.86
13	Piotr Lisek	Poland	–	o	xxo	xxx	5.65		6.02
14	Matěj Ščerba	Czech Republic	xxo	o	xxx		5.45		5.67
15	Robert Sobera	Poland	o	xo	xxx		5.45		5.81
15	Ioannis Rizos	Greece	o	xo	xxx		5.45		5.62
17	Urho Kujanpää	Finland	xo	xxx			5.25		5.70
	Ersu Şaşma	Turkey	–	xxx			NM		5.90

Final

The final is scheduled for 9 March, starting at 16:42 (UTC+1) in the afternoon. ^[8]

Result of the final ^[10]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	5.45	5.60	5.70	5.80	5.85	5.90	5.95	6.00	Result	Notes
	Emmanouil Karalis	Greece	–	o	–	o	xxo	o	xxx		5.90
	Menno Vloon	Netherlands	o	o	xxo	o	o	o	xxx		5.90	SB
	Sondre Guttormsen	Norway	o	–	xxo	–	xx–	o	–	xxr	5.90	SB
4	Thibaut Collet	France	–	o	o	xo	o	x–	xx		5.85
5	Ben Broeders	Belgium	o	–	o	–	xxx				5.70
6	Valters Kreišs	Latvia	o	xo	o	xx–	x				5.70
7	Bo Kanda Lita Baehre	Germany	o	xx–	o	xxx					5.70
8	David Holý	Czech Republic	o	o	xo	xxx					5.70
9	Oleg Zernikel	Germany	xo	o	xx–	x					5.60
9	Baptiste Thiery	France	xo	o	xxx						5.60
11	Renaud Lavillenie	France	–	xo	–	xxx					5.60

References

1. "Six months until Apeldoorn! New track surface for 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships", European Athletics , 6 September 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
2. András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics . Retrieved 21 November 2024.
3. "Omnisport with renovated track is ready for European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025", European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025, 6 September 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
4. "All time Top lists – Senior – pole vault men", World Athletics . Retrieved 13 January 2025.
5. "Qualification results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-03-05. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
6. "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – Pole vault men", World Athletics , 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
7. "Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics , 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
8. "Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics , 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
9. "Final Entries - Athletes List by event and SB" (PDF). European Athletics . 27 February 2025. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
10. "Pole vault Men Final Results". European Athletics . 9 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.