2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault

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Men's pole vault
at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
VenueNanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park
Location Nanjing, China
Dates22 March
Competitors12 from 11 nations
Winning height6.15 m
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Armand Duplantis  Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg   Emmanouil Karalis  Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Bronze medal icon.svg   Sam Kendricks  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The men's pole vault at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China, on 22 March 2025. This was the 21st time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

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The final was scheduled for 22 March during the morning session.

Background

The men's pole vault was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
RecordAthlete (nation)Height (m)LocationDate
World record [1] Flag of Sweden.svg  Armand Duplantis  (SWE)6.27 Clermont-Ferrand, France28 February 2025
Championship record [2] 6.20 Belgrade, Serbia 20 March 2022
World leading [3] 6.27 Clermont-Ferrand, France28 February 2025

Qualification

For the men's pole vault, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. [4] Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standards of 5.85 m. [5] Athletes could also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. [4] There was a target number of 12 athletes. [5]

Results

Final

The final was held on 22 March, starting at 18:34 (UTC+8) in the evening. [6]

RankAthleteNationality5.505.705.805.905.956.006.056.106.15ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Armand Duplantis Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden –o–o–ooxoo6.15
Silver medal icon.svg Emmanouil Karalis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece –oooo–oxx–x6.05 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg Sam Kendricks Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States ooooxx–x5.90=SB
4 Menno Vloon Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands oxoox–xx5.80
5 Kurtis Marschall Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia ooxxox–xx5.80
6 Ersu Şaşma Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey oxoxxox–xx5.80
7 Sondre Guttormsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway oxoxxx5.70
8 Valters Kreišs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia oxxx5.50
8 Li Chenyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China oxxx5.50
8 Bo Kanda Lita Baehre Flag of Germany.svg  Germany oxxx5.50
11 Thibaut Collet Flag of France.svg  France xoxxx5.50
Baptiste Thiery Flag of France.svg  France xxx NM

References

  1. ↑ "All time Top lists - Senior - Pole vault". World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships - Pole Vault Men - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics . 3 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – Pole vault men". World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Timetable and qualification system approved for WCH Tokyo 25 and WIC Nanjing 25".
  5. 1 2 "World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Pole Vault Men - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics . 22 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
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