Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

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Men's pole vault
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Stadium Australia, Womens polevault.jpg
Pole vaulting at the 2000 Summer Olympics (women's)
Venue Stadium Australia
Date27 September 2000 (qualifying)
29 September 2000 (final)
Competitors36 from 22 nations
Winning height5.90
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Nick Hysong
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Lawrence Johnson
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Maksim Tarasov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
  1996
2004  

The men's pole vault event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday, 27 September, and Friday, 29 September. [1] Thirty-six athletes from 22 nations competed. [2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Nick Hysong of the United States, the nation's first victory in the event since its 16-Games streak (from 1896 to 1968) ended. The American team also took silver, as Lawrence Johnson finished second. Russia's Maksim Tarasov became the seventh man to win multiple pole vault medals, and the second to do so under two different flags, adding a bronze to his 1992 gold (for the Unified Team).

Summary

Sergey Bubka had been the dominant pole vaulter and world record holder for five Olympic cycles and this was his fourth Olympic appearance, but the Bubka curse continued into a third consecutive Olympics as he failed to clear a height for the second time (it also happened at Barcelona in 1992). Eight men managed to get to 5.90 m (19 ft 4+14 in), the winning height. Australia's two Russian−born vaulters Viktor Chistiakov and Dmitriy Markov were perfect before their adopted home crowd to that point, along with American Lawrence Johnson. With an earlier miss at 5.50m, Nick Hysong was in fourth place, but his first attempt clearance leapfrogged him into the lead, when the rest of the field failed to match him. Johnson was the only one to make it on his second attempt, putting him in the silver position. 1992 champion Maksim Tarasov entered the height tied for fifth with Okkert Brits with three earlier misses, while Michael Stolle had already taken seven attempts to get over his first three bars. Both Tarasov and Stolle made 5.90m on their last attempt, but Tarasov had the tiebreaker to take the bronze. Markov saved one heroic attempt to snatch victory, but nobody could clear 5.96m.

Background

This was the 24th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1996 Games were gold medalist Jean Galfione of France, fourth-place finisher Igor Potapovich of Kazakhstan, sixth-place finisher Dmitriy Markov of Belarus (now representing Australia), seventh-place finisher Tim Lobinger of Germany, eighth-place finisher Lawrence Johnson of the United States, ninth-place finisher Michael Stolle of Germany, and eleventh-place finisher (and 1992 finalist) Danny Krasnov of Israel. 1992 gold medalist Maksim Tarasov (then of the Unified Team, now of Russia) also returned, and was the reigning world champion—the first man other than Sergey Bubka to win that title. Bubka, of Ukraine, was the favorite (especially in the absence of 2004 leader Jeff Hartwig, who had failed to make the United States team); Bubka had been the best pole vaulter in the world since the early 1980s but had managed only one Olympic medal, gold in 1988 (missing 1984 due to boycott, failing to clear a height in the 1992 final, and 1996 due to injury). [2]

The Czech Republic made its men's pole vaulting debut, although Czechoslovakia had participated before. The United States made its 23rd appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had jumped 5.60 metres or higher during the qualification period. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. If a NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had jumped 5.45 metres or higher could be entered. [3]

Competition format

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1912, with results cleared between rounds. Vaulters received three attempts at each height. Ties were broken by the countback rule.

In the qualifying round, the bar was set at 5.25 metres, 5.40 metres, 5.55 metres, 5.65 metres, and 5.70 metres. The next step would have been 5.75 metres, but no vaulters attempted that height. All vaulters clearing 5.75 metres advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 cleared that height, the top 12 (including ties, after applying the countback rules) advanced.

In the final, the bar was set at 5.50 metres, 5.70 metres, 5.80 metres, 5.90 metres, and 5.96 metres. [2] [4]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in meters) before the 2000 Summer Olympics.

World recordFlag of Ukraine.svg  Sergey Bubka  (UKR)6.14 Sestriere, Italy 31 July 1994
Olympic recordFlag of France.svg  Jean Galfione  (FRA)
Flag of Russia.svg  Igor Trandenkov  (RUS)
Flag of Germany.svg  Andrei Tivontchik  (GER)
5.92 Atlanta, United States 2 August 1996

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 27 September 200018:30Qualifying
Friday, 29 September 200018:30Final

Results

Key

Qualifying

The qualifying round was held on Wednesday, 27 September 2000. The qualifying height was 5.75 metres. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the highest jumps until a total of 12 qualifiers. Because only six men cleared 5.70 metres, raising the bar to 5.75 metres was unnecessary.

RankGroupAthleteNation5.255.405.555.655.70HeightNotes
1B Nick Hysong Flag of the United States.svg  United States ooo5.70q
2B Danny Ecker Flag of Germany.svg  Germany xoo5.70q
3A Dmitriy Markov Flag of Australia.svg  Australia oxo5.70q
4A Viktor Chistiakov Flag of Australia.svg  Australia oxoxxoxo5.70q
5B Michael Stolle Flag of Germany.svg  Germany oxxo5.70q
6B Giuseppe Gibilisco Flag of Italy.svg  Italy oxooxxo5.70q
7A Yevgeniy Smiryagin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia oooxx–5.65q
A Tim Lobinger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany ooox–5.65q
B Okkert Brits Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa oo5.65q
B Alexander Averbukh Flag of Israel.svg  Israel oo5.65q
B Maksim Tarasov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia o5.65q
12A Lawrence Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States xoo5.65q
A Montxu Miranda Flag of Spain.svg  Spain xoooxxx5.65q
14A Štěpán Janáček Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic xxoooxxx5.65
15A Rens Blom Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands ooxoxxx5.65
16A Jean Galfione Flag of France.svg  France ooxxx5.55
B Paul Burgess Flag of Australia.svg  Australia ooxxx5.55
B Kevin Hughes Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain oooxxx5.55SB
B Javier García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain ooxx–x5.55
20A Patrik Kristiansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden oxoxxx5.55
A Danny Krasnov Flag of Israel.svg  Israel oxoxxx5.55SB
22A Thibaut Duval Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium xoxxoxxx5.55
B Ilian Efremov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria oxoxxoxxx5.55
B Martin Eriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden xoxxoxxx5.55
25B Manabu Yokoyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan xxoxxoxxx5.55
26A Pavel Gerasimov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia xoxxx5.40
B Chad Harting Flag of the United States.svg  United States xox–xx5.40
B Dominic Johnson Flag of Saint Lucia (1979-2002).svg  Saint Lucia xoxxx5.40
29B João André Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal xoxoxxx5.40
30B Denys Yurchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine xxox–5.40
30B Romain Mesnil Flag of France.svg  France xxox–xx5.40
32A Nuno Fernandes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal xxoxxx5.25
A Sergey Bubka Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine xxxNo mark
A Igor Potapovich Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan xxxNo mark
A Robison Pratt Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico xxxNo mark
B Photis Stefani Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus xxxNo mark
A Ruhan Işım Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey DNS

Final

The final was held on Friday 29 September 2000.

RankAthleteNation5.505.705.805.905.96HeightNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Nick Hysong Flag of the United States.svg  United States oxoooxxx5.90PB
Silver medal icon.svg Lawrence Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States ooxoxxx5.90
Bronze medal icon.svg Maksim Tarasov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia oxoxxoxxx5.90SB
4 Michael Stolle Flag of Germany.svg  Germany xxooxoxxoxxx5.90
5 Viktor Chistiakov Flag of Australia.svg  Australia oooxxx5.80SB
Dmitriy Markov Flag of Australia.svg  Australia ooxx–x5.80
7 Okkert Brits Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa oxoxxx5.80
8 Danny Ecker Flag of Germany.svg  Germany oxoxoxxx5.80
9 Montxu Miranda Flag of Spain.svg  Spain oxxoxxx5.70
10 Giuseppe Gibilisco Flag of Italy.svg  Italy oxxx5.50
Aleksandr Averbukh Flag of Israel.svg  Israel oxxx5.50
Yevgeniy Smiryagin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia oxxx5.50
13 Tim Lobinger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany xoxxx5.50

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