Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

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Men's pole vault
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
London 2012 Renaud Lavillenie.jpg
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date8–10 August
Competitors32 from 23 nations
Winning height5.97 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Renaud Lavillenie
Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg Björn Otto
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Raphael Holzdeppe
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
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The men's pole vault was a competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 8–10 August. [1] Thirty-two athletes from 23 nations competed. [2] The event was won by Renaud Lavillenie of France, the nation's first victory in the event since 1996 and third overall. Björn Otto and Raphael Holzdeppe of Germany took silver and bronze, respectively; like France, it was the first time since 1996 that Germany reached the men's pole vault podium.

Summary

Nobody took an attempt at the auto-qualifying mark. As it turned out, it took a clean round through 5.50 to make the final.

Four of the 14 finalists only cleared 5.50. Four passed to 5.65 where defending champion, oft injured Steven Hooker and former world champion Brad Walker failed to clear their opening height. The medals were decided at 5.85, Renaud Lavillenie clearing on his first attempt, Björn Otto on the second and Raphael Holzdeppe on his third. The two Germans cleared 5.91 on their first attempt, while Lavillenie missed. So Lavillenie strategically passed to 5.97. On his second attempt, it was all or nothing. Lavillenie cleared it cleanly. In silver medal position on fewer misses, Otto passed to hope for a miracle at 6.02 while Holzdeppe failed at 5.97 and took the bronze. Otto's attempt at 6.02 was close but a failure. With the gold in hand Lavillenie took his remaining couple of attempts at 6.07.

During one part of the competition, Cuban Lázaro Borges was attempting to mark 5.35 metres when his pole broke into three large pieces (and at least two small ones). [3] The incident has been used in several Olympic bloopers videos.

Background

This was the 27th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The top five finalists from the 2008 Games returned: gold medalist Steven Hooker of Australia, silver medalist Yevgeny Lukyanenko of Russia, bronze medalist (later stripped) Denys Yurchenko of Ukraine, fourth-place finisher (later upgraded to bronze medalist) Derek Miles of the United States, and fifth-place finisher Dmitry Starodubtsev of Russia. Other returning finalists were Raphael Holzdeppe of Germany and Jan Kudlička of the Czech Republic. Renaud Lavillenie of France had taken third at the last two world championships and was favored to win, over reigning world champion Paweł Wojciechowski of Poland. [2]

Croatia made its men's pole vaulting debut. The United States made its 26th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's pole vault event if all athletes met the A standard, or 1 athlete if they met the B standard. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The qualifying height standards could be obtained in various meets during the qualifying period that had the approval of the IAAF. Both outdoor and indoor meets were eligible. The A standard for the 2012 men's pole vault was 5.72 metres; the B standard was 5.60 metres. The qualifying period for was from 1 May 2011 to 8 July 2012. NOCs could also have an athlete enter the pole vault through a universality place. NOCs could enter one male athlete in an athletics event, regardless of height, if they had no male athletes meeting the qualifying A or B standards in any men's athletic event. [4] [5] [6]

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete had three attempts at each height and was eliminated if he failed to clear any height. Athletes who successfully jumped the qualifying height moved on the final. If fewer than 12 reached that height, the best 12 moved on. Cleared heights reset for the final, which followed the same three-attempts-per-height format until all athletes reached a height they could not jump. [7]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World recordFlag of Ukraine.svg  Sergey Bubka  (UKR)6.14 Sestriere, Italy 31 July 1994
Olympic recordFlag of Australia.svg  Steven Hooker  (AUS)5.96 Beijing, China 22 August 2008
2012 World leadingFlag of France.svg  Renaud Lavillenie  (FRA)5.97 m Helsinki, Finland 1 July 2012

Renaud Lavillenie cleared 5.97 metres to win the gold medal and set a new Olympic record.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 8 August 201210:00Qualifying
Friday, 10 August 201219:00Finals

Results

Key

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 5.70m (Q) or at least best 12 (q) qualified. [8]

RankGroupAthleteNation5.205.355.505.605.65HeightNotes
1B Raphael Holzdeppe Flag of Germany.svg  Germany xoo5.65q
B Renaud Lavillenie Flag of France.svg  France xoo5.65q
3A Konstadinos Filippidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece ooo5.60q
4A Yevgeny Lukyanenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia xxoo5.60q
A Romain Mesnil Flag of France.svg  France xooxo5.60q
B Brad Walker Flag of the United States.svg  United States xxoo5.60q
7B Dmitry Starodubtsev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia xoxoxo5.60q, DPG [2]
8A Łukasz Michalski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland xoxxoxo5.60q
9B Igor Bychkov Flag of Spain.svg  Spain ooxx-x5.50q
A Steve Hooker Flag of Australia.svg  Australia o5.50q
B Jan Kudlička Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic oo5.50q
A Steven Lewis Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain o5.50q
A Malte Mohr Flag of Germany.svg  Germany o5.50q
A Björn Otto Flag of Germany.svg  Germany o5.50q
15A Jeremy Scott Flag of the United States.svg  United States oxoxxx5.50
16B Lázaro Borges Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba xxoxoxxx5.50
B Sergey Kucheryanu Flag of Russia.svg  Russia xxoxoxxx5.50
18B Nikita Filippov Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan ooxxx5.35
18A Maksym Mazuryk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine oxxx5.35DPG [9]
20A Ivan Horvat Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia oxoxxx5.35
B Yang Yansheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China xoxxx5.35
22B Mareks Ārents Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia xoxoxxx5.35
23B Stanislau Tsivonchyk Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus xoxxx5.20DPG [2]
24A Edi Maia Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal xxoxxx5.20
B Jere Bergius Flag of Finland.svg  Finland xxxNo mark
A Fábio Gomes da Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil xxxNo mark
B Alhaji Jeng Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden xxxNo mark
A Kim Yoo-Suk Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea xxxNo mark
B Derek Miles Flag of the United States.svg  United States xxxNo mark
B Paweł Wojciechowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland xxxNo mark
A Seito Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan xxxNo mark
B Denys Yurchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine xxxNo mark

Final

RankAthleteNation5.505.655.755.855.915.976.026.07HeightNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Renaud Lavillenie Flag of France.svg  France ooox-xox-xx5.97 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Björn Otto Flag of Germany.svg  Germany ooxoxooxx-x5.91
Bronze medal icon.svg Raphael Holzdeppe Flag of Germany.svg  Germany xoxoxxooxxx5.91PB
4 Steven Lewis Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain xoxoxxx5.75
Yevgeny Lukyanenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia xoxoxxx5.75SB
6 Konstadinos Filippidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece oxoxxx5.65
7 Jan Kudlička Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic oxxoxxx5.65
8 Malte Mohr Flag of Germany.svg  Germany oxxx5.50
Romain Mesnil Flag of France.svg  France oxxx5.50
10 Łukasz Michalski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland xoxxx5.50
11 Igor Bychkov Flag of Spain.svg  Spain xxoxxx5.50
Brad Walker Flag of the United States.svg  United States xxxNo mark
Steve Hooker Flag of Australia.svg  Australia xxxNo mark
Dmitry Starodubtsev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia oxooxxx5.75DPG [2]

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