Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's pole vault

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Men's pole vault at the 2019 Pan American Games
VenueAthletics Stadium
DatesAugust 10
Competitors11 from 8 nations
Winning height5.76
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The men's pole vault competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 10 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Shawnacy Barber from Canada.

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Summary

The medals were decided at 5.61m, only three cleared it. Among the eliminated was Olympic champion Thiago Braz. Clayton Fritsch couldn't get over 5.71m and Augusto Dutra got over it on his second attempt, while Chris Nilsen still had a perfect round going. Dutra passed the next height, daring Nilsen to get over it. Nilsen was well over the bar on his attempts but peaking well behind the bar, he knocked it off on his first two attempts. On his final attempt at 5.76 m (18 ft 10+34 in) he was still too close to the bar, but managed to snake over it. When he landed with the bar still on its pegs, he celebrated. Both made attempts at 5.81m. At 1cm below his personal best from 6 years earlier, it would have been a heroic jump for Dutra, though still 14 cm below what Nilsen had done just two months earlier to win the NCAA Championships. Neither man made it, leaving Dutra with silver while Nilsen took gold.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record Flag of France.svg  Renaud Lavillenie  (FRA)6.16 Donetsk, Ukraine February 15, 2014
Pan American Games record Flag of Cuba.svg  Lázaro Borges  (CUB)5.80 Guadalajara, Mexico October 28, 2011

Schedule

DateTimeRound
August 10, 201914:20 Final

Results

All times shown are in meters.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Final

The results were as follows: [1]

RankNameNationality5.015.165.315.415.515.615.715.765.81MarkNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Chris Nilsen Flag of the United States.svg  United States ooooxxoxxx5.76
Silver medal icon.svg Augusto Dutra Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil xoxxoxoxxx5.71
Bronze medal icon.svg Clayton Fritsch Flag of the United States.svg  United States xoooxxoxxx5.61
4 Thiago Braz Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil xoxxx5.51
5 Germán Chiaraviglio Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina xooxoxxx5.51
6 José Pacho Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador xoxooxxx5.41
7 Dyander Pacho Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador oooxxx5.31 PB
8 Jorge Luna Estes Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico oxxoxxx5.31
9 Andy Hernández Pedroso Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba oxxx5.16
10 Lázaro Borges Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba xoxxx5.16
Walter Viáfara Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia xoxxx5.16
Antonio Ruiz Dobbs Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico xxx NH
Natán Rivera Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador xxr NH

References

  1. "Men's pole vault − Final − Results" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 10 Aug 2019.