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2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

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Men's pole vault
at the 2019 World Championships
Sam Kendricks in the final
VenueKhalifa International Stadium
Dates28 September (qualification)
1 October (final)
Competitors34 from 16 nations
Winning height5.97
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Sweden
bronze medal    Poland
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The men's pole vault at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 28 September to 1 October 2019.[1]

Summary

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The field contained a who's who of contemporary pole vaulters, save 2015 champion Shawnacy Barber. World record holder Renaud Lavillenie and 2011 champion Paweł Wojciechowski didn't make the final. In the final, 2013 champion Raphael Holzdeppe and Olympic champion Thiago Braz bowed out, unable to clear 5.80m. That height selected the medalists and it was the same three who had cleared 6 metres earlier in the season, all three perfect to that point.

At 5.87m, all three missed their first attempt. Armand Duplantis cleared it on his second attempt, matched by Piotr Lisek, but defending champion Sam Kendricks missed again, not only taking him out of the lead, but leaving him only one more attempt to be allowed to continue. He made an adjustment to the placement of his standards then made it for new life. At 5.92m, Duplantis and Lisek missed their first attempts, Kendricks made his. Advantage Kendricks. Duplantis missed his next attempt, then Lisek decided to go for the win and saved his two remaining attempts for the next height 5.97 m (19 ft 7 in). Now the pressure was on Duplantis. He made his attempt, putting him into silver medal position.

At 5.97m, none of the three could get over on their first two attempts. Lisek was eliminated and had to settle for bronze. Again under pressure, Duplantis and Kendricks both made their final attempt. The bar moved to 6.02m with Kendricks holding the lead. Neither were able to make their first two attempts, when Duplantis failed a third time, Kendricks celebrated the successful defense of his title.

At the end of the competition, the medallists celebrated together on the pole vault mat. Their act of competitor camaraderie earned them a place on the shortlist for the International Fair Play Award.[2]

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

World record  Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 6.16 m Donetsk, Ukraine 15 February 2014
Championship record  Dmitri Markov (AUS) 6.05 m Edmonton, Canada 9 August 2001
World Leading  Sam Kendricks (USA) 6.06 m Des Moines, United States 27 July 2019
African Record  Okkert Brits (RSA) 6.03 m Cologne, Germany 18 August 1995
Asian Record  Igor Potapovich (KAZ) 5.92 m Stockholm, Sweden 19 February 1998
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Sam Kendricks (USA) 6.06 m Des Moines, United States 27 July 2019
South American Record  Thiago Braz (BRA) 6.03 m Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 15 August 2016
European Record  Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 6.16 m Donetsk, Ukraine 15 February 2014
Oceanian record  Steven Hooker (AUS) 6.06 m Boston, United States 7 February 2009

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 5.71 m.[4]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
28 September 17:30 Qualification
1 October 20:05 Final

Results

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Qualification

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Qualification: 5.75 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).

Rank Group Name Nationality 5.30 5.45 5.60 5.70 5.75 Mark Notes
1 A Sam Kendricks  United States (USA) o o o o o 5.75 Q
B Piotr Lisek  Poland (POL) o o o o 5.75 Q
3 B Cole Walsh  United States (USA) xo xo xxo o 5.75 Q
4 A Thiago Braz  Brazil (BRA) o o o xo 5.75 Q
5 A Claudio Stecchi  Italy (ITA) o xo xo 5.75 Q
6 A Huang Bokai  China (CHN) o xxo xo xo 5.75 Q, PB
7 B Armand Duplantis  Sweden (SWE) o o xxo 5.75 Q
8 B Raphael Holzdeppe  Germany (GER) o xo xxo xxo 5.75 Q
9 A Valentin Lavillenie  France (FRA) o o o xxx 5.70 q
10 B Augusto Dutra  Brazil (BRA) o xo o xxx 5.70 q
11 A Ben Broeders  Belgium (BEL) xo xo o xxx 5.70 q
B Bo Kanda Lita Baehre  Germany (GER) o xxo o xxx 5.70 q
13 B Konstantinos Filippidis  Greece (GRE) o o o xxo xxx 5.70
A Paweł Wojciechowski  Poland (POL) o o xxo xxx 5.70
15 A Emmanouil Karalis  Greece (GRE) o o xxx 5.60
B Renaud Lavillenie  France (FRA) o xxx 5.60
B KC Lightfoot  United States (USA) o o o xxx 5.60
B Ernest Obiena  Philippines (PHI) o o xxx 5.60
19 B Robert Sobera  Poland (POL) o xxo o xxx 5.60
20 B Seito Yamamoto  Japan (JPN) o xo xo xxx 5.60
21 A Ding Bangchao  China (CHN) xo xo xxo xxx 5.60
22 A Zach Bradford  United States (USA) xxo xo xxo xxx 5.60
23 A Torben Blech  Germany (GER) o o xx- r 5.45
B Rutger Koppelaar  Netherlands (NED) o o xxx 5.45
25 A Jin Min-sub  South Korea (KOR) xo xxx 5.45
26 B Alioune Sene  France (FRA) xxo xo xxx 5.45
27 A Daichi Sawano  Japan (JPN) xxo xxx 5.45
28 A Masaki Ejima  Japan (JPN) xo xxo xxx 5.45
29 B Sondre Guttormsen  Norway (NOR) xo xxx 5.30
B Yao Jie  China (CHN) xxx NH
B Harry Coppell  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) DNS
A Melker Svärd Jacobsson  Sweden (SWE) DNS
A Menno Vloon  Netherlands (NED) DNS

Final

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The final was started on 1 October at 20:06.[6]

Rank Name Nationality 5.55 5.70 5.80 5.87 5.92 5.97 6.02 Mark Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sam Kendricks  United States (USA) o o o xxo o xxo xx- 5.97
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Armand Duplantis  Sweden (SWE) o o xo xxo xxo xxx 5.97
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Piotr Lisek  Poland (POL) o o o xo x- xx 5.87
4 Bo Kanda Lita Baehre  Germany (GER) o o xxx 5.70
5 Thiago Braz  Brazil (BRA) xo o xxx 5.70
6 Raphael Holzdeppe  Germany (GER) o xo xxx 5.70
Valentin Lavillenie  France (FRA) o xo xxx 5.70
8 Claudio Stecchi  Italy (ITA) o xxo xxx 5.70
9 Huang Bokai  China (CHN) o xxx 5.55
10 Augusto Dutra  Brazil (BRA) xo xxx 5.55
Cole Walsh  United States (USA) xo xxx 5.55
12 Ben Broeders  Belgium (BEL) xxo xxx 5.55

References

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  1. ^ "Start list" (PDF).
  2. ^ Shortlist announced for International Fair Play Award. IAAF (2019-10-07). Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  3. ^ "Pole Vault Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Competitions Entry Standards 2019 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019". iaaf.org. 2 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Pole Vault Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Final results" (PDF).