1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

Events at the 1999 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Thursday 26 August 1999 at 19:10h.

Medalists

Gold	Maksim Tarasov Russia (RUS)
Silver	Dmitriy Markov Australia (AUS)
Bronze	Aleksandr Averbukh Israel (ISR)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Records

World Record	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	6.14	Sestriere	31 July 1994
Championship Record	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	6.01	Athens, Greece	10 August 1997

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Name	5.40	5.55	5.65	5.70	5.75	Result	Notes
1	A	Maksim Tarasov (RUS)	-	-	-	o	-	5.70	q
1	A	Dmitri Markov (AUS)	-	o	-	o	-	5.70	q
1	A	Danny Ecker (GER)	o	o	o	o	-	5.70	q
1	B	Michael Stolle (GER)	-	o	-	o	x	5.70	q
1	B	Igor Potapovich (KAZ)	-	o	-	o		5.70	q
6	B	Jean Galfione (FRA)	-	xo	-	o	x	5.70	q
7	A	Nick Hysong (USA)	-	-	xxo	xo	-	5.70	q
8	A	Romain Mesnil (FRA)	-	o	-	xxo		5.70	q
9	A	Tim Lobinger (GER)	o	xxo	xo	xxo	-	5.70	q
10	B	Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR)	-	o	o	-	x	5.65	q
11	A	Montxu Miranda (ESP)	o	xxo	xo	xx-		5.65	q
12	A	Okkert Brits (RSA)	o	o	xxo	xxx		5.65	q
12	B	Danny Krasnov (ISR)	-	o	xxo	-	x	5.65	q
14	A	Pat Manson (USA)	-	o	xxx			5.55
14	A	Martin Eriksson (SWE)	-	o	xxx			5.55
14	B	Jeff Hartwig (USA)	-	o	-	xxx		5.55
17	B	José Manuel Arcos (ESP)	xo	o	xxx			5.55
18	B	Dominic Johnson (LCA)	o	xo	xxx			5.55
19	A	Heikki Vaaraniemi (FIN)	o	xxo	xxx			5.55
19	A	Petr Špaček (CZE)	o	xxo	xxx			5.55
19	B	Vadim Strogalyov (RUS)	-	xxo	xxx			5.55
19	B	Jussi Autio (FIN)	o	xxo	xxx			5.55
23	A	Thibaut Duval (BEL)	o	xxx				5.40
23	A	Martin Kysela (CZE)	o	xxx				5.40
23	B	Javier García (ESP)	o	xxx				5.40
23	B	Martin Voss (DEN)	o	xxx				5.40
27	A	Maurilio Mariani (ITA)	xo	xxx				5.40
27	B	Kevin Hughes (GBR)	xo	xxx				5.40
29	B	Stepan Janacek (CZE)	xxo	xxx				5.40
29	B	Patrik Kristiansson (SWE)	xxo	xxx				5.40
–	A	Fumiaki Kobayashi (JPN)	xxx					NM
–	B	Trond Barthel (NOR)	xxx					NM
–	A	Grigoriy Yegorov (KAZ)						DNS
–	B	Viktor Chistyakov (AUS)						DNS

Final

26 August

Rank	Name	5.50	5.70	5.80	5.90	5.96	6.02	6.07	Result	Notes
	Maksim Tarasov (RUS)	-	o	-	o	xxo	o	-	6.02	CR
	Dmitri Markov (AUS)	-	o	-	o	-	x-	xx	5.90
	Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR)	-	xo	xo	xxx				5.80	NR
4	Danny Ecker (GER)	o	o	xxx					5.70
4	Nick Hysong (USA)	o	o	xxx					5.70
6	Tim Lobinger (GER)	o	xo	xxx					5.70
7	Michael Stolle (GER)	o	xxo	-	xxx				5.70
7	Igor Potapovich (KAZ)	-	xxo	-	x-	xx			5.70
9	Danny Krasnov (ISR)	o	xxx						5.50
10	Okkert Brits (RSA)	xo	-	xxx					5.50
—	Jean Galfione (FRA)	-	xxx						NM
—	Romain Mesnil (FRA)	xxx							NM
—	Montxu Miranda (ESP)								DNS

References

• IAAF
• trackandfieldnews