2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault

(from left) Björn Otto, Renaud Lavillenie and Brad Walker.

The men's pole vault at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 10 March at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Renaud Lavillenie
 France		 Björn Otto
 Germany		 Brad Walker
 United States

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record  Sergey Bubka (UKR) 6.15 Donetsk, Ukraine 21 February 1993
Championship record  Steven Hooker (AUS) 6.01 Doha, Qatar 13 March 2010
World Leading  Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 5.93 Nevers, France 18 February 2012
African record  Okkert Brits (RSA) 5.90 Liévin, France 16 February 1997
Toronto, Canada 1 June 1997
Asian record  Igor Potapovich (KAZ) 5.92 Stockholm, Sweden 19 February 1998
European record  Sergey Bubka (UKR) 6.15 Donetsk, Ukraine 21 February 1993
North and Central American
and Caribbean record		  Jeff Hartwig (USA) 6.02 Sindelfingen, Germany 10 March 2002
Oceanian Record  Steven Hooker (AUS) 6.06 Boston, United States 7 February 2009
South American record  Fábio Gomes da Silva (BRA) 5.65 Linz, Austria 3 February 2011

Qualification standards

Indoor
5.72

Schedule

Date Time Round
March 10, 201217:00Final

Results

Final

10 athletes from 7 countries participated. The final started at 17:00 and ended at 18:58.[1]

RankAthleteNationality5.505.605.705.755.805.855.905.956.006.02ResultNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Renaud Lavillenie France-xo-oxooxoox-xx5.95WL
2nd, silver medalist(s)Björn Otto Germanyxo-o-xo-xxx5.80
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Brad Walker United States-xo-x-xo-xx--x5.80
4Malte Mohr Germany-xxo-o-xxx5.75
5Lázaro Borges Cubaooxo-xxx5.70
5Steven Lewis Great Britaino-xo-xxx5.70
7Konstadinos Filippidis Greeceoxoxo-xxx5.70
8Romain Mesnil Franceo-xxx5.50
9Dmitry Starodubtsev Russiaxo-xxx5.50
Scott Roth United StatesxxxNM

References

  1. ↑ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
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