2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault


The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany will be held between 20 August and 22 August 2009.
Reigning Olympic champion Steven Hooker came into the competition nursing a pulled hamstring incurred 12 days before the championships. Minimizing his effort, he only took one attempt in qualifying and two attempts in the [|final]. Hooker waited until only three other competitors were left in the field. Hooker agonized in the pit after missing his attempt at 5.85, then watched Romain Mesnil clear. After one failure Renaud Lavillenie joined Hooker in passing to the next height while Maksym Mazuryk, who had passed to get to 5.85 exhausted his attempts. Constantly stretching and massaging his hamstring, Hooker successfully cleared 5.90 with room to spare, leaping from nothing to first place. Mesnil and Lavillenie could not answer.

Medalists

Records

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.
RankGroupNameNationality5.255.405.555.65ResultNotes
ASteven Hooker---o5.65q
BRenaud Lavillenie-ooo5.65q
BAlexander Straub--oo5.65q
ARomain Mesnil--xoo5.65q
AMaksym Mazuryk-oxoo5.65q
ADamiel Dossévi-ooxo5.65q
AGiuseppe Gibilisco-ooxxo5.65q
AMalte Mohr--xoxxo5.65q
AAleksandr Gripichooxoxxo5.65q
BSteven Lewis-oxoxxo5.65q
11BAlhaji Jeng-xoxxoxxo5.65q, SB
12ADerek Miles--oxxx5.55q
12BKevin Rans-ooxxx5.55q
12BDaichi Sawano--oxxx5.55q
12BViktor Chistiakov--oxxx5.55q
14AJeremy Scott-oxoxxx5.55
15AKonstadinos Filippidisooxxoxxx5.55
16AKim Yoo-Sukxooxxoxxx5.55SB
16AIgor Pavlov-xoxxoxxx5.55
16BBjörn Otto-xoxxoxxx5.55
19BLeonid Andreevxxooxxoxxx5.55
20BEemeli Salomäkiooxxx5.40
20BŁukasz Michalski-oxxx5.40
22ASpas Bukhalov-xo-xxx5.40
22AJan Kudlička-xoxxx5.40
22ALuke Cutts-xoxxx5.40
22BToby Stevenson-xoxxx5.40
26AYavgeniy Olhovskyxoxoxxx5.40
26BJurij Rovanxoxoxxx5.40
28BDenys Fedasoxxx5.25
29ATakafumi Suzukioxxx5.25
AJesper Fritz-x'
BFábio Gomes da Silva-xxx'
BOleksandr Korchmid-xxx
BBrad WalkerDNS

Key: NM = no mark, NR = National record, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Final

RankNameNationality5.505.655.755.805.855.905.95ResultNotes
Steven Hooker----x-o-5.90
Romain Mesniloox-oox-xx5.85SB
Renaud Lavillenieooxxoox-x-x5.80
Maksym Mazurykoxoox-xx5.75
Aleksandr Gripichoxxooxxx5.75PB
Damiel Dosséviooxoxxx5.75PB
Alexander Straubxoxoxxx5.65
Giuseppe Gibiliscoxoxoxx-x5.65
Steven Lewisxoxoxxx5.65
10Daichi Sawanooxxx5.50
10Viktor Chistiakovoxxx5.50
12Alhaji Jengxoxxx5.50
12Kevin Ransxoxxx5.50
14Malte Mohrxxoxxx5.50
Derek Milesxxx