2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
| Events at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | women | ||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| 20 km walk | men | women | ||
| 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 | |||
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The men's pole vault at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 30 June.
Medalists
| Gold | Mouhcine Cheaouri Morocco |
| Silver | Samir El Mafhoum Morocco |
| Bronze | Ruan Van Wyk South Africa |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Sergey Bubka (UKR) |
6.14 | Sestriere, Italy | 31 July 1994 |
| African record | Okkert Brits (RSA) |
6.03 | Cologne, Germany | 18 August 1995 |
| Championship record | Okkert Brits (RSA) |
5.40 | Durban, South Africa | 1993 |
| Dakar, Senegal | 21 August 1998 | |||
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2012 | 14:40 | Final |
Results
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 4.30 | 4.40 | 4.40 | 4.60 | 4.70 | 4.80 | 4.90 | 5.00 | 5.05 | 5.10 | 5.30 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mouhcine Cheaouri | Morocco | – | – | – | – | – | xo | – | o | – | xxo | xxx | 5.10 | |
 | Samir El Mafhoum | Morocco | – | o | – | o | – | o | xo | o | – | xxx | 5.00 | ||
 | Ruan Van Wyk | South Africa | – | – | – | – | o | o | o | xxx | 4.90 | ||||
| 4 | Heinrich Smit | South Africa | – | – | – | – | o | – | xxo | xxx | 4.90 | ||||
| 5 | Sami Berrhaiem |  Tunisia | – | o | – | – | xo | – | xxx | 4.70 | |||||
| 6 | Eben Beukes | South Africa | – | – | – | – | xxo | – | xxx | 4.70 | |||||
| Larbi Bouraada |  Algeria | DNS | |||||||||||||
| Mourad Souissi | Algeria | DNS | |||||||||||||
| Guillaume Thierry |  Mauritius | DNS | |||||||||||||
| Ahmed Hamed |  Egypt | DNS |
References
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