2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

Events at the
2012 European
Athletics 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 women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
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The men's pole vault at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 30 June and 1 July.

Medalists

Gold Renaud Lavillenie
 France
Silver Björn Otto
 Germany
Bronze Raphael Holzdeppe
 Germany

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record  Sergey Bubka (UKR) 6.14 Sestriere, Italy 31 July 1994
European record  Sergey Bubka (UKR) 6.14 Sestriere, Italy 31 July 1994
Championship record  Rodion Gataullin (RUS) 6.00 Helsinki, Finland 11 August 1994
World Leading  Malte Mohr (GER) 5.91 Ingolstadt, Germany 22 June 2012
European Leading  Malte Mohr (GER) 5.91 Ingolstadt, Germany 22 June 2012
Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World and European Leading  Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 5.97 Helsinki, Finland 1 July 2012

Schedule

Date Time Round
30 June 2012 13:15 Qualification
1 July 2012 16:15 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 5.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final

Rank Group Athlete Nationality 5.10 5.30 5.40 5.50 5.55 Result Notes
1 A Renaud Lavillenie  France – – – – o 5.55
2 B Maksym Mazuryk  Ukraine – – xxo – o 5.55
3 A Claudio Stecchi  Italy – xo – xo xo 5.55
4 A Björn Otto  Germany – – – o – 5.50
4 B Raphael Holzdeppe  Germany – – – o – 5.50
4 B Jan Kudlička  Czech Republic – o – o – 5.50
7 A Konstadinos Filippidis  Greece – xxo – o – 5.50
8 B Rasmus Jørgensen  Denmark o o o xo x– 5.50 =PB
8 B Sergey Kucheryanu  Russia – o – xo – 5.50
10 B Igor Bychkov  Spain o xo – xo xx– 5.50
11 B Malte Mohr  Germany – – – xxo – 5.50
12B Jérôme Clavier  France – o – xxx 5.30
12 A Stanislau Tsivonchyk  Belarus – o xxx 5.30
14 A Max Eaves  Great Britain xo o – xxx 5.30
14 A Dídac Salas  Spain xo o xxx 5.30
16 B Eemeli Salomäki  Finland – xo – xxx 5.30
16 A Andrew Sutcliffe  Great Britain o xo xxx 5.30
18 A Jere Bergius  Finland – xxo – – xxx 5.30
18 A Robbert-Jan Jansen  Netherlands – xxo xxx 5.30
20 B Luke Cutts  Great Britain o xxx 5.10
21B Marco Boni  Italy xxx NM
21B Przemysław Czerwiński  Poland – xxx NM
21A Alhaji Jeng  Sweden – – – xx– x NM
21 B Edi Maia  Portugal xxx NM
21A Romain Mesnil  France – – – – xxx NM
21 A Pauls Pujāts  Latvia xxx NM
21B Nikandros Stylianou  Cyprus xxx NM
21A Denys Yurchenko  Ukraine – – xxx NM

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality 5.40 5.50 5.60 5.66 5.72 5.77 5.82 5.87 5.92 5.97 6.02 Result Notes
1st Renaud Lavillenie  France – – xo – – o xxo o o o xxx 5.97 WL
2nd Björn Otto  Germany – o – o – xxo xxo – xo – xxx 5.92 PB
3rd Raphael Holzdeppe  Germany – o – – o o xxx 5.77 =SB
4 Malte Mohr  Germany – – o – – xo xxx 5.77
5 Konstadinos Filippidis  Greece – o – o xo xxx 5.72 SB
6 Jan Kudlička  Czech Republic o – o – xx– x 5.60
7 Rasmus Jørgensen  Denmark xxo xxoxxx 5.50=PB
8 Maksym Mazuryk  Ukraine xo – xxx 5.40
8 Claudio Stecchi  Italy xo xxx 5.40
10 Jérôme Clavier  France xxo – xxx 5.40
Igor Bychkov  Spain xxx NM
Sergey Kucheryanu  Russia xxx NM
Stanislau Tsivonchyk  Belarus xxx NM

References