2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 30, 2007 (qualification) and 1 September 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.

Medallists

Gold	Brad Walker  United States (USA)
Silver	Romain Mesnil  France (FRA)
Bronze	Danny Ecker  Germany (GER)

Records

World Record	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	6.14	Sestriere, Italy	31 July 1994
Championship Record	Dmitri Markov (AUS)	6.05	Edmonton, Canada	9 August 2001

Results

Qualification

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

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	5.40	5.55	5.65	5.70	Result	Notes
1	A	Danny Ecker	Germany	–	o	–	o	5.70	q
1	A	Steven Hooker	Australia	–	o	–	o	5.70	q
1	A	Igor Pavlov	Russia	–	o	o	o	5.70	q
4	A	Yevgeniy Lukyanenko	Russia	o	o	xo	o	5.70	q, PB
4	B	Denys Yurchenko	Ukraine	–	xo	–	o	5.70	q
6	B	Tim Lobinger	Germany	–	xxo	–	o	5.70	q
7	A	Brad Walker	United States	–	o	–	xo	5.70	q
7	A	Romain Mesnil	France	–	o	–	xo	5.70	q
9	A	Maksym Mazuryk	Ukraine	xo	o	o	xo	5.70	q, SB
9	B	Björn Otto	Germany	–	xo	–	xo	5.70	q
11	B	Aleksandr Averbukh	Israel	–	o	o	–	5.65	q
12	A	Fábio Gomes da Silva	Brazil	xo	xxo	o	xxx	5.65	q
13	A	Liu Feiliang	China	o	xxo	xo	xxx	5.65
14	A	Spas Bukhalov	Bulgaria	–	o	xxo	xxx	5.65
15	A	Alhaji Jeng	Sweden	–	o	xxx		5.55
15	B	Jeff Hartwig	United States	o	o	xxx		5.55
15	B	Jacob Pauli	United States	–	o	–	xxx	5.55
18	A	Germán Chiaraviglio	Argentina	xxo	o	xxx		5.55
19	B	Michal Balner	Czech Republic	xo	xo	xxx		5.55
20	B	Jérôme Clavier	France	xo	xxo	xxx		5.55
21	A	Andrej Poljanec	Slovenia	o	–	x		5.40
21	A	Kevin Rans	Belgium	o	xxx			5.40
21	B	Paul Burgess	Australia	o	–	xxx		5.40
21	B	Oleksandr Korchmid	Ukraine	o	xxx			5.40
25	B	Damiel Dossévi	France	xo	xxx			5.40
	A	Robinson Pratt	Mexico	xxx				NM
	B	Giovanni Lanaro	Mexico	xxx				NM
	B	Pavel Prokopenko	Russia	xxx				NM
	B	Steven Lewis	Great Britain	xxx				NM
	B	Leonid Andreev	Uzbekistan	xxx				NM
	B	Daichi Sawano	Japan	–	xx–	x		NM

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	5.51	5.66	5.76	5.81	5.86	5.91	Result	Notes
	Brad Walker	United States	o	o	x–	o	o	xxx	5.86
	Romain Mesnil	France	–	xo	–	o	xo	xxx	5.86
	Danny Ecker	Germany	o	o	–	o	x–	xx	5.81
4	Igor Pavlov	Russia	xo	o	x–	o	xxx		5.81	PB
5	Björn Otto	Germany	o	o	–	xo	–	xxx	5.81
6	Yevgeniy Lukyanenko	Russia	xo	o	o	xo	xxx		5.81	PB
7	Aleksandr Averbukh	Israel	–	o	–	xxo	–	xxx	5.81	SB
8	Tim Lobinger	Germany	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx		5.81
9	Steven Hooker	Australia	o	–	o	–	xx–	x	5.76
10	Fábio Gomes da Silva	Brazil	o	xo	o	xxx			5.76
11	Maksym Mazuryk	Ukraine	o	xxo	xxo	xxx			5.76	PB
12	Denys Yurchenko	Ukraine	o	xxo	x–	xx			5.66

References

• Official results, qualification - IAAF.org
• Official results, final - IAAF.org