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2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault

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(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

Gold Silver Bronze
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, 2012 17:00 Final

Results

Final

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

Rank Athlete Nationality 5.50 5.60 5.70 5.75 5.80 5.85 5.90 5.95 6.00 6.02 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Renaud Lavillenie  France - xo - o xo o xo o x- xx 5.95 WL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Björn Otto  Germany xo - o - xo - xxx 5.80
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Brad Walker  United States - xo - x- xo - xx- - x 5.80
4 Malte Mohr  Germany - xxo - o - xxx 5.75
5 Lázaro Borges  Cuba o o xo - xxx 5.70
5 Steven Lewis  Great Britain o - xo - xxx 5.70
7 Konstadinos Filippidis  Greece o xo xo - xxx 5.70
8 Romain Mesnil  France o - xxx 5.50
9 Dmitry Starodubtsev  Russia xo - xxx 5.50
Scott Roth  United States xxx NM

References

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