2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

Men's pole vault at the European Athletics Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Amsterdam
Dates	6 July (qualification) 8 July (final)
Competitors	28 from 17 nations
Winning height	5.60 m
Medalists
Robert Sobera   Poland   Jan Kudlička   Czech Republic   Robert Renner   Slovenia

The men's pole vault at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 8 July.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships
World record	Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)	6.16	Donetsk, Ukraine	15 February 2014
European record	Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)	6.16	Donetsk, Ukraine	15 February 2014
Championship record	Rodion Gataullin (RUS)	6.00	Helsinki, Finland	11 August 1994
World Leading	Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)	5.95	Angers, France	26 June 2016
European Leading	Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)	5.95	Angers, France	26 June 2016

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
6 July 2016	17:50	Qualification
8 July 2016	19:10	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 5.65 m (Q) or best 12 performances (q)

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	5.15	5.35	5.50	5.60	5.65	Result	Note
1	A	Renaud Lavillenie	France	–	–	–	o		5.60	q
2	A	Mareks Ārents	Latvia	o	o	o			5.50	q
2	A	Konstadinos Filippidis	Greece	–	o	o			5.50	q
2	A	Stanley Joseph	France	–	o	o			5.50	q
2	A	Robert Sobera	Poland	–	o	o			5.50	q
6	B	Ivan Horvat	Croatia	–	o	xo			5.50	q
6	A	Robert Renner	Slovenia	–	o	xo			5.50	q
6	B	Adrián Valles	Spain	o	o	xo			5.50	q, SB
9	B	Kévin Menaldo	France	–	xo	xo			5.50	q
9	B	Melker Svärd Jacobsson	Sweden	–	xo	xo	x		5.50	q
11	B	Arnaud Art	Belgium	–	o	xxo			5.50	q
12	A	Ben Broeders	Belgium	–	o	xxx			5.35	q
12	B	Karsten Dilla	Germany	–	o	xxx			5.35	q
12	B	Piotr Lisek	Poland	–	o	xxx			5.35	q
12	B	Paweł Wojciechowski	Poland	–	o	xxx			5.35	q
12	B	Jan Kudlička	Czech Republic	–	o	–	x		5.35	q
17	B	Luke Cutts	Great Britain	xxo	o	xxx			5.35
17	B	Menno Vloon	Netherlands	xxo	o	xxx			5.35
19	A	Michal Balner	Czech Republic	–	xo	xxx			5.35
19	B	Diogo Ferreira	Portugal	o	xo	xxx			5.35
19	A	Rasmus Wejnold Jørgensen	Denmark	o	xo	xxx			5.35
19	B	Dimitrios Patsoukakis	Greece	–	xo	xxx			5.35
19	A	Tobias Scherbarth	Germany	–	xo	xxx			5.35
24	A	Dominik Alberto	Switzerland	o	xxx				5.15
24	A	Lukáš Posekaný	Czech Republic	o	xxx				5.15
24	B	Eirik Greibrokk Dolve	Norway	o	xxx				5.15
27	A	Didac Salas	Spain	xo	xxx				5.15
	A	Raphael Holzdeppe	Germany						DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	5.30	5.50	5.60	5.70	5.75	Result	Note
	Robert Sobera	Poland	o	o	o	xxx		5.60
	Jan Kudlička	Czech Republic	o	o	xo	xxx		5.60
	Robert Renner	Slovenia	o	o	xxx			5.50
4	Ben Broeders	Belgium	xo	o	xxx			5.50
	Piotr Lisek	Poland	xo	o	xxx			5.50
6	Mareks Ārents	Latvia	o	xxo	xxx			5.50
7	Karsten Dilla	Germany	o	xxx				5.30
	Konstadinos Filippidis	Greece	o	xxx				5.30
	Ivan Horvat	Croatia	o	xxx				5.30
	Paweł Wojciechowski	Poland	o	xxx				5.30
11	Arnaud Art	Belgium	xo	xxx				5.30
	Adrian Vallés	Spain	xo	xxx				5.30
13	Stanley Joseph	France	xxo	xxx				5.30
	Kévin Menaldo	France	–	xxx				NM
	Renaud Lavillenie	France	–	–	–	–	xxx	NM
	Melker Svärd Jacobsson	Sweden						DNS