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2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault

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Men's pole vault
at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
VenueArena Birmingham
Dates4 March
Competitors15 from 10 nations
Winning height5.90
Medalists
gold medal    France
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Poland
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The men's pole vault at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 4 March 2018.[1]

Summary

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Only 15 competitors meant only a final was held. Several notable names were eliminated early on; 2015 World Champion Shawnacy Barber; 2016 Olympic champion Thiago Braz da Silva; world junior record holder Armand Duplantis; 2014 World Indoor Champion Konstantinos Filippidis; 2011 World Champion Paweł Wojciechowski; and 2013 World Champion Raphael Holzdeppe. Young newcomers Kurtis Marschall and Emmanouil Karalis cleared personal bests of 5.80m to be among the last contenders. The medalists were decided by a first attempt clearance at 5.85m, by Piotr Lisek, Sam Kendricks and Renaud Lavillenie. At that point, Lavillenie was still clean placing him in first place, Kendricks had one miss for second and Lisek had two misses for third. Six other vaulters had attempts left, many strategically passing to 5.90m after the clearances, but none were able to clear another height. In fact, only Lavillenie was able to get over 5.90 m (19 ft 4+14 in) on his second attempt, confirming his win. Kendricks took one attempt for the win at 5.95m but in the end the podium in 2018 was exactly the same as in 2016.

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World indoor record  Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 6.16 Donetsk, Ukraine 15 February 2014
Championship record  Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 6.02 Portland, United States 17 March 2016
World Leading  Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 5.93 Clermont-Ferrand, France 25 February 2018
 Sam Kendricks (USA)

Schedule

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Date Time Round
4 March 2018 15:00 Final

Results

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The final was started at 15:00.[2]

Rank Name Nationality 5.45 5.60 5.70 5.80 5.85 5.90 5.95 6.00 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Renaud Lavillenie  France o o xo xxx 5.90
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sam Kendricks  United States o o o x– o xx– x 5.85
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Piotr Lisek  Poland xo x– o xxx 5.85
4 Kurtis Marschall  Australia xo o o o x– xx 5.80 PB
5 Emmanouil Karalis  Greece xo o xo o x– xx 5.80 PB
Raphael Holzdeppe  Germany o xo xo o x– xx 5.80
7 Konstantinos Filippidis  Greece xo o o x– xx 5.70
8 Armand Duplantis  Sweden o xo o x– x– x 5.70
9 Melker Svärd Jacobsson  Sweden o xxo xo xx– x 5.70
10 Axel Chapelle  France o o xxx 5.60
11 Xue Changrui  China o xo xxx 5.60
12 Thiago Braz da Silva  Brazil xxo xxx 5.60
13 Scott Houston  United States xo xxo xxx 5.60
Paweł Wojciechowski  Poland xo xxo xxx 5.60
15 Shawnacy Barber  Canada o xxx 5.45

References

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