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2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

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Men's pole vault
at the 2023 World Championships
Armand Duplantis shortly after the final.
VenueNational Athletics Centre
Dates23 August (qualification)
26 August (final)
Competitors34 from 23 nations
Winning height6.10
Medalists
gold medal    Sweden
silver medal    Philippines
bronze medal    Australia
bronze medal    United States
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The men's pole vault at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 23 and 26 August 2023.

Summary

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Rather than apply tiebreakers, all 13 who cleared 5.75m in the preliminary round qualified for the final. Two of them were unable to clear 5.75 again in the final. Through the next height of 5.85m, only five got over the bar. World record holder / defending champion Armand Duplantis and Thibaut Collet remained perfect. At 5.90m Ernest John Obiena, Chris Nilsen and Collet cleared on their first attempt. Kurtis Marschall missed his first attempt, then passed to the next height. Duplantis passed it entirely. At 5.95m, Marschall redeemed his pass, with a first attempt clearance. Marschall is one of only three people to have bested Duplantis in a global competition, at the 2016 U20 Championships when Marschall was 19 and Duplantis was 17. Obiena, Duplantis and Nilsen all followed along making it on their first attempts. Collet missed. The tie was broken putting Duplantis into the lead. Collet passed to the next height, 6 metres. Only Obiena and Duplantis had made 6.00 this year. Duplantis made it easily on his first attempt. Obiena made it on his second. None of the others were able to get over the bar. With two misses each earlier in the competition, Nilsen and Marschall were left with bronze. So Obiena and Duplantis would go to 6.05m. Obiena missed his first attempt, after Duplantis made his first attempt, Obiena passed to the next scheduled height, 6.10m. No previous competition had two competitors left in the competition at 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in). Only Sergey Bubka, Renaud Lavillenie and Duplantis had ever made it. Inexperienced at this height, Obiena missed his first attempt. Duplantis made it to remain perfect through the competition. After Obiena failed on his final attempt, Duplantis was confirmed for the gold medal. Now it was time to move the bar up to a world record attempt. Nobody had ever made an attempt at 6.23 m (20 ft 5+14 in) before. With the crowd eagerly watching and clapping in unison, over the next 20 minutes Duplantis made three attempts, but as in all pole vault competitions, they either end in withdrawal or failure. Duplantis failed to set a new record on this night.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[1]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record  Armand Duplantis (SWE) 6.22 m Clermont-Ferrand, France 25 February 2023
Championship record 6.21 m Eugene, United States 24 July 2022
World Leading 6.12 m Ostrava, Czech Republic 27 June 2023
African Record  Okkert Brits (RSA) 6.03 m Cologne, Germany 18 August 1995
Asian Record  Ernest John Obiena (PHI) 6.00 m Bergen, Norway 10 June 2023
North, Central American and Caribbean record  KC Lightfoot (USA) 6.07 m Nashville, United States 2 June 2023
South American Record  Thiago Braz (BRA) 6.03 m Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 15 August 2016
European Record  Armand Duplantis (SWE) 6.22 m Clermont-Ferrand, France 25 February 2023
Oceanian record  Steven Hooker (AUS) 6.06 m (i) Boston, United States 7 February 2009

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 5.81 m.[2]


Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Date Time Round
23 August 10:15 Qualification
26 August 19:25 Final

Results

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Qualification

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Qualification: 5.80 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).[3]

Rank Group Name Nationality 5.35 5.55 5.70 5.75 5.80 Mark Notes
1 A Armand Duplantis  Sweden (SWE) o o o 5.75 q
1 A Christopher Nilsen  United States (USA) o o o o 5.75 q
1 A Ernest John Obiena  Philippines (PHI) o o 5.75 q
1 A Kurtis Marschall  Australia (AUS) o o o o 5.75 q
5 B Yao Jie  China (CHN) o xo o o 5.75 q
6 B Zach McWhorter  United States (USA) o o xxo o 5.75 q
6 A Thibaut Collet  France (FRA) xxo o o o 5.75 q
8 A Ersu Şaşma  Turkey (TUR) o o xo 5.75 q
9 B Piotr Lisek  Poland (POL) o xo o xo 5.75 q
9 B Robert Sobera  Poland (POL) o o x– xo 5.75 q, SB
11 A Ben Broeders  Belgium (BEL) o o xxo 5.75 q
12 A Claudio Michel Stecchi  Italy (ITA) o xo xxo 5.75 q
13 B Huang Bokai  China (CHN) xo xo o xxo 5.75 q, =PB
14 B Oleg Zernikel  Germany (GER) o o o xxx 5.70 SB
15 B Kyle Rademeyer [fr]  South Africa (RSA) xxo o o xxx 5.70
16 B Zachery Bradford  United States (USA) xo xxo o xxx 5.70
16 B Menno Vloon  Netherlands (NED) xxo xo o xxx 5.70
18 A Zhong Tao  China (CHN) o xo xo xxx 5.70
19 B Baptiste Thiery  France (FRA) o o xxo xxx 5.70
20 A Ethan Cormont  France (FRA) o o xxx 5.55
20 A Sondre Guttormsen  Norway (NOR) o o xx– x 5.55
22 B Juho Alasaari [fi]  Finland (FIN) o xxx 5.35
22 A Gillian Ladwig  Germany (GER) o xxx 5.35
22 A Germán Chiaraviglio  Argentina (ARG) o xxx 5.35
22 A Paweł Wojciechowski  Poland (POL) o xxx 5.35
26 A Pedro Buaró  Portugal (POR) xo xxx 5.35
26 B Vladislav Malykhin  Ukraine (UKR) xo xxx 5.35
26 B Hussain Asim Al Hizam  Saudi Arabia (KSA) xo xxx 5.35
29 B Eduardo Nápoles  Cuba (CUB) xxo xxx 5.35
B Emmanouil Karalis  Greece (GRE) xxx NM
B Dominik Alberto  Switzerland (SUI) xxx NM
B Pål Haugen Lillefosse  Norway (NOR) xxx NM
A Urho Kujanpää  Finland (FIN) xxx NM
A Tomoya Karasawa [de]  Japan (JPN) xxx NM

Final

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The final started on 26 August at 19:25.[4][5]

Rank Name Nationality 5.55 5.75 5.85 5.90 5.95 6.00 6.05 6.10 6.23 Mark Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Armand Duplantis  Sweden (SWE) o o o o o o xxx 6.10
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ernest John Obiena  Philippines (PHI) o xo xo o o xo x– xx 6.00 =AR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kurtis Marschall  Australia (AUS) xo o o x– o xxx 5.95 =PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christopher Nilsen  United States (USA) o o xxo o o xxx 5.95 SB
5 Thibaut Collet  France (FRA) o o o o x– xx 5.90 PB
6 Huang Bokai  China (CHN) o o xxx 5.75 =PB
7 Ben Broeders  Belgium (BEL) xo o xxx 5.75
8 Zach McWhorter  United States (USA) xo xo xxx 5.75
9 Yao Jie  China (CHN) o xxo xxx 5.75
9 Claudio Michel Stecchi  Italy (ITA) o xxo xxx 5.75
9 Piotr Lisek  Poland (POL) o xxo x– xx 5.75
12 Robert Sobera  Poland (POL) o xxx 5.55
12 Ersu Şaşma  Turkey (TUR) o xxx 5.55

References

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  1. ^ "Pole Vault Men − Records". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Results Pole Vault Men - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics. 23 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Start List Pole Vault Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 25 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Results Pole Vault Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 26 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.