Men's Pole Vault Updates--2012 London Olympics

Jul 30, 2012 by Ryan Sterner

Lavillenie Wins Gold

Today's men's pole vault final was a day of upsets and comebacks that made Olympic history. France's Renaud Lavillenie jumped an Olympic record height of 5.97 meters to win the gold in his first Olympic Games. The European Champion and 2012 World Indoor Champion had an impressive performance taking down 2008 Olympic Champion, Steve Hooker's previous Olympic record of 5.96. Hooker had a disappointing day which ended when he failed to score in the final after missing the opening height. Silver was awarded to Bjorn Otto of Germany who jumped 5.91 and was followed by his German teammate Raphael Holzdeppe for the bronze and a personal best.

Final Results:

10 August 2012 - 19:00

Position	Bib	Athlete	Country	Mark	.
1	1758	Renaud Lavillenie	FRA	5.97	(OR)
2	1917	Björn Otto	GER	5.91	.
3	1904	Raphael Holzdeppe	GER	5.91	(PB)
4	2833	Dmitry Starodubtsev	RUS	5.75	.
5	1817	Steven Lewis	GBR	5.75	.
5	2817	Evgeniy Lukyanenko	RUS	5.75	(SB)
7	1980	Konstadínos Filippídis	GRE	5.65	.
8	1518	Jan Kudlicka	CZE	5.65	.
9	1763	Romain Mesnil	FRA	5.50	.
9	1915	Malte Mohr	GER	5.50	.
11	2663	Lukasz Michalski	POL	5.50	.
12	1611	Igor Bychkov	ESP	5.50	.
.	1046	Steven Hooker	AUS	NM	.
.	3259	Brad Walker	USA	NM

Final Start List:

*Order*	*Bib*	*Athlete*	*Country*	*SB 2012*	PB
1	1046	Steven Hooker	AUS	5.72	6.06
2	1518	Jan Kudlicka	CZE	5.73	5.73
3	1980	Konstadínos Filippídis	GRE	5.75	5.75
4	2817	Evgeniy Lukyanenko	RUS	5.73	6.01
5	1763	Romain Mesnil	FRA	5.72	5.95
6	3259	Brad Walker	USA	5.90	6.04
7	1904	Raphael Holzdeppe	GER	5.82	5.82
8	1817	Steven Lewis	GBR	5.82	5.82
9	1611	Igor Bychkov	ESP	5.56	5.60
10	1915	Malte Mohr	GER	5.91	5.91
11	2663	Lukasz Michalski	POL	5.72	5.85
12	2833	Dmitry Starodubtsev	RUS	5.90	5.90
13	1917	Björn Otto	GER	5.92	5.92
14	1758	Renaud Lavillenie	FRA	5.97	6.03

Qualification Results:

Group A

08 August 2012 - 10:00

*Position*	*Bib*	*Athlete*	*Country*	*Mark*	.
1	1980	Konstadínos Filippídis	GRE	5.60 q	.
2	2817	Evgeniy Lukyanenko	RUS	5.60 q	.
3	1763	Romain Mesnil	FRA	5.60 q	.
4	2663	Lukasz Michalski	POL	5.60 q	.
5	1046	Steven Hooker	AUS	5.50 q	.
5	1817	Steven Lewis	GBR	5.50 q	.
5	1915	Malte Mohr	GER	5.50 q	.
5	1917	Björn Otto	GER	5.50 q	.
9	3251	Jeremy Scott	USA	5.50	.
10	3139	Maksym Mazuryk	UKR	5.35	.
11	1453	Ivan Horvat	CRO	5.35	.
12	2713	Edi Maia	POR	5.20	.
.	1218	Fábio da Silva	BRA	NM	.
.	2243	Seito Yamamoto	JPN	NM	.
.	2357	Yoo Suk Kim	KOR	NM	.
.	3238	Derek Miles	USA	NM	.

*ATHLETE*	*5.20*	*5.35*	*5.50*	*5.60*	*5.65*
Konstadínos Filippídis	-	O	O	O	-
Evgeniy Lukyanenko	-	-	XXO	O	-
Romain Mesnil	-	XO	O	XO	-
Lukasz Michalski	-	XO	XXO	XO	-
Steven Hooker	-	-	O	-	-
Steven Lewis	-	-	O	-	-
Malte Mohr	-	-	O	-	-
Björn Otto	-	-	O	-	-
Jeremy Scott	-	O	XO	XXX
Maksym Mazuryk	-	O	XXX
Ivan Horvat	O	XO	XXX
Edi Maia	XXO	XXX
Fábio da Silva	-	-	XXX
Seito Yamamoto	-	XXX
Yoo Suk Kim	XXX
Derek Miles	XXX

Group B

08 August 2012 - 10:00

*Position*	*Bib*	*Athlete*	*Country*	*Mark*	.
1	1758	Renaud Lavillenie	FRA	5.65 q	.
1	1904	Raphael Holzdeppe	GER	5.65 q	.
3	3259	Brad Walker	USA	5.60 q	.
4	2833	Dmitry Starodubtsev	RUS	5.60 q	.
5	1518	Jan Kudlicka	CZE	5.50 q	.
5	1611	Igor Bychkov	ESP	5.50 q	.
7	1464	Lázaro Borges	CUB	5.50	.
7	2815	Sergey Kucheryanu	RUS	5.50	.
9	2267	Nikita Filippov	KAZ	5.35	.
10	1365	Yansheng Yang	CHN	5.35	.
11	2386	Mareks Arents	LAT	5.35	.
12	1172	Stanislau Tsivonchyk	BLR	5.20	.
.	1719	Jere Bergius	FIN	NM	.
.	2676	Pawel Wojciechowski	POL	NM	.
.	3001	Alhaji Jeng	SWE	NM	.
.	3151	Denys Yurchenko	UKR	NM	.

*ATHLETE*	*5.20*	*5.35*	*5.50*	*5.60*	*5.65*
Renaud Lavillenie	-	-	-	XO	O
Raphael Holzdeppe	-	-	XO	-	O
Brad Walker	-	-	XXO	O	-
Dmitry Starodubtsev	-	XO	XO	XO	-
Jan Kudlicka	-	O	O	-	-
Igor Bychkov	O	-	O	XX-	X
Lázaro Borges	-	XXO	XO	XXX
Sergey Kucheryanu	-	XXO	XO	XXX
Nikita Filippov	O	O	XXX
Yansheng Yang	-	XO	XXX
Mareks Arents	XO	XO	XXX
Stanislau Tsivonchyk	XO	XXX
Jere Bergius	-	XXX
Pawel Wojciechowski	-	XXX
Alhaji Jeng	-	XXX
Denys Yurchenko	-	XXX

last updated: July 18th at 6:05pm CT

Men's Pole Vault Quick Hits
2012 London Olympic Games

Pole Vault Schedule:
Day 6, Aug 8th - Qualifying (4:00am CT) - qualifying procedure TBA
Day 3, Aug 5th - Final (1:00pm CT)

Pole Vault Records:
World Record - 6.14m - Sergey Bubka (UKR) 31 July 1994
Olympic Record - 5.96m - Steve Hooker (AUS) 22 August 2008
American Record - 6.04m - Brad Walker 8 June 2008

The Favorites: (personal best/season best)
1. Renaud Lavillenie, France (6.03m/5.95m) -The Frenchman is ranked #1 in the world, has a gold medal from 2012 Indoor Champs, and was 3rd at WC in 2011.
2. Bjorn Otto, Germany (5.92m/5.92m) - The runner up at this years World Indoor Champs and current #2 in the world.
3. Brad Walker, United States of America (6.04m/5.90m) - Currently ranked #4 in the world, we'll give the American Record Holder and outside shot at a medal.

The Americans:
1. Brad Walker (6.04m/5.90m) - American Record Holder, took first place in 2007 WC at Osaka.
2. Jeremy Scott (5.72m/5.60m) - 9th place in 2011 World Champs in Daegu.
3. Derek Miles (5.82m/5.60m) - 4th place in 2008 at Beijing Olympics.

Past 1500 Olympic Results: (from wiki)

2008 Olympic Games

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	5.45	5.60	5.70	5.75	5.80	5.85	5.90	5.96	Result	Notes^[3]
	Steven Hooker	Australia	-	o	-	-	xxo	xxo	xxo	xxo	5.96	OR
	Yevgeny Lukyanenko	Russia	-	xxo	o	-	o	xxo	xxx		5.85
	Denys Yurchenko	Ukraine	xxo	xo	o						5.70
4	Derek Miles	United States	o	xxo	xo	-	xxx				5.70
5	Dmitry Starodubtsev	Russia	xxo	xxo	xo	-	xxx				5.70
6	Danny Ecker	Germany	xo	-	xxo	xxx					5.70
7	Jérôme Clavier	France	xo	o	xxx						5.60
8	Raphael Holzdeppe	Germany	o	xo	xxx						5.60
9	Igor Pavlov	Russia	-	xxo	-	xxx					5.60
10	Jan KudliÄÂÂÃ‚Âka	Czech Republic	o	xxx							5.45
11	PrzemysÅÂÂÃ‚Â‚aw CzerwiÅÂÂÃ‚Â„ski	Poland	xo	xxx							5.45
	Giuseppe Gibilisco	Italy	xxx								NM
	Leonid Andreev	Uzbekistan	xxx								NM

2004 Olympic Games

Rank	Athlete	5.40	5.55	5.65	5.75	5.80	5.85	5.90	5.95	6.00	Result	Notes
	Timothy Mack (USA)	-	o	xo	o	-	xo	o	xxo	xxx	5.95	OR
	Toby Stevenson (USA)	-	o	o	o	-	xo	o	xxx		5.90
	Giuseppe Gibilisco (ITA)	-	xo	-	o	-	o	x-	xx		5.85	SB
4	Igor Pavlov (RUS)	-	o	o	xo	xo	xx-	x			5.80	PB
5	Danny Ecker (GER)	-	xxo	-	o	xxx					5.75	SB
6	Lars Börgeling (GER)	-	o	-	xxo	xx-	x				5.75	SB
7	Derek Miles (USA)	-	o	xo	xxo	x-	xx				5.75
8	Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR)	-	-	o	xxx						5.65	SB
9	Denys Yurchenko (UKR)	-	xo	o	xxx						5.65
9	Rens Blom (NED)	-	xo	o	xxx						5.65
11	Paul Burgess (AUS)	-	o	-	xxx						5.55
11	Tim Lobinger (GER)	-	o	xxx							5.55
13	Pavel Gerasimov (RUS)	-	xo	x-	x						5.55
13	Daichi Sawano (JPN)	o	xo	xxx							5.55
13	Ruslan Yeremenko (UKR)	-	xxo	-	xxx						5.55
16	Oleksandr Korchmid (UKR)	-	xxo	xxx							5.55

2000 Olympic Games

Place	Athlete	Nation	Mark	Notes
1	Nick Hysong	United States	5.90	PB
2	Lawrence Johnson	United States	5.90
3	Maksim Tarasov	Russia	5.90	SB
4	Michael Stolle	Germany	5.90
5	Viktor Chistiakov	Australia	5.80	SB
5	Dmitriy Markov	Australia	5.80
7	Okkert Brits	South Africa	5.80
8	Daniel Ecker	Germany	5.80
9	Montxu Miranda	Spain	5.70
10	Giuseppe Gibilisco	Italy	5.50
	Aleksandr Averbukh	Israel	5.50
	Yevgeniy Smiryagin	Russia	5.50
13	Tim Lobinger	Germany	5.50

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Men's Pole Vault Updates--2012 London Olympics

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