Men's Pole Vault Updates--2012 London Olympics
Men's Pole Vault Updates--2012 London Olympics
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:
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 |
AUS |
5.72 |
6.06 |
|
2 |
1518 |
CZE |
5.73 |
5.73 |
|
3 |
1980 |
GRE |
5.75 |
5.75 |
|
4 |
2817 |
RUS |
5.73 |
6.01 |
|
5 |
1763 |
FRA |
5.72 |
5.95 |
|
6 |
3259 |
USA |
5.90 |
6.04 |
|
7 |
1904 |
GER |
5.82 |
5.82 |
|
8 |
1817 |
GBR |
5.82 |
5.82 |
|
9 |
1611 |
ESP |
5.56 |
5.60 |
|
10 |
1915 |
GER |
5.91 |
5.91 |
|
11 |
2663 |
POL |
5.72 |
5.85 |
|
12 |
2833 |
RUS |
5.90 |
5.90 |
|
13 |
1917 |
GER |
5.92 |
5.92 |
|
14 |
1758 |
FRA |
5.97 |
6.03 |
Qualification Results:
Group A
08 August 2012 - 10:00
Position |
Bib |
Athlete |
Country |
Mark |
. |
1 |
1980 |
GRE |
5.60 q |
. |
|
2 |
2817 |
RUS |
5.60 q |
. |
|
3 |
1763 |
FRA |
5.60 q |
. |
|
4 |
2663 |
POL |
5.60 q |
. |
|
5 |
1046 |
AUS |
5.50 q |
. |
|
5 |
1817 |
GBR |
5.50 q |
. |
|
5 |
1915 |
GER |
5.50 q |
. |
|
5 |
1917 |
GER |
5.50 q |
. |
|
9 |
3251 |
USA |
5.50 |
. |
|
10 |
3139 |
UKR |
5.35 |
. |
|
11 |
1453 |
CRO |
5.35 |
. |
|
12 |
2713 |
POR |
5.20 |
. |
|
. |
1218 |
BRA |
NM |
. |
|
. |
2243 |
JPN |
NM |
. |
|
. |
2357 |
KOR |
NM |
. |
|
. |
3238 |
USA |
NM |
. |
ATHLETE |
5.20 |
5.35 |
5.50 |
5.60 |
5.65 |
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Group B
08 August 2012 - 10:00
Position |
Bib |
Athlete |
Country |
Mark |
. |
1 |
1758 |
FRA |
5.65 q |
. |
|
1 |
1904 |
GER |
5.65 q |
. |
|
3 |
3259 |
USA |
5.60 q |
. |
|
4 |
2833 |
RUS |
5.60 q |
. |
|
5 |
1518 |
CZE |
5.50 q |
. |
|
5 |
1611 |
ESP |
5.50 q |
. |
|
7 |
1464 |
CUB |
5.50 |
. |
|
7 |
2815 |
RUS |
5.50 |
. |
|
9 |
2267 |
KAZ |
5.35 |
. |
|
10 |
1365 |
CHN |
5.35 |
. |
|
11 |
2386 |
LAT |
5.35 |
. |
|
12 |
1172 |
BLR |
5.20 |
. |
|
. |
1719 |
FIN |
NM |
. |
|
. |
2676 |
POL |
NM |
. |
|
. |
3001 |
SWE |
NM |
. |
|
. |
3151 |
UKR |
NM |
. |
ATHLETE |
5.20 |
5.35 |
5.50 |
5.60 |
5.65 |
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- |
- |
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last updated: July 18th at 6:05pm CT
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
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2004 Olympic Games
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2000 Olympic Games
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