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2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

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Men's pole vault
at the 2022 World Championships
VenueHayward Field
Dates22 July (qualification)
24 July (final)
Competitors33 from 20 nations
Winning height6.21 WR
Medalists
gold medal    Sweden
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Philippines
← 2019
2023 →
Video on YouTube
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The men's pole vault at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 22 and 24 July 2022.[1] The winning margin was 0.27 metres which as of 2024 is the only time the men's pole vault has been won by more than 0.2 metres at these championships.

Summary

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The script was written 15 years before 2020 Olympic Champion and World Record holder Armand Duplantis was born. At the time, Sergey Bubka was the dominant pole vaulter. He would go to meets offering large bonuses for a world record, or a major championship. Step 1) get the feel of the runway while the other competitors max out. 2) set the bar to one centimeter above the world record. 3) fly over the bar. 4) collect the money and go home.[2] During that period, Armand's father and coach (along with his mother Helena), Greg Duplantis was sometimes one of those other vaulters, watching.[3] Years later, Yelena Isinbayeva made a career of doing the same thing. The world never got to articulate how good these athletes were at their best, only how good they needed to be to collect the bonus.

There was a $100,000 bonus for setting a World Record at these Championships.[4] It took 5.75m to get into the final. There, 7 got over 5.80m with Duplantis and 2012 Olympic Champion / former World Record holder Renaud Lavillenie both passing. At 5.87m it was down to 7, with Duplantis and Chris Nilsen missing their first attempts, putting first attempt clearance by Ernest John Obiena and 2016 Olympic Champion Thiago Braz into a tie for the lead. At 5.94m, Duplantis and Nilsen cleared on their first attempts to take back the lead after Obiena missed his first attempt before clearing on his second to improve his own Asian record. Braz missed his first two and passed to try to make one last attempt at 6 metres. Duplantis cleared 6 with ease, the others had maxed out, Nilsen left with silver, Obiena bronze. Competition over, next Duplantis had to deal with records, first the Championship record, formerly 6.05m by Dmitri Markov from 2001. He flew over that one. With his name cemented into the record book, the next step, a big step, was the World Record. Duplantis had the bar set at 6.21 m (20 ft 4+14 in). His first time down the runway, it wasn't right. He aborted the remains of the attempt going under the bar. On his second attempt, he flew over the bar. It was time to celebrate, collect the medal and the paycheck. Duplantis took no further attempts.

The World Record bettered his own world record set indoors by winning the Indoor World Championships on the same script. It also bettered his own outdoor world record of 6.16m set at the BAUHAUS-galan meet in Stockholm less than a month earlier.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[5]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record  Armand Duplantis (SWE) 6.20 m (i) Belgrade, Serbia 20 March 2022
Championship record  Dmitri Markov (AUS) 6.05 m Edmonton, Canada 9 August 2001
World Leading  Armand Duplantis (SWE) 6.16 m Stockholm, Sweden 30 June 2022
African Record  Okkert Brits (RSA) 6.03 m Cologne, Germany 18 August 1995
Asian Record  Ernest John Obiena (PHI) 5.93 m Innsbruck, Austria 11 September 2021
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Sam Kendricks (USA) 6.06 m Des Moines, United States 27 July 2019
South American Record  Thiago Braz (BRA) 6.03 m Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 15 August 2016
European Record  Armand Duplantis (SWE) 6.20 m (i) Belgrade, Serbia 20 March 2022
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 5.80 m.[6]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date Time Round
22 July 17:05 Qualification
24 July 17:25 Final

Results

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Qualification

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The heats will start on 22 July at 17:05. Qualification: 5.80 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).[7][8]

Rank Group Name Nationality 5.30 5.50 5.65 5.75 5.80 Mark Notes
1 A Armand Duplantis  Sweden (SWE) o o 5.75 q
1 A Chris Nilsen  United States (USA) o o o 5.75 q
1 B Oleg Zernikel  Germany (GER) o o o 5.75 q
4 A Thiago Braz  Brazil (BRA) o xxo o 5.75 q
5 B Ben Broeders  Belgium (BEL) o o xo 5.75 q
6 B Ernest John Obiena  Philippines (PHI) xo o xo 5.75 q
6 B Ersu Şaşma  Turkey (TUR) o o xo xo 5.75 q
8 A Renaud Lavillenie  France (FRA) xxo xo 5.75 q
9 A Bo Kanda Lita Baehre  Germany (GER) o xo xxo 5.75 q
9 B Menno Vloon  Netherlands (NED) o xo o xxo 5.75 q
9 A Pål Lillefosse  Norway (NOR) o xo xxo 5.75 q
9 B Sondre Guttormsen  Norway (NOR) xo xxo 5.75 q
13 A Rutger Koppelaar  Netherlands (NED) o o xxx 5.65
14 A Hussain Al-Hizam  Saudi Arabia (KSA) xo o o xxx 5.65 SB
15 B Seito Yamamoto  Japan (JPN) o o xo xxx 5.65
15 B Simen Guttormsen  Norway (NOR) o o xo xxx 5.65
17 B Luke Winder  United States (USA) xo o xo xxx 5.65
18 A Thibaut Collet  France (FRA) o xxo xxx 5.65
19 A Harry Coppell  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) o o xxx 5.50
19 B Mikko Paavola  Finland (FIN) o o xxx 5.50
19 A Piotr Lisek  Poland (POL) o xxx 5.50
22 A Emmanouil Karalis  Greece (GRE) xo xxx 5.50
22 A Tommi Holttinen  Finland (FIN) o xo xxx 5.50 SB
24 B Huang Bokai  China (CHN) xxo xxx 5.50
24 B Robert Sobera  Poland (POL) xxo xxx 5.50
24 A Kurtis Marschall  Australia (AUS) xxo xxx 5.50
27 A Robert Renner  Slovenia (SLO) xo xxo xxx 5.50
28 A Germán Chiaraviglio  Argentina (ARG) xo xxx 5.30
B Andrew Irwin  United States (USA) xxx NM
B Augusto Dutra  Brazil (BRA) xxx NM
A Torben Blech  Germany (GER) xxx NM
B Valentin Lavillenie  France (FRA) xxx NM

Final

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The final was started on 24 July at 17:25.[9]

Rank Name Nationality 5.55 5.70 5.80 5.87 5.94 6.00 6.06 6.21 Mark Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Armand Duplantis  Sweden (SWE) o xo o o o xo 6.21 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chris Nilsen  United States (USA) o o o xo o xxx 5.94
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ernest John Obiena  Philippines (PHI) o xo o o xo xxx 5.94 AR
4 Thiago Braz  Brazil (BRA) o o xo o xx– x 5.87
5 Oleg Zernikel  Germany (GER) o o o xo xxx 5.87 PB
5 Renaud Lavillenie  France (FRA) o xo xxx 5.87 SB
7 Bo Kanda Lita Baehre  Germany (GER) xo xo xxo xxo xxx 5.87
8 Ersu Şaşma  Turkey (TUR) xo xo o xxx 5.80 =NR
9 Pål Lillefosse  Norway (NOR) o xo xxx 5.80
10 Sondre Guttormsen  Norway (NOR) o o xxx 5.70
11 Ben Broeders  Belgium (BEL) xxo o xxx 5.70
Menno Vloon  Netherlands (NED) xxx NM

References

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  1. ^ Timetable
  2. ^ "The Man Who Broke the World Record for Pole Vaulting—35 Different Times". 19 January 2016.
  3. ^ "When Mondo met Bubka: Vault record breakers talk poles and future goals". olympics.com. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  4. ^ "World Athletics Championships 2022: World record performance will make athletes richer by US $100,000".
  5. ^ "Pole Vault Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022" (PDF). iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
  7. ^ Pole vault qualification
  8. ^ SUMMARY Pole Vault Men - Qualification
  9. ^ RESULTS Pole Vault Men - Final