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Pole Vault, Men

Date	8 – 10 August 2012
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Participants	32 from 23 countries

Track & Field News had predicted that the gold in this event would go to France’s Renaud Lavillenie with silver going to Germany’s Björn Otto. Lavillenie was the 2012 World Indoor Champion and had twice won the European title. The defending champion was Australian Steve Hooker, who made the final but he could not clear his opening height.

Six vaulters remained through 5.75 metres, but only Lavillenie, Otto and his teammate, Raphael Holzdeppe, could clear 5.85, settling the podium, although the positions remained to be determined. Lavillenie was in the lead as he was perfect through 5.85. At 5.91 Otto and Holzdeppe had first attempt clearances and went ahead, with Otto in the lead. Lavillenie missed his first attempt at 5.91 and passed to the next height, 5.97. He had a second attempt clearance there while Holzdeppe went out with three misses, giving him the bronze medal. Otto missed twice at 5.97 and passed to 6.02, but could not clear it, giving Lavillenie the gold, Otto taking silver, as predicted.

This was the fourth time that a French vaulter had won Olympic gold, after Fernand Gonder in 1906, Pierre Quinon in 1984, and Jean Galfione in 1996.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying Round	Final Round
1	1758	Renaud Lavillenie	FRA	5.65 (=1)	5.97 (1)	Gold
2	1917	Björn Otto	GER	5.50 (=8)	5.91 (2)	Silver
3	1904	Raphael Holzdeppe	GER	5.65 (=1)	5.91 (3)	Bronze
=4	1817	Steve Lewis	GBR	5.50 (=8)	5.75 (=4)
=4	2817	Yevgeny Lukyanenko	RUS	5.60 (=4)	5.75 (=4)
6	1980	Kostas Filippidis	GRE	5.60 (3)	5.65 (6)
7	1518	Jan Kudlička	CZE	5.50 (=8)	5.65 (7)
=8	1763	Romain Mesnil	FRA	5.60 (6)	5.50 (=8)
=8	1915	Malte Mohr	GER	5.50 (=8)	5.50 (=8)
10	2663	Łukasz Michalski	POL	5.60 (7)	5.50 (10)
11	1611	Igor Bychkov	ESP	5.50 (=8)	5.50 (11)
AC r2/2	1046	Steve Hooker	AUS	5.50 (=8)	– (NH)
AC r2/2	3259	Brad Walker	USA	5.60 (=4)	– (NH)
14 r1/2	3251	Jeremy Scott	USA	5.50 (14)	–
=15 r1/2	1464	Lázaro Borges	CUB	5.50 (=15)	–
=15 r1/2	2815	Sergey Kucheryanu	RUS	5.50 (=15)	–
17 r1/2	2267	Nikita Filippov	KAZ	5.35 (17)	–
=18 r1/2	1453	Ivan Horvat	CRO	5.35 (=18)	–
=18 r1/2	1365	Yang Yansheng	CHN	5.35 (=18)	–
20 r1/2	2386	Mareks Ārents	LAT	5.35 (20)	–
21 r1/2	2713	Edi Maia	POR	5.20 (22)	–
NH	1719	Jere Bergius	FIN	– (NH)	–
NH	1218	Fábio Gomes	BRA	– (NH)	–
NH	3001	Alhaji Jeng	SWE	– (NH)	–
NH	2357	Kim Yu-Seok	KOR	– (NH)	–
NH	3238	Derek Miles	USA	– (NH)	–
NH	2676	Paweł Wojciechowski	POL	– (NH)	–
NH	2243	Seito Yamamoto	JPN	– (NH)	–
NH	3151	Denys Yurchenko	UKR	– (NH)	–
DQ	3139	Maksym Mazuryk	UKR	[5.35] (DQ)	–		1
DQ	2833	Dmitry Starodubtsev	RUS	[5.60] (DQ)	[5.75] (DQ)		2
DQ	1172	Stanislau Tsivonchyk	BLR	[5.20] (DQ)	–		3

Qualifying Round (8 August 2012 — 10:00)

Top 12 and ties and all those clearing 5.70 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Height	Misses	Total Misses
=1	Raphael Holzdeppe	GER	5.65	0	1	q
=1	Renaud Lavillenie	FRA	5.65	0	1	q
3	Kostas Filippidis	GRE	5.60	0	0	q
=4	Yevgeny Lukyanenko	RUS	5.60	0	2	q
=4	Brad Walker	USA	5.60	0	2	q
6	Romain Mesnil	FRA	5.60	1	2	q
7	Łukasz Michalski	POL	5.60	1	4	q
=8	Igor Bychkov	ESP	5.50	0	0	q
=8	Steve Hooker	AUS	5.50	0	0	q
=8	Jan Kudlička	CZE	5.50	0	0	q
=8	Steve Lewis	GBR	5.50	0	0	q
=8	Malte Mohr	GER	5.50	0	0	q
=8	Björn Otto	GER	5.50	0	0	q
14	Jeremy Scott	USA	5.50	1	1
=15	Lázaro Borges	CUB	5.50	1	3
=15	Sergey Kucheryanu	RUS	5.50	1	3
17	Nikita Filippov	KAZ	5.35	0	0
=18	Ivan Horvat	CRO	5.35	1	1
=18	Yang Yansheng	CHN	5.35	1	1
20	Mareks Ārents	LAT	5.35	1	2
22	Edi Maia	POR	5.20	2	2
NH	Jere Bergius	FIN	–	–	–
NH	Fábio Gomes	BRA	–	–	–
NH	Alhaji Jeng	SWE	–	–	–
NH	Kim Yu-Seok	KOR	–	–	–
NH	Derek Miles	USA	–	–	–
NH	Paweł Wojciechowski	POL	–	–	–
NH	Seito Yamamoto	JPN	–	–	–
NH	Denys Yurchenko	UKR	–	–	–
DQ	Maksym Mazuryk	UKR	[5.35]	[0]	[0]		4
DQ	Dmitry Starodubtsev	RUS	[5.60]	[1]	[3]	Q	5
DQ	Stanislau Tsivonchyk	BLR	[5.20]	[1]	[1]		6

Qualifying Round, Group A (8 August 2012 — 10:00)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Height	Misses	Total Misses	5.20 m	5.35 m	5.50 m	5.60 m	5.65 m
1	Kostas Filippidis	GRE	5.60	0	0	-	o	o	o	-
2	Yevgeny Lukyanenko	RUS	5.60	0	2	-	-	xxo	o	-
3	Romain Mesnil	FRA	5.60	1	2	-	xo	o	xo	-
4	Łukasz Michalski	POL	5.60	1	4	-	xo	xxo	xo	-
=5	Steve Hooker	AUS	5.50	0	0	-	-	o	-	-
=5	Steve Lewis	GBR	5.50	0	0	-	-	o	-	-
=5	Malte Mohr	GER	5.50	0	0	-	-	o	-	-
=5	Björn Otto	GER	5.50	0	0	-	-	o	-	-
9	Jeremy Scott	USA	5.50	1	1	-	o	xo	xxx	–
10	Ivan Horvat	CRO	5.35	1	1	o	xo	xxx	–	–
11	Edi Maia	POR	5.20	2	2	xxo	xxx	–	–	–
NH	Fábio Gomes	BRA	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
NH	Kim Yu-Seok	KOR	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
NH	Derek Miles	USA	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
NH	Seito Yamamoto	JPN	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DQ	Maksym Mazuryk	UKR	[5.35]	[0]	[0]	[-]	[o]	[xxx]	–	–	7

Qualifying Round, Group B (8 August 2012 — 10:00)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Height	Misses	Total Misses	5.20 m	5.35 m	5.50 m	5.60 m	5.65 m
=1	Raphael Holzdeppe	GER	5.65	0	1	-	-	xo	-	o
=1	Renaud Lavillenie	FRA	5.65	0	1	-	-	-	xo	o
3	Brad Walker	USA	5.60	0	2	-	-	xxo	o	-
=4	Igor Bychkov	ESP	5.50	0	0	o	-	o	xx-	x
=4	Jan Kudlička	CZE	5.50	0	0	-	o	o	-	-
=6	Lázaro Borges	CUB	5.50	1	3	-	xxo	xo	xxx	–
=6	Sergey Kucheryanu	RUS	5.50	1	3	-	xxo	xo	xxx	–
8	Nikita Filippov	KAZ	5.35	0	0	o	o	xxx	–	–
9	Yang Yansheng	CHN	5.35	1	1	-	xo	xxx	–	–
10	Mareks Ārents	LAT	5.35	1	2	xo	xo	xxx	–	–
NH	Jere Bergius	FIN	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
NH	Alhaji Jeng	SWE	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
NH	Paweł Wojciechowski	POL	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
NH	Denys Yurchenko	UKR	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DQ	Dmitry Starodubtsev	RUS	[5.60]	[1]	[3]	[-]	[xo]	[xo]	[xo]	[-]	8
DQ	Stanislau Tsivonchyk	BLR	[5.20]	[1]	[1]	[xo]	[xxx]	–	–	–	9

Final Round (10 August 2012 — 19:00)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Height	Misses	Total Misses	5.50 m	5.65 m	5.75 m	5.85 m	5.91 m	5.97 m	6.02 m	6.07 m
1	Renaud Lavillenie	FRA	5.97	1	2	-	o	o	o	x-	xo	x-	xx	OR
2	Björn Otto	GER	5.91	0	2	o	o	xo	xo	o	xx-	x-	–
3	Raphael Holzdeppe	GER	5.91	0	4	-	xo	xo	xxo	o	xxx	–	–
=4	Steve Lewis	GBR	5.75	1	2	xo	-	xo	xxx	–	–	–	–
=4	Yevgeny Lukyanenko	RUS	5.75	1	2	xo	-	xo	xxx	–	–	–	–
6	Kostas Filippidis	GRE	5.65	1	1	o	xo	xxx	–	–	–	–	–
7	Jan Kudlička	CZE	5.65	2	2	o	xxo	xxx	–	–	–	–	–
=8	Romain Mesnil	FRA	5.50	0	0	o	xxx	–	–	–	–	–	–
=8	Malte Mohr	GER	5.50	0	0	o	-	xxx	–	–	–	–	–
10	Łukasz Michalski	POL	5.50	1	1	xo	xxx	–	–	–	–	–	–
11	Igor Bychkov	ESP	5.50	2	2	xxo	xxx	–	–	–	–	–	–
NH	Steve Hooker	AUS	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
NH	Brad Walker	USA	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DQ	Dmitry Starodubtsev	RUS	[5.75]	[0]	[1]	[o]	[xo]	[o]	[xxx]	–	–	–	–		10