1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23 and 25 August, 1996.[1][2]

Medalists

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Gold Paul Burgess
  Australia
Silver Patrik Kristiansson
  Sweden
Bronze Danny Ecker
  Germany

Results

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Final

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25 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Paul Burgess   Australia 5.35
  Patrik Kristiansson   Sweden 5.30
  Danny Ecker   Germany 5.30
4 Xu Gang   China 5.25
5 Timo Makkonen   Finland 5.10
6 Ferenc László   Hungary 5.10
7 Viktor von Bothmer   Sweden 5.10
8 Jonne Willman   Finland 5.00
8 Lars Börgeling   Germany 5.00
8 Sergey Porokhin   Russia 5.00
11 Christian Linskey   United Kingdom 5.00
Roman Morozov   Russia NH

Qualifications

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23 Aug

Group A

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Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Jonne Willman   Finland 5.15 Q
2 Patrik Kristiansson   Sweden 5.15 Q
3 Danny Ecker   Germany 5.15 Q
3 Sergey Porokhin   Russia 5.15 Q
5 Christian Linskey   United Kingdom 5.15 Q
6 Štěpán Janáček   Czech Republic 5.00
7 Rafik Mefti   Algeria 5.00
8 Matt Filsell   Australia 4.90
9 Gabriel Martínez   Spain 4.90
10 Satoru Suzuki   Japan 4.90
11 Jan Žalud   Czech Republic 4.80
Nicolas Jolivet   France NH
Shane Stewart   United States NH

Group B

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Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Timo Makkonen   Finland 5.15 Q
1 Roman Morozov   Russia 5.15 Q
3 Paul Burgess   Australia 5.15 Q
3 Ferenc László   Hungary 5.15 Q
5 Lars Börgeling   Germany 5.15 Q
6 Viktor von Bothmer   Sweden 5.15 Q
7 Xu Gang   China 5.15 Q
8 Romain Mesnil   France 5.10
9 Kazuma Ogura   Japan 5.10
10 Kostas Kouklis   Greece 4.80
11 Mark Davis   United Kingdom 4.60
Jim Davis   United States NH

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 October 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015