2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

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.

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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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
  Armand Duplantis   Sweden (SWE) o xo o o o xo 6.21 WR
  Chris Nilsen   United States (USA) o o o xo o xxx 5.94
  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