2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 9 and August 11.

Medalists

Gold	Rens Blom Netherlands (NED)
Silver	Brad Walker United States (USA)
Bronze	Pavel Gerasimov Russia (RUS)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
09.08.2005 – 12:10h	09.08.2005 – 13:40h
Final Round
11.08.2005 – 18:35h

Records

World Record	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	6.14	Sestriere, Italy	31 July 1994
Championship Record	Dmitri Markov (AUS)	6.05	Edmonton, Canada	9 August 2001

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	5.30	5.45	5.60	Result	Notes
1	A	Nick Hysong	United States	–	–	o	5.60	Q
2	A	Igor Pavlov	Russia	xo	xo	o	5.60	Q
3	A	Tim Lobinger	Germany	–	o	xo	5.60	Q
3	A	Dmitri Markov	Australia	–	–	xo	5.60	Q
3	A	Patrik Kristiansson	Sweden	–	–	xo	5.60	Q
6	B	Pavel Gerasimov	Russia	–	o	xxo	5.60	Q
7	A	Daichi Sawano	Japan	–	o	xxx	5.45	q
7	A	Kevin Rans	Belgium	o	o	xxx	5.45	q
7	B	Giuseppe Gibilisco	Italy	–	o	xxx	5.45	q
7	B	Danny Ecker	Germany	–	o	xxx	5.45	q
7	B	Rens Blom	Netherlands	–	o	xxx	5.45	q
7	B	Brad Walker	United States	–	o	xxx	5.45	q
13	A	Jean Galfione	France	xo	o	xxx	5.45
14	B	Konstadinos Filippidis	Greece	o	xo	xxx	5.45
14	B	Damiel Dossévi	France	–	xo	xxx	5.45
16	B	Giovanni Lanaro	Mexico	xxo	xo	xxx	5.45
17	B	Denys Yurchenko	Ukraine	–	xxo	xxx	5.45
17	B	Steven Hooker	Australia	–	xxo	xxx	5.45
19	B	Jure Rovan	Slovenia	o	xxx		5.30
19	B	Matti Mononen	Finland	o	xxx		5.30
21	A	Piotr Buciarski	Denmark	xo	xxx		5.30
	A	Leonid Andreev	Uzbekistan	xxx			NM
	A	Vladyslav Revenko	Ukraine	–	–	xxx	NM
	A	Liu Feiliang	China	xxx			NM
	B	Kim Yoo-suk	South Korea	xxx			NM
	B	Lars Börgeling	Germany	–	xxx		NM
	A	Toby Stevenson	United States				DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	5.35	5.50	5.65	5.75	5.80	5.85	Result	Notes
	Rens Blom	Netherlands	–	xxo	xo	xo	o	x	5.80	SB
	Brad Walker	United States	–	xxo	xo	xo	x–	xx	5.75
	Pavel Gerasimov	Russia	–	o	xo	xxx			5.65	SB
4	Igor Pavlov	Russia	–	o	xxo	xxx			5.65
5	Giuseppe Gibilisco	Italy	–	o	xxx				5.50
5	Tim Lobinger	Germany	–	o	xxx				5.50
5	Nick Hysong	United States	–	o	xxx				5.50
8	Daichi Sawano	Japan	xo	o	xxx				5.50
9	Patrik Kristiansson	Sweden	–	xxo	xxx				5.50
10	Kevin Rans	Belgium	o	xxx					5.35
	Dmitri Markov	Australia	–	xxx					NM
	Danny Ecker	Germany	–	xxx					NM

External links

• IAAF results, heats
• IAAF results, final