1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
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The final of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics was held on Sunday August 10, 1997, in Athens, Greece.
Medalists
Gold | Sergey Bubka Ukraine (UKR) |
Silver | Maksim Tarasov Russia (RUS) |
Bronze | Dean Starkey United States (USA) |
Schedule
- All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Qualification Round | |
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Group A | Group B |
08.08.1997 – 17:30h | 08.08.1997 – 17:30h |
Final Round | |
10.08.1997 – 17:30h |
Abbreviations
- All results shown are in metres
Q | automatic qualification |
q | qualification by rank |
DNS | did not start |
NM | no mark |
WR | world record |
AR | area record |
NR | national record |
PB | personal best |
SB | season best |
Records
Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships | ||||
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World Record | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 6.14 m | July 31, 1994 | Sestriere, Italy |
Event Record | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 6.00 m | August 19, 1993 | Stuttgart, Germany |
Broken records during the 1997 World Athletics Championships | ||||
Event Record | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 6.01 m | August 10, 1997 | Athens, Greece |
Results
Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
Group A
Rank | Name | 5.30 | 5.45 | 5.60 | 5.70 | Result | Notes |
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1 | Tim Lobinger (GER) | - | o | o | o | 5.70 | q |
1 | Maksim Tarasov (RUS) | - | - | - | o | 5.70 | q |
3 | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | - | - | - | xo | 5.70 | q |
3 | Nick Buckfield (GBR) | o | o | o | xo | 5.70 | q |
5 | Trond Barthel (NOR) | - | xo | xo | xo | 5.70 | q |
6 | Pat Manson (USA) | - | o | o | xxo | 5.70 | q |
7 | Danny Krasnov (ISR) | - | xo | o | xxo | 5.70 | q |
8 | Juan Gabriel Concepción (ESP) | xxo | xxo | o | xxx | 5.60 | |
9 | Alain Andji (FRA) | - | o | xxo | xxx | 5.60 | |
9 | Andrei Tivontschik (GER) | - | - | xxo | xxx | 5.60 | |
11 | Peter Widen (SWE) | - | o | xxx | 5.45 | ||
12 | Ilian Efremov (BUL) | xxo | o | xxx | 5.45 | ||
13 | Vesa Rantanen (FIN) | o | xo | xxx | 5.45 | ||
14 | Andrea Giannini (ITA) | xo | xo | xxx | 5.45 | ||
15 | Edgardo Díaz (PUR) | o | xxo | xxx | 5.45 | ||
16 | Ruhan Işim (TUR) | xxo | xxx | 5.30 | |||
– | Okkert Brits (RSA) | - | - | xx- | x | NM | |
– | Lawrence Johnson (USA) | - | - | xxx | NM | ||
– | Aleksandr Korchagin (KAZ) | xxx | NM | ||||
– | Montxu Miranda (ESP) | - | DNF |
Group B
Rank | Name | 5.30 | 5.45 | 5.60 | 5.70 | Result | Notes |
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1 | Martin Eriksson (SWE) | - | o | xo | o | 5.70 | q |
2 | Yevgeniy Smiryagin (RUS) | xo | o | xxo | o | 5.70 | q |
3 | Jean Galfione (FRA) | - | xo | - | xo | 5.70 | q |
4 | Vadim Strogalyov (RUS) | - | xxo | - | xo | 5.70 | q |
5 | Riaan Botha (RSA) | - | - | o | xxo | 5.70 | q |
6 | Dean Starkey (USA) | - | xo | xo | xxo | 5.70 | q |
7 | Igor Potapovich (KAZ) | - | - | o | xxx | 5.60 | |
8 | Khalid Lachheb (FRA) | xo | o | xo | xxx | 5.60 | |
9 | Michael Stolle (GER) | o | o | xxo | xxx | 5.60 | |
10 | Fabio Pizzolato (ITA) | xxo | o | xxo | xxx | 5.60 | |
11 | Paul Gibbons (NZL) | o | xo | xxx | 5.45 | ||
12 | Laurens Looije (NED) | o | xxx | 5.30 | |||
12 | Vyacheslav Shuteyev (UKR) | o | xxx | 5.30 | |||
– | Heikki Vaaraniemi (FIN) | - | xxx | NM | |||
– | Javier García (ESP) | - | xxx | NM | |||
– | Stavros Tsitouras (GRE) | - | xxx | NM | |||
– | Martin Voss (DEN) | xxx | NM | ||||
– | Jurij Rovan (SLO) | xxx | NM | ||||
– | Dmitriy Markov (BLR) | DNS |
Final
Rank | Name | 5.50 | 5.70 | 5.80 | 5.86 | 5.91 | 5.96 | 6.01 | 6.06 | 6.15 | Result | Notes |
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Sergey Bubka (UKR) | - | xo | - | - | xo | - | o | - | DNF | 6.01 | CR | |
Maksim Tarasov (RUS) | - | xo | - | o | xxo | o | x- | xx | 5.96 | |||
Dean Starkey (USA) | xo | o | o | xxo | xxo | x- | xx | 5.91 | SB | |||
4 | Tim Lobinger (GER) | o | o | o | xxx | 5.80 | ||||||
5 | Nick Buckfield (GBR) | o | o | xxx | 5.70 | |||||||
6 | Pat Manson (USA) | xo | o | xxx | 5.70 | |||||||
7 | Vadim Strogalyov (RUS) | o | xxo | xxx | 5.70 | |||||||
8 | Yevgeniy Smiryagin (RUS) | xo | xxo | xxx | 5.70 | |||||||
9 | Martin Eriksson (SWE) | o | xxx | 5.50 | ||||||||
9 | Danny Krasnov (ISR) | o | xxx | 5.50 | ||||||||
11 | Trond Barthel (NOR) | xo | xxx | 5.50 | ||||||||
— | Riaan Botha (RSA) | - | xxx | NM | ||||||||
— | Jean Galfione (FRA) | - | xxx | NM |