2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 10 and 12 August.

Men's pole vault
at the 2018 European Athletics Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
LocationBerlin
Dates
  • August 10 (qualification)
  • August 12 (final)
Competitors36 from 21 nations
Winning height6.05
Medalists
gold medal    Sweden
silver medal    Authorised Neutral Athletes
bronze medal    France
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Records

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Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships
World record   Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 6.16 Donetsk, Ukraine 15 February 2014
European record   Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 6.16 Donetsk, Ukraine 15 February 2014
Championship record   Rodion Gataullin (RUS) 6.00 Helsinki, Finland 11 August 1994
World Leading   Sam Kendricks (USA) 5.96 Paris, France 30 June 2018
European Leading   Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 5.95 Austin, United States 14 April 2018
Broken records during the 2018 European Athletics Championships
Championship record   Armand Duplantis (SWE) 6.05 Berlin, Germany 12 August 2018
World Leading   Armand Duplantis (SWE) 6.05 Berlin, Germany 12 August 2018
European Leading   Armand Duplantis (SWE) 6.05 Berlin, Germany 12 August 2018


The following national records were established during the competition:

Country Athlete Round Distance
Sweden, USA[a]   Armand Duplantis (SWE) Final 6.05 m
Norway   Sondre Guttormsen (NOR) Final 5.75 m

Schedule

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Date Time Round
10 August 2018 11:15 Qualification
12 August 2018 19:10 Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Summary

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The top five European vaulters, all in the top eight in the world, all met in this competition. World record holder Renaud Lavillenie came in ranked #2 in the world for 2018. Paweł Wojciechowski collected misses first, then at 5.80m, eighteen year old Armand Duplantis missed once and Lavillenie missed twice before passing, leaving Piotr Lisek and Timur Morgunov retaining a perfect record to that point, with the lead. Wojciechowski topped out at 5.80m, while Lavillenie redeemed himself with a clearance of 5.85m in his one remaining attempt. Lisek missed once at 5.85m then passed while Morgunov remained perfect to take over the lead. Lisek, Duplantis and Morgunov all took 5.90m on their first attempt, Lavillenie passed and elected to take his next attempt at 5.95m. At 5.95m, Duplantis cleared first, improving his own World under 20 (Junior) record. He took over the lead when Morgunov missed for the first time in the competition. Lavillenie made his first attempt to move into second place (with two misses to Duplantis' one). Morgunov and Lisek passed after their first misses at 5.95m, taking four athletes to attempt the magic 6 meters.

Lisek missed, then Duplantis made it on his first attempt, becoming the youngest athlete to join the 6 metres club, setting the World under 20 record for the second time in the competition. As the next jumper, Morgunov became the 24th member of the club with his first attempt clearance and he moved into a tie for the lead. Lavillenie missed his first attempt and passed, then Lisek bowed out of the competition with his second miss bringing three athletes to the next prescribed height of 6.05m, a height only five athletes had ever cleared. On his first attempt, Duplantis sailed well over the bar and became the sixth, again improving his U20 record from minutes earlier, the third time in the competition, taking the lead. With his success, it was hugs from all the leading members of the pole vault fraternity, save Morgunov who was on the runway preparing for his next attempt. Neither Morgunov or Lavillenie could clear 6.05m, leaving Duplantis with gold, Morgunov with silver and Lavillenie with bronze. Duplantis chose not to make any more attempts at a higher height. Duplantis also broke Rodion Gataullin's 24 year old European championship record which both he and Morgunov had tied at 6 metres.

Results

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Qualification

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Qualification: 5.66 m (Q) or best 12 performances (q)[2]

Rank Group Name Nationality 5.16 5.36 5.51 5.61 Result Notes
1 A Axel Chapelle   France o o o 5.61 q
1 A Sondre Guttormsen   Norway o o o 5.61 q,PB
1 B Renaud Lavillenie   France o o 5.61 q
1 B Piotr Lisek   Poland o o o 5.61 q
1 B Paweł Wojciechowski   Poland o o o 5.61 q
6 A Armand Duplantis   Sweden xo o 5.61 q
6 A Konstantinos Filippidis   Greece xo o o 5.61 q
6 B Adam Hague   Great Britain o xo o o 5.61 q,PB
9 B Arnaud Art   Belgium xo o o xxo 5.61 q
9 A Timur Morgunov   Authorised Neutral Athletes o xo xxo 5.61 q
11 A Alioune Sene   France o o o xxx 5.51 q
11 B Claudio Stecchi   Italy o o xxx 5.51 q
13 A Tommi Holttinen   Finland xo x– o xxx 5.51 PB
13 B Torben Laidig   Germany xxo o o xxx 5.51
15 A Bo Kanda Lita Baehre   Germany o xo xxo xxx 5.51
16 A Vladyslav Malykhin   Ukraine xxo o xxo xxx 5.51
17 B Eirik G. Dolve   Norway o o xxx 5.36
17 B Georgiy Gorokhov   Authorised Neutral Athletes o xxx 5.36
17 A Urho Kujanpää   Finland o o xxx 5.36
17 A Charlie Myers   Great Britain o o xxx 5.36
17 B Tomas Wecksten   Finland o o xxx 5.36
22 B Mareks Ārents   Latvia xo o xxx 5.36
22 B Ivan Horvat   Croatia xo o xxx 5.36
22 B Nikandros Stylianou   Cyprus xo o xxx 5.36
25 B Uladzislau Chamarmazovich   Belarus o xo xxx 5.36
25 B Diogo Ferreira   Portugal o xo xxx 5.36
25 A Jan Kudlička   Czech Republic xo xxx 5.36
25 A Robert Sobera   Poland xo xxx 5.36
29 B Didac Salas   Spain xxo xo xxx 5.36
30 A Dominik Alberto   Switzerland xo xxx 5.16
31 A Rutger Koppelaar   Netherlands xxo xxx 5.16
A Ben Broeders   Belgium xxx NM
B Raphael Holzdeppe   Germany xxx NM
A Ilya Mudrov   Authorised Neutral Athletes xxx NM
B Melker Svärd Jacobsson   Sweden xxx NM
A Adrián Vallés   Spain xxx NM

Final

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Rank Athlete Nationality 5.30 5.50 5.65 5.75 5.80 5.85 5.90 5.95 6.00 6.05 6.10 Result Notes
  Armand Duplantis   Sweden o o xo o o o o o r 6.05 WU20R, CR
  Timur Morgunov   Authorised Neutral Athletes o o o o o x– o xxx 6.00 PB
  Renaud Lavillenie   France o xx– o o x– xx 5.95 =SB
4 Piotr Lisek   Poland o o o x– o x– xx 5.90 PB
5 Paweł Wojciechowski   Poland o o xo x– o x– xx 5.80 SB
6 Konstantinos Filippidis   Greece o xo o xxx 5.75
6 Sondre Guttormsen   Norway o o xo o xx– x 5.75 NR
8 Axel Chapelle   France o o xxx 5.65
9 Arnaud Art   Belgium o xo o xxx 5.65
10 Adam Hague   Great Britain o o xxo xxx 5.65 PB
11 Claudio Stecchi   Italy o o xxx 5.50
12 Alioune Sene   France xo xxx 5.30

Notes

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  1. ^ Armand Duplantis is a dual citizen of Sweden and USA. All performances by US citizens count for US records.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Mondo Duplantis Amazes With Euro Championship Win". MileSplit USA. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  2. ^ Qualification results
  3. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2018-08-12.