1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

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

Qualification Round
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
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
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

RankName5.305.455.605.70ResultNotes
1  Tim Lobinger (GER) -ooo 5.70 q
1  Maksim Tarasov (RUS) ---o 5.70 q
3  Sergey Bubka (UKR) ---xo 5.70 q
3  Nick Buckfield (GBR) oooxo 5.70 q
5  Trond Barthel (NOR) -xoxoxo 5.70 q
6  Pat Manson (USA) -ooxxo 5.70 q
7  Danny Krasnov (ISR) -xooxxo 5.70 q
8  Juan Gabriel Concepción (ESP) xxoxxooxxx 5.60
9  Alain Andji (FRA) -oxxoxxx 5.60
9  Andrei Tivontschik (GER) --xxoxxx 5.60
11  Peter Widen (SWE) -oxxx 5.45
12  Ilian Efremov (BUL) xxooxxx 5.45
13  Vesa Rantanen (FIN) oxoxxx 5.45
14  Andrea Giannini (ITA) xoxoxxx 5.45
15  Edgardo Díaz (PUR) oxxoxxx 5.45
16  Ruhan Işim (TUR) xxoxxx 5.30
 Okkert Brits (RSA) --xx-x NM
 Lawrence Johnson (USA) --xxx NM
 Aleksandr Korchagin (KAZ) xxx NM
 Montxu Miranda (ESP) - DNF

Group B

RankName5.305.455.605.70ResultNotes
1  Martin Eriksson (SWE) -oxoo 5.70 q
2  Yevgeniy Smiryagin (RUS) xooxxoo 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) --oxxo 5.70 q
6  Dean Starkey (USA) -xoxoxxo 5.70 q
7  Igor Potapovich (KAZ) --oxxx 5.60
8  Khalid Lachheb (FRA) xooxoxxx 5.60
9  Michael Stolle (GER) ooxxoxxx 5.60
10  Fabio Pizzolato (ITA) xxooxxoxxx 5.60
11  Paul Gibbons (NZL) oxoxxx 5.45
12  Laurens Looije (NED) oxxx 5.30
12  Vyacheslav Shuteyev (UKR) oxxx 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

RankName5.505.705.805.865.915.966.016.066.15ResultNotes
 Sergey Bubka (UKR) -xo--xo-o-DNF 6.01 CR
 Maksim Tarasov (RUS) -xo-oxxoox-xx 5.96
 Dean Starkey (USA) xoooxxoxxox-xx 5.91 SB
4  Tim Lobinger (GER) oooxxx 5.80
5  Nick Buckfield (GBR) ooxxx 5.70
6  Pat Manson (USA) xooxxx 5.70
7  Vadim Strogalyov (RUS) oxxoxxx 5.70
8  Yevgeniy Smiryagin (RUS) xoxxoxxx 5.70
9  Martin Eriksson (SWE) oxxx 5.50
9  Danny Krasnov (ISR) oxxx 5.50
11  Trond Barthel (NOR) xoxxx 5.50
 Riaan Botha (RSA) -xxx NM
 Jean Galfione (FRA) -xxx NM
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