Men Pole Vault Athletics Olympic Games 2008 Beijing, China - Friday 22.08

Men Pole Vault Athletics Olympic Games 2008 Beijing, China - Friday 22.08 - Gold Medal: Steve Hooker, Australia

Final 22.08 19:55	Team	height	Q.	545	560	570	575	580	585	590	596
1.Steve Hooker	AUS	5.96m	12.	-	O	-	-	XXO	XXO	XXO	XXO
2.Evgeny Lukyanenko	RUS	5.85m	1.	-	XXO	O	-	O	XXO	XXX
3. Derek Miles	USA	5.70m	9.	O	XXO	XO	-	XXX
4. Dmitry Starodubtsev	RUS	5.70m	11.	XXO	XXO	XO	-	XXX
5. Danny Ecker	GER	5.70m	9.	XO	-	XXO	XXX
6. Jerome Clavier	FRA	5.60m	3.	XO	O	XXX
7. Raphael Holzdeppe	GER	5.60m	3.	O	XO	XXX
8. Igor Pavlov	RUS	5.60m	1.	-	XXO	-	XXX
9. Jan Kudlicka	CZE	5.45m	7.	O	XXX
10.Przemyslaw Czerwinski	POL	5.45m	7.	XO	XXX
-. Leonid Andreev	UZB	NM	3.	XXX
-. Giuseppe Gibilisco	ITA	NM	13.	XXX
-.Denys Yurchenko	UKR	5.70m	3.	XXO	XO	O	-	-	-	-	-

Thirteen men cleared 5.65 in the qualifying round, but 2007 World Champion Brad Walker, who no-heighted, was not one of them. Veterans Tim Lobinger (5.55) and 40 year-old Jeff Hartwig (5.55) also failed to make the baker’s dozen. Only six men cleared 5.70 in the final, and none of them had a clean slate at that point. Lukyanenko, the 2008 World Indoor Champion, looked a gold medal winner with his first-time clearance at 5.80, but burly (1.87/85kg) Hooker cleared on his final attempt, and matched Lukyanenko with a third time clearance at 5.85, before winning gold with another final attempt at 5.90. Remarkably, Hooker – looking like a fair haired version of Władysław Kozakiewicz – achieved his fourth successive clearance on his third attempt, this time at an Olympic record of 5.96.

Qualification - mark 5.75 0+12 Athletes

Group A 20.08 20:40	Team	height	Rk.	515	530	545	555	565
1.Igor Pavlov	RUS	5.65m	1.	-	-	O	-	O
2.Denys Yurchenko	UKR	5.65m	3.	-	-	O	-	XO
2.Raphael Holzdeppe	GER	5.65m	3.	-	-	O	O	XO
2.Jerome Clavier	FRA	5.65m	3.	-	O	-	O	XO
2.Leonid Andreev	UZB	5.65m	3.	-	O	O	O	XO
6.Jan Kudlicka	CZE	5.65m	7.	O	O	-	XO	XO
7.Dmitry Starodubtsev	RUS	5.65m	11.	-	XO	-	XXO	XO
8. Paul Burgess	AUS	5.55m	16.	-	-	O	XO	XXX
8. Maksym Mazuryk	UKR	5.55m	16.	-	-	O	XO	XXX
10.Jeff Hartwig	USA	5.55m	20.	-	-	O	XXO	XXX
10.Feiliang Liu	CHN	5.55m	20.	-	O	O	XXO	XXX
12.Jesper Fritz	SWE	5.45m	24.	-	XO	O	XXX
13.Giovanni Lanaro	MEX	5.45m	25.	-	-	XO	XXX
14.Jurij Rovan	SLO	5.30m	30.	XX-	O	XXX
-. Brad Walker	USA	NM		-	-	-	-	XXX
-. Steve Lewis	GBR	NM		-	-	XXX
-. German Chiaraviglio	ARG	NM		-	XXX
-. Yoosuk Kim	KOR	NM		-	XXX
-. Iliyan Efremov	BUL	NM		XXX

Group B 20.08 20:40	Team	height	Rk.	515	530	545	555	565
1.Evgeny Lukyanenko	RUS	5.65m	1.	-	-	-	O	O
2.Przemyslaw Czerwinski	POL	5.65m	7.	-	-	O	XO	XO
3.Danny Ecker	GER	5.65m	9.	-	-	XXO	-	XO
3.Derek Miles	USA	5.65m	9.	-	-	O	XXO	XO
5.Steve Hooker	AUS	5.65m	12.	-	-	-	-	XXO
6.Giuseppe Gibilisco	ITA	5.65m	13.	-	-	XO	O	XXO
7. Alhaji Jeng	SWE	5.55m	14.	-	-	-	O	XXX
7. Romain Mesnil	FRA	5.55m	14.	-	-	-	O	XXX
9. Tim Lobinger	GER	5.55m	16.	-	-	O	XO	XXX
9. Daichi Sawano	JPN	5.55m	16.	-	-	O	XO	XXX
11.Mikko Latvala	FIN	5.45m	22.	-	-	O	-	XXX
11.Oleksandr Korchmid	UKR	5.45m	22.	-	-	O	XXX
13.Spas Buhalov	BUL	5.45m	25.	-	-	XO	-	XXX
13.Fabio da Silva	BRA	5.45m	25.	-	-	XO	XXX
15.Alexander Averbukh	ISR	5.45m	28.	-	-	XXO	-	XXX
15.Kevin Rans	BEL	5.45m	28.	-	O	XXO	XXX
17.Dominic Johnson	LCA	5.30m	30.	-	O	XXX
17.Stepan Janacek	CZE	5.30m	30.	O	O	-	XXX
-. Lazaro Borges	CUB	NM		-	XXX