Men Pole Vault Athletics X World Championship 2005 Helsinki (FIN) - Thursday 11.08

Men Pole Vault Athletics X World Championship 2005 Helsinki (FIN) - Thursday 11.08 - Gold Medal: Rens Blom, Netherlands

Final 18:35		Height	535	550	565	575	580	585
1. Rens Blom	NED	5.80m	-	XXO	XO	XO	O	X
2. Brad Walker	USA	5.75m	-	XXO	XO	XO	X-	XX
3. Pavel Gerasimov	RUS	5.65m	-	O	XO	XXX
4. Igor Pavlov	RUS	5.65m	-	O	XXO	XXX
5. Tim Lobinger	GER	5.50m	-	O	XXX
5. Giuseppe Gibilisco	ITA	5.50m	-	O	XXX
5. Nick Hysong	USA	5.50m	-	O	XXX
8. Daichi Sawano	JPN	5.50m	XO	O	XXX
9. Patrik Kristiansson	SWE	5.50m	-	XXO	XXX
10.Kevin Rans	BEL	5.35m	O	XXX
-. Danny Ecker	GER	NM	-	XXX
-. Dmitri Markov	AUS	NM	-	XXX

Men Pole Vault History

The qualifying round featured a long delay after Matti Mononen demolished one of the uprights after failing at 5.45. In that time weather conditions grew worse and after an infield debate including athletes, officials and IAAF Council member Sergey Bubka it was agreed to reduce the qualifying height from 5.75 to 5.60. Ultimately, vaults of 5.45 were sufficient for progression.
The weather was 10° colder for the final. The average lifetime best for the finalists was 5.90, but 5.65 proved too difficult for all but four of the jumpers. The height of 5.75 was too much for European Indoor champion Pavlov and his team-mate Gerasimov, but US favourite Walker and rank outsider Blom cleared on their second attempts. Walker failed once at 5.80 and then, when Blom cleared first time, twice more at 5.85. Blom later said “when I woke up this morning and saw what the weather was like I thought I had a good chance of doing well.” He became the first Dutchman ever to win a World or Olympic title.

Qualification - Tuesday 09.08 12:10

mark 5.60m, Stand.A 5.75m, Stand.B 5.60m

Group A		Height	530	545	560
1. Nick Hysong	USA	5.60m	-	-	O
2. Igor Pavlov	RUS	5.60m	XO	XO	O
3. Tim Lobinger	GER	5.60m	-	O	XO
3. Dmitri Markov	AUS	5.60m	-	-	XO
3. Patrik Kristiansson	SWE	5.60m	-	-	XO
6. Daichi Sawano	JPN	5.45m	-	O	XXX
6. Kevin Rans	BEL	5.45m	O	O	XXX
8. Jean Galfione	FRA	5.45m	XO	O	XXX
9. Piotr Buciarski	DEN	5.30m	XO	XXX
-. Toby Stevenson	USA	NM	-	-	-
-. Vladyslav Revenko	UKR	NM	-	-	XXX
-. Leonid Andreev	UZB	NM	XXX
-. Feiliang Liu	CHN	NM	XXX

Group B		Height	530	545	560
1. Pavel Gerasimov	RUS	5.60m	-	O	XXO
2. Giuseppe Gibilisco	ITA	5.45m	-	O	XXX
2. Danny Ecker	GER	5.45m	-	O	XXX
2. Rens Blom	NED	5.45m	-	O	XXX
2. Brad Walker	USA	5.45m	-	O	XXX
6. Konstadinos Filippidis	GRE	5.45m	O	XO	XXX
6. Damiel Dossevi	FRA	5.45m	-	XO	XXX
8. Giovanni Lanaro	MEX	5.45m	XXO	XO	XXX
9. Denys Yurchenko	UKR	5.45m	-	XXO	XXX
9. Steven Hooker	AUS	5.45m	-	XXO	XXX
11.Jurij Rovan	SLO	5.30m	O	XXX
11.Matti Mononen	FIN	5.30m	O	XXX
-. Lars Borgeling	GER	NM	-	XXX
-. Yoo-Suk Kim	KOR	NM	XXX

Startlist

Athlete		gr	N	2005	Best
Toby Stevenson	USA	A	5	5.90m	6.00m
Brad Walker	USA	B	4	5.90m	5.90m
Igor Pavlov	RUS	A	4	5.90m	5.90m
Steven Hooker	AUS	B	13	5.87m	5.87m
Denys Yurchenko	UKR	B	12	5.85m	5.85m
Daichi Sawano	JPN	A	1	5.83m	5.83m
Tim Lobinger	GER	A	7	5.82m	6.00m
Giuseppe Gibilisco	ITA	B	1	5.80m	5.90m
Rens Blom	NED	B	5	5.80m	5.81m
Vladyslav Revenko	UKR	A	12	5.80m	5.80m
Lars Borgeling	GER	B	6	5.77m	5.85m
Dmitri Markov	AUS	A	2	5.75m	6.05m
Danny Ecker	GER	B	2	5.75m	6.00m
Jean Galfione	FRA	A	8	5.75m	6.00m
Damiel Dossevi	FRA	B	8	5.75m	5.75m

Athlete		gr	N	2005	Best
Konstadinos Filippidis	GRE	B	11	5.72m	5.72m
Nick Hysong	USA	A	10	5.71m	5.90m
Feiliang Liu	CHN	A	6	5.70m	5.70m
Pavel Gerasimov	RUS	B	7	5.65m	5.90m
Giovanni Lanaro	MEX	B	14	5.65m	5.65m
Kevin Rans	BEL	A	9	5.62m	5.62m
Patrik Kristiansson	SWE	A	13	5.61m	5.85m
Yoo-Suk Kim	KOR	B	9	5.61m	5.61m
Matti Mononen	FIN	B	10	5.60m	5.66m
Leonid Andreev	UZB	A	11	5.60m	5.60m