# 2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 14 and 16 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Renaud Lavillenie France |
| Silver | Paweł Wojciechowski Poland |
| Bronze | Jan Kudlička Czech Republic |
| Bronze | Kévin Menaldo France |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 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 | Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) | 5.92 | Shanghai, China | 18 May 2014 |
| European Leading | Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) | 5.92 | Shanghai, China | 18 May 2014 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 14 August 2014 | 10:15 | Qualification |
| 16 August 2014 | 15:00 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 5.65 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | 5.30 | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.60 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Renaud Lavillenie | France | – | – | – | xo | 5.60 | q |
| 2 | B | Jan Kudlička | Czech Republic | – | o | – | xxo | 5.60 | q |
| 3 | B | Steven Lewis | Great Britain | – | o | o | – | 5.50 | q |
| 3 | B | Kévin Menaldo | France | o | – | o | – | 5.50 | q |
| 3 | B | Ilya Mudrov | Russia | – | – | o | – | 5.50 | q |
| 3 | B | Robert Sobera | Poland | o | – | o | – | 5.50 | q |
| 7 | A | Karsten Dilla | Germany | o | xo | o | – | 5.50 | q |
| 7 | A | Aleksandr Gripich | Russia | o | xo | o | – | 5.50 | q |
| 9 | A | Konstadinos Filippidis | Greece | xo | xo | o | – | 5.50 | q |
| 10 | B | Sergey Kucheryanu | Russia | xo | – | xo | – | 5.50 | q |
| 11 | A | Diogo Ferreira | Portugal | xxo | o | xo | – | 5.50 | q |
| 12 | B | Piotr Lisek | Poland | o | – | xxo | – | 5.50 | q |
| 12 | A | Paweł Wojciechowski | Poland | o | – | xxo | – | 5.50 | q |
| 14 | B | Edi Maia | Portugal | xo | xo | xxo | – | 5.50 | q |
| 15 | B | Marquis Richards | Switzerland | xo | o | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 16 | B | Arnaud Art | Belgium | o | – | xxx | | 5.30 | |
| 16 | B | Igor Bychkov | Spain | o | – | xxx | | 5.30 | |
| 16 | B | Dimitrios Patsoukakis | Greece | o | xxx | | | 5.30 | |
| 19 | A | Melker Svärd-Jacobsson | Sweden | xo | xxx | | | 5.30 | |
| 20 | A | Michal Balner | Czech Republic | xxo | – | xxx | | 5.30 | |
| 20 | A | Luke Cutts | Great Britain | xxo | xxx | | | 5.30 | |
| | B | Mareks Ārents | Latvia | – | x– | r | | NM | |
| | A | Giuseppe Gibilisco | Italy | – | xxx | | | NM | |
| | A | Pauls Pujāts | Latvia | xxx | | | | NM | |
| | A | Dídac Salas | Spain | xxx | | | | NM | |
| | A | Tobias Scherbarth | Germany | – | xxx | | | NM | |
| | A | Nikandros Stylianou | Cyprus | xxx | | | | NM | |
| | B | Alhaji Jeng | Sweden | | | | | DNS | |
| | B | Malte Mohr | Germany | | | | | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.60 | 5.65 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | 5.90 | 5.95 | 6.01 | Result | Notes |
| | Renaud Lavillenie | France | – | – | – | o | – | – | o | – | xo | – | xxx | 5.90 | |
| | Paweł Wojciechowski | Poland | – | o | – | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 5.70 | |
| | Jan Kudlička | Czech Republic | – | o | xo | – | o | xxx | | | | | | 5.70 | |
| | Kévin Menaldo | France | o | – | xo | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 5.70 | |
| 5 | Aleksandr Gripich | Russia | xo | o | xxo | o | xxx | | | | | | | 5.65 | |
| 6 | Piotr Lisek | Poland | o | o | xo | xo | x– | xx | | | | | | 5.65 | |
| 7 | Konstadinos Filippidis | Greece | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | | 5.60 | |
| 8 | Edi Maia | Portugal | xo | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | | | | 5.60 | =SB |
| 9 | Karsten Dilla | Germany | o | – | xxx | | | | | | | | | 5.40 | |
| 9 | Sergey Kucheryanu | Russia | o | – | xx– | x | | | | | | | | 5.40 | |
| 11 | Steven Lewis | Great Britain | xxo | – | x– | – | x | | | | | | | 5.40 | |
| | Diogo Ferreira | Portugal | xxx | | | | | | | | | | | NM | |
| | Ilya Mudrov | Russia | – | xxx | | | | | | | | | | NM | |
| | Robert Sobera | Poland | xxx | | | | | | | | | | | NM | |