# 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–12 August.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 6.14A | Sestriere, Italy | 31 July 1994 |
| Championship record | Dmitri Markov (AUS) | 6.05 | Edmonton, Canada | 9 August 2001 |
| World Leading | Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) | 6.02 | London, United Kingdom | 27 July 2013 |
| African record | Okkert Brits (RSA) | 6.03 | Cologne, Germany | 18 August 1995 |
| Asian record | Grigoriy Yegorov (KAZ) | 5.90 | Stuttgart, Germany | 19 August 1993 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Brad Walker (USA) | 6.04 | Eugene, United States | 8 June 2008 |
| South American record | Thiago Braz da Silva (BRA) | 5.83 | Cartagena, Colombia | 5 July 2013 |
| European record | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 6.14A | Sestriere, Italy | 31 July 1994 |
| Oceanian record | Dmitri Markov (AUS) | 6.05 | Edmonton, Canada | 9 August 2001 |

## Qualification standards

| A result | B result |
| 5.70 | 5.60 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 10 August 2013 | 10:15 | Qualification |
| 12 August 2013 | 20:25 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+4)

## Results

| KEY: | Q | Qualified | q | 12 best performers | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Qualification

Qualification: 5.70 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 5.25 | 5.40 | 5.55 | 5.65 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Jan Kudlička | Czech Republic (CZE) | - | o | - | xo | 5.65 | q |
| 1 | B | Renaud Lavillenie | France (FRA) | - | - | - | xo | 5.65 | q |
| 3 | B | Brad Walker | United States (USA) | - | - | o | | 5.55 | q |
| 3 | A | Malte Mohr | Germany (GER) | - | - | o | | 5.55 | q |
| 3 | A | Konstadinos Filippidis | Greece (GRE) | - | o | o | | 5.55 | q |
| 6 | B | Augusto de Oliveira | Brazil (BRA) | - | xxo | o | | 5.55 | q |
| 7 | B | Björn Otto | Germany (GER) | - | - | xo | | 5.55 | q |
| 7 | A | Seito Yamamoto | Japan (JPN) | - | o | xo | | 5.55 | q |
| 7 | A | Raphael Holzdeppe | Germany (GER) | - | - | xo | | 5.55 | q |
| 7 | A | Alhaji Jeng | Sweden (SWE) | - | o | xo | | 5.55 | q |
| 11 | A | Valentin Lavillenie | France (FRA) | xxo | o | xo | | 5.55 | q |
| 12 | A | Xue Changrui | China (CHN) | o | o | xxo | | 5.55 | q |
| 13 | A | Sergey Kucheryanu | Russia (RUS) | - | xo | xxo | | 5.55 | q |
| 14 | A | Oleksandr Korchmid | Ukraine (UKR) | - | o | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 14 | A | Thiago Braz da Silva | Brazil (BRA) | - | o | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 14 | A | Daichi Sawano | Japan (JPN) | - | o | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 14 | A | Jere Bergius | Finland (FIN) | o | o | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 14 | B | Nikita Filippov | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | o | o | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 19 | B | Ivan Yeryomin | Ukraine (UKR) | xo | o | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 19 | B | Jeremy Scott | United States (USA) | xo | o | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 21 | B | Hiroki Ogita | Japan (JPN) | - | xo | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 21 | B | Lázaro Borges | Cuba (CUB) | - | xo | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 21 | B | Vladyslav Revenko | Ukraine (UKR) | - | xo | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 24 | A | Edi Maia | Portugal (POR) | xo | xo | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 24 | A | Jack Whitt | United States (USA) | xo | xo | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 24 | B | Aleksandr Gripich | Russia (RUS) | xo | xo | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 27 | A | Shawnacy Barber | Canada (CAN) | xo | xxo | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 28 | A | Claudio Stecchi | Italy (ITA) | xxo | xxo | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 29 | B | João Gabriel Sousa | Brazil (BRA) | o | xxx | | | 5.25 | |
| 29 | B | Jin Min-Sub | South Korea (KOR) | o | xxx | | | 5.25 | |
| 31 | A | Rasmus Wejnold Jørgensen | Denmark (DEN) | xo | xxx | | | 5.25 | |
| 31 | B | Yang Yansheng | China (CHN) | xo | xxx | | | 5.25 | |
| 33 | A | Mareks Ārents | Latvia (LAT) | xxo | xxx | | | 5.25 | |
| | A | Zhang Wei | China (CHN) | xxx | | | | NM | |
| | B | Ivan Horvat | Croatia (CRO) | xxx | | | | NM | |
| | B | Steven Lewis | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | - | xxx | | | NM | |
| | B | Giuseppe Gibilisco | Italy (ITA) | - | - | xxx | | NM | |
| | B | Robert Sobera | Poland (POL) | - | xxx | | | NM | |
| | B | Igor Bychkov | Spain (ESP) | xxx | | | | NM | |
| | B | Michal Balner | Czech Republic (CZE) | - | xxx | | | NM | |

### Final

The final was started at 19:00.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.50 | 5.65 | 5.75 | 5.82 | 5.89 | 5.96 | Mark | Notes |
| | Raphael Holzdeppe | Germany (GER) | – | o | – | o | o | xxx | 5.89 | |
| | Renaud Lavillenie | France (FRA) | – | xo | – | xo | xxo | xxx | 5.89 | |
| | Björn Otto | Germany (GER) | o | o | xo | o | xxx | | 5.82 | |
| 4 | Brad Walker | United States (USA) | – | xo | xo | o | xxx | | 5.82 | |
| 5 | Malte Mohr | Germany (GER) | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | 5.82 | |
| 6 | Seito Yamamoto | Japan (JPN) | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | | | 5.75 | PB |
| 7 | Jan Kudlička | Czech Republic (CZE) | xxo | xo | xxo | xxx | | | 5.75 | |
| 8 | Sergey Kucheryanu | Russia (RUS) | o | o | xxx | | | | 5.65 | |
| 9 | Alhaji Jeng | Sweden (SWE) | xo | o | xxx | | | | 5.65 | SB |
| 10 | Konstadinos Filippidis | Greece (GRE) | o | xo | xxx | | | | 5.65 | |
| 11 | Augusto de Oliveira | Brazil (BRA) | xxo | xxo | xxx | | | | 5.65 | |
| 12 | Xue Changrui | China (CHN) | xo | xxx | | | | | 5.50 | |
| | Valentin Lavillenie | France (FRA) | xxx | | | | | | NM | |