# 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany will be held between 20 August and 22 August 2009.
Reigning Olympic champion Steven Hooker came into the competition nursing a pulled hamstring incurred 12 days before the championships. Minimizing his effort, he only took one (successful) attempt in qualifying and two attempts in the final. Hooker waited until only three other competitors were left in the field. Hooker agonized in the pit after missing his attempt at 5.85, then watched Romain Mesnil clear. After one failure Renaud Lavillenie joined Hooker in passing to the next height while Maksym Mazuryk, who had passed to get to 5.85 exhausted his attempts. Constantly stretching and massaging his hamstring, Hooker successfully cleared 5.90 with room to spare, leaping from nothing to first place. Mesnil and Lavillenie could not answer.

## Medalists

| Gold | Steven Hooker Australia (AUS) |
| Silver | Romain Mesnil France (FRA) |
| Bronze | Renaud Lavillenie France (FRA) |

## Records

| World record | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 6.14 | Sestriere, Italy | 31 July 1994 |
| Championship record | Dmitri Markov (AUS) | 6.05 | Edmonton, Canada | 9 August 2001 |
| World Leading | Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) | 6.01 | Leiria, Portugal | 21 June 2009 |
| 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 American record | Brad Walker (USA) | 6.04 | Eugene, United States | 8 June 2008 |
| South American record | Fábio Gomes da Silva (BRA) | 5.77 | São Paulo, Brazil | 7 June 2007 |
| European record | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 6.14 | Sestriere, Italy | 31 July 1994 |
| Oceanian record | Dmitri Markov (AUS) | 6.05 | Edmonton, Canada | 9 August 2001 |

## Qualification standards

| A standard | B standard |
| 5.70m | 5.55m |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 20, 2009 | 10:10 | Qualification |
| August 22, 2009 | 18:15 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 5.25 | 5.40 | 5.55 | 5.65 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Steven Hooker | Australia (AUS) | - | - | - | o | 5.65 | q |
| 1 | B | Renaud Lavillenie | France (FRA) | - | o | o | o | 5.65 | q |
| 1 | B | Alexander Straub | Germany (GER) | - | - | o | o | 5.65 | q |
| 4 | A | Romain Mesnil | France (FRA) | - | - | xo | o | 5.65 | q |
| 4 | A | Maksym Mazuryk | Ukraine (UKR) | - | o | xo | o | 5.65 | q |
| 6 | A | Damiel Dossévi | France (FRA) | - | o | o | xo | 5.65 | q |
| 7 | A | Giuseppe Gibilisco | Italy (ITA) | - | o | o | xxo | 5.65 | q |
| 8 | A | Malte Mohr | Germany (GER) | - | - | xo | xxo | 5.65 | q |
| 8 | A | Aleksandr Gripich | Russia (RUS) | o | o | xo | xxo | 5.65 | q |
| 8 | B | Steven Lewis | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | - | o | xo | xxo | 5.65 | q |
| 11 | B | Alhaji Jeng | Sweden (SWE) | - | xo | xxo | xxo | 5.65 | q, SB |
| 12 | A | Derek Miles | United States (USA) | - | - | o | xxx | 5.55 | q |
| 12 | B | Kevin Rans | Belgium (BEL) | - | o | o | xxx | 5.55 | q |
| 12 | B | Daichi Sawano | Japan (JPN) | - | - | o | xxx | 5.55 | q |
| 12 | B | Viktor Chistiakov | Russia (RUS) | - | - | o | xxx | 5.55 | q |
| 14 | A | Jeremy Scott | United States (USA) | - | o | xo | xxx | 5.55 | |
| 15 | A | Konstadinos Filippidis | Greece (GRE) | o | o | xxo | xxx | 5.55 | |
| 16 | A | Kim Yoo-Suk | South Korea (KOR) | xo | o | xxo | xxx | 5.55 | SB |
| 16 | A | Igor Pavlov | Russia (RUS) | - | xo | xxo | xxx | 5.55 | |
| 16 | B | Björn Otto | Germany (GER) | - | xo | xxo | xxx | 5.55 | |
| 19 | B | Leonid Andreev | Uzbekistan (UZB) | xxo | o | xxo | xxx | 5.55 | |
| 20 | B | Eemeli Salomäki | Finland (FIN) | o | o | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 20 | B | Łukasz Michalski | Poland (POL) | - | o | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 22 | A | Spas Bukhalov | Bulgaria (BUL) | - | xo | - | xxx | 5.40 | |
| 22 | A | Jan Kudlička | Czech Republic (CZE) | - | xo | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 22 | A | Luke Cutts | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | - | xo | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 22 | B | Toby Stevenson | United States (USA) | - | xo | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 26 | A | Yavgeniy Olhovsky | Israel (ISR) | xo | xo | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 26 | B | Jurij Rovan | Slovenia (SLO) | xo | xo | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 28 | B | Denys Fedas | Ukraine (UKR) | o | xxx | | | 5.25 | |
| 29 | A | Takafumi Suzuki | Japan (JPN) | o | xxx | | | 5.25 | |
| | A | Jesper Fritz | Sweden (SWE) | - | x | | | NM | |
| | B | Fábio Gomes da Silva | Brazil (BRA) | - | xxx | | | NM | |
| | B | Oleksandr Korchmid | Ukraine (UKR) | - | xxx | | | NM | |
| | B | Brad Walker | United States (USA) | | | | | | DNS |
Key: NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result), NR = National record, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.50 | 5.65 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | 5.90 | 5.95 | Result | Notes |
| | Steven Hooker | Australia (AUS) | - | - | - | - | x- | o | - | 5.90 | |
| | Romain Mesnil | France (FRA) | o | o | x- | o | o | x- | xx | 5.85 | SB |
| | Renaud Lavillenie | France (FRA) | o | o | xxo | o | x- | x- | x | 5.80 | |
| 4 | Maksym Mazuryk | Ukraine (UKR) | o | xo | o | x- | xx | | | 5.75 | |
| 5 | Aleksandr Gripich | Russia (RUS) | o | xxo | o | xxx | | | | 5.75 | PB |
| 6 | Damiel Dossévi | France (FRA) | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | 5.75 | PB |
| 7 | Alexander Straub | Germany (GER) | xo | xo | xxx | | | | | 5.65 | |
| 7 | Giuseppe Gibilisco | Italy (ITA) | xo | xo | xx- | x | | | | 5.65 | |
| 7 | Steven Lewis | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | xo | xo | xxx | | | | | 5.65 | |
| 10 | Daichi Sawano | Japan (JPN) | o | xxx | | | | | | 5.50 | |
| 10 | Viktor Chistiakov | Russia (RUS) | o | xxx | | | | | | 5.50 | |
| 12 | Alhaji Jeng | Sweden (SWE) | xo | xxx | | | | | | 5.50 | |
| 12 | Kevin Rans | Belgium (BEL) | xo | xxx | | | | | | 5.50 | |
| 14 | Malte Mohr | Germany (GER) | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 5.50 | |
| | Derek Miles | United States (USA) | xxx | | | | | | | NM | |