# 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 9 and August 11.

## Medalists

| Gold | Rens Blom Netherlands (NED) |
| Silver | Brad Walker United States (USA) |
| Bronze | Pavel Gerasimov Russia (RUS) |

## Schedule

* All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 09.08.2005 – 12:10h | 09.08.2005 – 13:40h |
| Final Round ||
| 11.08.2005 – 18:35h ||

## 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 |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 5.30 | 5.45 | 5.60 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Nick Hysong | United States | – | – | o | 5.60 | Q |
| 2 | A | Igor Pavlov | Russia | xo | xo | o | 5.60 | Q |
| 3 | A | Tim Lobinger | Germany | – | o | xo | 5.60 | Q |
| 3 | A | Dmitri Markov | Australia | – | – | xo | 5.60 | Q |
| 3 | A | Patrik Kristiansson | Sweden | – | – | xo | 5.60 | Q |
| 6 | B | Pavel Gerasimov | Russia | – | o | xxo | 5.60 | Q |
| 7 | A | Daichi Sawano | Japan | – | o | xxx | 5.45 | q |
| 7 | A | Kevin Rans | Belgium | o | o | xxx | 5.45 | q |
| 7 | B | Giuseppe Gibilisco | Italy | – | o | xxx | 5.45 | q |
| 7 | B | Danny Ecker | Germany | – | o | xxx | 5.45 | q |
| 7 | B | Rens Blom | Netherlands | – | o | xxx | 5.45 | q |
| 7 | B | Brad Walker | United States | – | o | xxx | 5.45 | q |
| 13 | A | Jean Galfione | France | xo | o | xxx | 5.45 | |
| 14 | B | Konstadinos Filippidis | Greece | o | xo | xxx | 5.45 | |
| 14 | B | Damiel Dossévi | France | – | xo | xxx | 5.45 | |
| 16 | B | Giovanni Lanaro | Mexico | xxo | xo | xxx | 5.45 | |
| 17 | B | Denys Yurchenko | Ukraine | – | xxo | xxx | 5.45 | |
| 17 | B | Steven Hooker | Australia | – | xxo | xxx | 5.45 | |
| 19 | B | Jure Rovan | Slovenia | o | xxx | | 5.30 | |
| 19 | B | Matti Mononen | Finland | o | xxx | | 5.30 | |
| 21 | A | Piotr Buciarski | Denmark | xo | xxx | | 5.30 | |
| | A | Leonid Andreev | Uzbekistan | xxx | | | NM | |
| | A | Vladyslav Revenko | Ukraine | – | – | xxx | NM | |
| | A | Liu Feiliang | China | xxx | | | NM | |
| | B | Kim Yoo-suk | South Korea | xxx | | | NM | |
| | B | Lars Börgeling | Germany | – | xxx | | NM | |
| | A | Toby Stevenson | United States | | | | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.35 | 5.50 | 5.65 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | Result | Notes |
| | Rens Blom | Netherlands | – | xxo | xo | xo | o | x | 5.80 | SB |
| | Brad Walker | United States | – | xxo | xo | xo | x– | xx | 5.75 | |
| | Pavel Gerasimov | Russia | – | o | xo | xxx | | | 5.65 | SB |
| 4 | Igor Pavlov | Russia | – | o | xxo | xxx | | | 5.65 | |
| 5 | Giuseppe Gibilisco | Italy | – | o | xxx | | | | 5.50 | |
| 5 | Tim Lobinger | Germany | – | o | xxx | | | | 5.50 | |
| 5 | Nick Hysong | United States | – | o | xxx | | | | 5.50 | |
| 8 | Daichi Sawano | Japan | xo | o | xxx | | | | 5.50 | |
| 9 | Patrik Kristiansson | Sweden | – | xxo | xxx | | | | 5.50 | |
| 10 | Kevin Rans | Belgium | o | xxx | | | | | 5.35 | |
| | Dmitri Markov | Australia | – | xxx | | | | | NM | |
| | Danny Ecker | Germany | – | xxx | | | | | NM | |