# 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 and 12 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Thiago Braz Brazil | Ivan Horvat Croatia | Shawnacy Barber Canada |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record | Maksim Tarasov (USSR) | 5.80 m | Bryansk, Soviet Union | 14 July 1989 |
| World Junior Record | Raphael Holzdeppe (GER) | 5.80 m | Biberach, Germany | 28 June 2008 |
| Championship Record | Germán Chiaraviglio (ARG) | 5.71 m | Beijing, China | 19 August 2006 |
| World Junior Leading | Andrew Irwin (USA) | 5.72 m | Baton Rouge, United States | 13 May 2012 |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Standard 5.20 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 4.75 | 4.95 | 5.05 | 5.15 | Result | Note |
| 1 | A | Thibault Boisseau | France | o | o | o | o | 5.15 | q |
| 1 | B | Andreas Duplantis | Sweden | – | – | o | o | 5.15 | q |
| 1 | B | Ivan Horvat | Croatia | o | o | o | o | 5.15 | q |
| 4 | A | Shawnacy Barber | Canada | o | o | xo | o | 5.15 | q |
| 4 | B | Robert Renner | Slovenia | – | xo | o | o | 5.15 | q |
| 6 | A | Didac Salas | Spain | – | – | xxo | o | 5.15 | q |
| 6 | B | Theodoros-Panayiotis Hrisanthopoulos | Greece | o | – | xxo | o | 5.15 | q |
| 8 | B | Jonas Efferoth | Germany | – | o | o | xo | 5.15 | q |
| 9 | A | Nikita Kirillov | United States | – | – | – | xxo | 5.15 | q |
| 10 | A | Arnaud Art | Belgium | – | xo | o | xxo | 5.15 | q |
| 11 | A | Lukas Hallanzy | Germany | – | xo | xxo | xxo | 5.15 | q, PB |
| 12 | A | Melker Svärd Jacobsson | Sweden | – | – | o | xxx | 5.05 | q |
| 12 | B | Thiago Braz | Brazil | – | – | o | xxx | 5.05 | q |
| 12 | B | Ruben Miranda | Portugal | o | o | o | xxx | 5.05 | q, SB |
| 15 | B | Axel Chapelle | France | xo | o | xo | xxx | 5.05 | |
| 16 | A | Daiki Fujii | Japan | o | o | xxo | xxx | 5.05 | |
| 17 | A | Lukas Wirth | Austria | o | o | xxx | | 4.95 | |
| 17 | B | Menno Vloon | Netherlands | – | o | xxx | | 4.95 | |
| 19 | A | Vladislav Mandych | Ukraine | xo | o | xxx | | 4.95 | |
| 20 | A | Rutger Koppelaar | Netherlands | xxo | o | xxx | | 4.95 | |
| 21 | A | Doo-hyun Han | South Korea | o | xo | xxx | | 4.95 | |
| 22 | A | Karol Pawlik | Poland | xo | xo | xxx | | 4.95 | |
| 22 | B | Eirik Greibrokk Dolve | Norway | xo | xo | xxx | | 4.95 | |
| 24 | A | Alessandro Sinno | Italy | o | xxo | xxx | | 4.95 | |
| 24 | B | Casey Bowen | United States | o | xxo | xxx | | 4.95 | |
| 24 | B | Manel Miralles | Spain | o | xxo | xxx | | 4.95 | |
| 27 | A | Per Magne Florvaag | Norway | xo | xxx | | | 4.75 | |
| 27 | B | Nicholas Southgate | New Zealand | xo | xxx | | | 4.75 | |
| 29 | A | Andreas Ronning | Denmark | xxo | xxx | | | 4.75 | |
| | B | Brodie Cross | Australia | xxx | | | | NM | |
| | B | Wei Zhang | China | – | – | xxx | | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.85 | 5.00 | 5.10 | 5.20 | 5.30 | 5.35 | 5.40 | 5.45 | 5.50 | 5.55 | 5.60 | 5.65 | Result | Notes |
| | Thiago Braz | Brazil | – | - | o | o | o | - | xo | o | xo | o | - | xxx | 5.55 | NJ |
| | Ivan Horvat | Croatia | - | o | o | o | xo | - | xxo | - | xo | o | xxx | | 5.55 | |
| | Shawnacy Barber | Canada | – | o | - | xo | o | o | xo | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | 5.55 | NJ |
| 4 | Didac Salas | Spain | – | – | o | - | o | - | o | x- | xo | xx- | x | | 5.50 | |
| 5 | Robert Renner | Slovenia | - | o | - | o | o | - | xo | x- | xx | | | | 5.40 | |
| 6 | Melker Svärd Jakobsson | Sweden | – | xo | o | xxo | - | xxo | - | xxx | | | | | 5.35 | PB |
| 7 | Thibault Boisseau | France | - | o | - | xo | o | x- | xx | | | | | | 5.30 | PB |
| 8 | Nikita Kirillov | United States | - | - | o | o | xxo | - | xxx | | | | | | 5.30 | |
| 9 | Jonas Efferoth | Germany | - | o | xo | o | xxx | | | | | | | | 5.20 | SB |
| 10 | Andreas Duplantis | Sweden | - | xo | o | xo | x- | xx | | | | | | | 5.20 | |
| 11 | Theódoros-Panayiótis Hrisanthópoulos | Greece | o | - | o | xxx | | | | | | | | | 5.10 | |
| 12 | Lukas Hallanzy | Germany | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | | | | 5.10 | |
| 13 | Rubem Miranda | Portugal | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | | | | 5.00 | |
| | Arnaud Art | Belgium | - | xxx | | | | | | | | | | | NM | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (1)
* Austria (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (1)
* China (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Denmark (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (1)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (1)
* Netherlands (2)
* New Zealand (1)
* Norway (2)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Korea (1)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (2)
* Ukraine (1)
* United States (2)