# 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 8 August.

## Summary

Of the twelve finalists, only three reached 5.75 metres without any fails: Olympic bronze medalist Sam Kendricks (USA), world record holder Renaud Lavillenie and Xue Changrui (China). Two Polish vaulters, Piotr Lisek and Paweł Wojciechowski, also cleared that height but with previous misses. Kendricks and Xue succeeded first time at 5.82 metres, while all the others passed after one failure to the next height, 5.89 metres. Kendricks and Lisek cleared that height on their first attempts, and Lavillenie on his last attempt, with Xue and Wojciechowski failing to clear that height and leaving the three medallists confirmed. All three were unsuccessful in their first two tries at 5.95 metres, and on the third try Kendrick succeeded, Lisek failed, and Lavillenie passed. Both Kendricks and Lavillenie failed at 6.01 metres, leaving Lavillenie with bronze and Kendricks with gold.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
| World | 6.16 | Renaud Lavillenie | FRA | 5 Feb 2014 | Donetsk, Ukraine |
| Championship | 6.05 | Dmitri Markov | AUS | 9 Aug 2001 | Edmonton, Canada |
| World leading | 6.00 | Sam Kendricks | USA | 24 Jun 2017 | Sacramento, United States |
| African | 6.03 | Okkert Brits | RSA | 18 Aug 1995 | Cologne, Germany |
| Asian | 5.92 | Igor Potapovich | KAZ | 19 Feb 1998 | Stockholm, Sweden |
| NACAC | 6.04 | Brad Walker | USA | 8 Jun 2008 | Eugene, OR, United States |
| South American | 6.03 | Thiago Braz da Silva | BRA | 15 Aug 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| European | 6.16 | Renaud Lavillenie | FRA | 15 Feb 2014 | Donetsk, Ukraine |
| Oceanian | 6.06 | Steven Hooker | AUS | 7 Feb 2009 | Boston, MA, United States |
The following records were set at the competition:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date |
| Chinese | 5.82 | Xue Changrui | CHN | 8 Aug 2017 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 5.70 metres.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 6 August | 10:40 | Qualification |
| 8 August | 19:35 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

The qualification round took place on 6 August, in two groups, both starting at 10:40. Athletes attaining a mark of 5.75 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 5.30 | 5.45 | 5.60 | 5.70 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Renaud Lavillenie | France (FRA) | - | - | o | o | 5.70 | q |
| 1 | A | Piotr Lisek | Poland (POL) | o | o | o | o | 5.70 | q |
| 3 | B | Sam Kendricks | United States (USA) | o | o | xxo | o | 5.70 | q |
| 4 | B | Shawnacy Barber | Canada (CAN) | o | o | o | xxo | 5.70 | q |
| 5 | A | Axel Chapelle | France (FRA) | xo | o | o | xxo | 5.70 | q |
| 5 | A | Raphael Holzdeppe | Germany (GER) | - | o | xo | xxo | 5.70 | q |
| 7 | B | Paweł Wojciechowski | Poland (POL) | - | o | xxo | xxo | 5.70 | q |
| 8 | A | Armand Duplantis | Sweden (SWE) | xxo | xo | xo | xxo | 5.70 | q |
| 9 | B | Arnaud Art | Belgium (BEL) | o | o | o | xxx | 5.60 | q |
| 10 | A | Xue Changrui | China (CHN) | - | xo | o | xxx | 5.60 | q |
| 11 | B | Kurtis Marschall | Australia (AUS) | o | xxo | o | xxx | 5.60 | q |
| 11 | B | Yao Jie | China (CHN) | o | xxo | o | xxx | 5.60 | q |
| 13 | B | Christopher Nilsen | United States (USA) | o | o | xo | xxx | 5.60 | |
| 14 | B | Valentin Lavillenie | France (FRA) | - | xo | xo | xxx | 5.60 | |
| 15 | A | Andrew Irwin | United States (USA) | xxo | o | xo | xxx | 5.60 | |
| 16 | A | Adrián Vallés | Spain (ESP) | xxo | xo | xo | xxx | 5.60 | |
| 17 | A | Vladyslav Malykhin | Ukraine (UKR) | xxo | o | xxo | xxx | 5.60 | |
| 18 | A | Jan Kudlička | Czech Republic (CZE) | - | o | xxx | | 5.45 | |
| 18 | B | Hiroki Ogita | Japan (JPN) | o | o | xxx | | 5.45 | |
| 20 | A | Germán Chiaraviglio | Argentina (ARG) | xo | o | xxx | | 5.45 | |
| 21 | A | Emmanouil Karális | Greece (GRE) | xxo | o | xxx | | 5.45 | |
| 22 | A | Ilya Mudrov | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | o | xo | xxx | | 5.45 | |
| 22 | A | Ivan Horvat | Croatia (CRO) | o | xo | xxx | | 5.45 | |
| 22 | B | Kévin Menaldo | France (FRA) | - | xo | xxx | | 5.45 | |
| 25 | B | Michal Balner | Czech Republic (CZE) | xo | xxo | xxx | | 5.45 | |
| 26 | A | Seito Yamamoto | Japan (JPN) | o | xxx | | | 5.30 | |
| | B | Diogo Ferreira | Portugal (POR) | xxx | | | | NH | |
| | B | Igor Bychkov | Spain (ESP) | xxx | | | | NH | |
| | B | Menno Vloon | Netherlands (NED) | - | x- | - | r | NH | |
| | B | Konstantinos Filippidis | Greece (GRE) | - | - | - | - | DNS | |

### Final

The final took place on 8 August at 19:42. The results were as follows:
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.50 | 5.65 | 5.75 | 5.82 | 5.89 | 5.95 | 6.01 | Mark | Notes |
| | Sam Kendricks | United States (USA) | o | o | o | o | o | xxo | xr | 5.95 | |
| | Piotr Lisek | Poland (POL) | o | xxo | o | x- | o | xxx | | 5.89 | |
| | Renaud Lavillenie | France (FRA) | – | o | o | x- | xo | xx- | x | 5.89 | SB |
| 4 | Xue Changrui | China (CHN) | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | 5.82 | NR |
| 5 | Paweł Wojciechowski | Poland (POL) | o | o | xo | x- | xx | | | 5.75 | |
| 6 | Axel Chapelle | France (FRA) | o | o | xxx | | | | | 5.65 | |
| 7 | Kurtis Marschall | Australia (AUS) | xo | o | xxx | | | | | 5.65 | |
| 8 | Shawnacy Barber | Canada (CAN) | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | | 5.65 | |
| 9 | Armand Duplantis | Sweden (SWE) | o | xxx | | | | | | 5.50 | |
| | Arnaud Art | Belgium (BEL) | xxx | | | | | | | NH | |
| | Raphael Holzdeppe | Germany (GER) | xxx | | | | | | | NH | |
| | Yao Jie | China (CHN) | xxx | | | | | | | NH | |