# 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' pole vault

The boys' pole vault at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 8 and 10 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Robert Renner Slovenia | Melker Svärd Jacobsson Sweden | Jacob Blankenship United States |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Germán Chiaraviglio (ARG) | 5.51 | Porto Alegre, Brazil | 1 May 2004 |
| Championship Record | Nico Weiler (GER) | 5.26 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 15 July 2007 |
| World Youth Leading | Heorhiy Bykov (UKR) | 5.35 | Kyiv, Ukraine | 18 June 2011 |

## Qualification

Qualification rule: qualification standard 4.85 m or at least best 12 qualified.

### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.35 | 4.50 | 4.60 | 4.70 | 4.80 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Robert Renner | Slovenia | – | – | o | – | o | 4.80 | q |
| 1 | Daniel Gardner | Great Britain | – | o | o | o | o | 4.80 | q, PB |
| 3 | Lukas Hallanzy | Germany | – | – | o | xo | o | 4.80 | q |
| 4 | Nicholas Southgate | New Zealand | – | xo | – | xo | o | 4.80 | q |
| 5 | Brodie Cross | Australia | – | – | o | o | xxo | 4.80 | q |
| 6 | Heorhiy Bykov | Ukraine | – | – | – | o | – | 4.70 | q |
| 7 | Ryohei Noda | Japan | – | – | – | o | xxx | 4.70 | q |
| 8 | Mateusz Jerzy | Poland | – | xo | – | o | xxx | 4.70 | |
| 9 | Alessandro Sinno | Italy | – | o | xxo | xo | xxx | 4.70 | |
| 10 | Etamar Bhastekar | Israel | o | xxo | xxx | | | 4.50 | PB |
| 11 | Apostolos Kousinas | Greece | xo | xxx | | | | 4.35 | |
| | Shota Enoki | Japan | – | – | xxx | | | NM | |
| | Pascal Kethers | New Zealand | xxx | | | | | NM | |
| | Karol Pawlik | Poland | – | xxx | | | | NM | |

### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.35 | 4.50 | 4.60 | 4.70 | 4.80 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Jacob Blankenship | United States | – | – | o | o | o | 4.80 | q |
| 1 | Oleg Zernikel | Germany | – | – | o | o | o | 4.80 | q |
| 3 | Melker Svärd Jacobsson | Sweden | – | – | – | – | xo | 4.80 | q |
| 3 | Lukas Wirth | Austria | – | – | o | o | xo | 4.80 | q, PB |
| 5 | Medhi Amar Rouana | France | – | o | – | o | – | 4.70 | q |
| 6 | Viktor Östman | Finland | o | xo | xo | o | xxx | 4.70 | |
| 7 | Anders Andréasson | Sweden | – | – | o | xxo | xxx | 4.70 | SB |
| 7 | Marc Vela | Spain | – | o | – | xxo | xxx | 4.70 | |
| 9 | Rowan May | Great Britain | xo | o | xxx | | | 4.50 | |
| 10 | Kristjan Rosenberg | Estonia | xxo | o | xxx | | | 4.50 | |
| 11 | Javier Alcácer | Spain | o | xo | xxx | | | 4.50 | |
| | Benjamin Bertrand | France | xxx | | | | | NM | |
| | Eirik Greibrokk Dolve | Denmark | xxx | | | | | NM | |
| | Matthias Freinberger | Austria | xxx | | | | | NM | |

## Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.65 | 4.80 | 4.95 | 5.05 | 5.15 | 5.20 | 5.25 | 5.31 | Result | Notes |
| | Robert Renner | Slovenia | o | xo | o | o | xo | o | o | xxx | 5.25 | PB |
| | Melker Svärd Jacobsson | Sweden | – | – | – | o | xo | – | xxx | | 5.15 | |
| | Jacob Blankenship | United States | – | o | o | o | xxx | | | | 5.05 | |
| 4 | Nicholas Southgate | New Zealand | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 4.80 | |
| 4 | Heorhiy Bykov | Ukraine | – | o | – | xxx | | | | | 4.80 | |
| 4 | Oleg Zernikel | Germany | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 4.80 | |
| 7 | Lukas Hallanzy | Germany | xo | o | xxx | | | | | | 4.80 | |
| 8 | Daniel Gardner | Great Britain | xxo | o | xxx | | | | | | 4.80 | PB |
| 9 | Brodie Cross | Australia | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | 4.80 | |
| 9 | Lukas Wirth | Austria | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | 4.80 | PB |
| 9 | Ryohei Noda | Japan | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | 4.80 | |
| 12 | Medhi Amar Rouana | France | xxo | – | xxx | | | | | | 4.65 | |