# 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27 and 29.
Defending champion and Olympic champion Steven Hooker came into the meet injured. He was not able to clear his opening height in the trials.
In the final, with three competitors already over 5.85 (including countryman Łukasz Michalski), Paweł Wojciechowski strategically passed his remaining attempts. At 5.90, he cleared on his second (and last remaining) attempt for the win. Lázaro Borges also cleared 5.90, but on his third attempt, setting the national record for Cuba in the process. Renaud Lavillenie edged Michalski for the bronze, because Michalski had a miss at 5.75.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Paweł Wojciechowski Poland (POL) | Lázaro Borges Cuba (CUB) | 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 | Paweł Wojciechowski (POL) | 5.91 | Szczecin, Poland | 15 August 2011 |
| 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, Central American and Caribbean record | Brad Walker (USA) | 6.04 | Eugene, United States | 8 June 2008 |
| South American record | Fábio Gomes da Silva (BRA) | 5.80 | São Caetano do Sul, Brazil | 26 February 2011 |
| 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 |
| 5.72 m | 5.60 m |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 27, 2011 | 10:40 | Qualification |
| August 29, 2011 | 19:25 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 5.20 | 5.35 | 5.50 | 5.60 | 5.65 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Romain Mesnil | France (FRA) | - | - | o | - | o | 5.65 | q |
| 1 | A | Konstadinos Filippidis | Greece (GRE) | - | o | o | o | o | 5.65 | q |
| 1 | A | Dmitry Starodubtsev | Russia (RUS) | - | o | o | o | o | 5.65 | q |
| 1 | B | Lázaro Borges | Cuba (CUB) | - | o | o | o | o | 5.65 | q |
| 1 | B | Renaud Lavillenie | France (FRA) | - | - | o | - | o | 5.65 | q |
| 6 | A | Fábio Gomes da Silva | Brazil (BRA) | - | - | o | xo | o | 5.65 | q |
| 6 | A | Malte Mohr | Germany (GER) | - | - | xo | o | o | 5.65 | q |
| 8 | A | Mateusz Didenkow | Poland (POL) | - | o | o | o | xo | 5.65 | q |
| 9 | B | Jeremy Scott | United States (USA) | - | o | o | o | - | 5.60 | q |
| 10 | B | Łukasz Michalski | Poland (POL) | - | o | xo | o | x- | 5.60 | q |
| 10 | B | Derek Miles | United States (USA) | - | o | xo | o | - | 5.60 | q |
| 12 | A | Daichi Sawano | Japan (JPN) | - | - | o | xxx | | 5.50 | q |
| 12 | A | Paweł Wojciechowski | Poland (POL) | - | o | o | xxx | | 5.50 | q |
| 12 | B | Jan Kudlička | Czech Republic (CZE) | - | o | o | xxx | | 5.50 | q |
| 12 | B | Steven Lewis | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | o | o | o | xxx | | 5.50 | q |
| 12 | B | Igor Bychkov | Spain (ESP) | o | - | o | x- | xx | 5.50 | q |
| 17 | A | Alhaji Jeng | Sweden (SWE) | - | xo | o | xxx | | 5.50 | |
| 18 | B | Jérôme Clavier | France (FRA) | - | o | xo | - | xxx | 5.50 | |
| 18 | B | Yevgeny Lukyanenko | Russia (RUS) | - | o | xo | xxx | | 5.50 | |
| 20 | A | Raphael Holzdeppe | Germany (GER) | - | - | xxo | xxx | | 5.50 | |
| 21 | B | Giovanni Lanaro | Mexico (MEX) | - | xo | xxo | xxx | | 5.50 | |
| 22 | A | Mark Hollis | United States (USA) | - | o | xxx | | | 5.35 | |
| 22 | B | Denys Yurchenko | Ukraine (UKR) | - | o | xxx | | | 5.35 | |
| 24 | A | Jere Bergius | Finland (FIN) | - | xo | - | xxx | | 5.35 | |
| 24 | B | Karsten Dilla | Germany (GER) | - | xo | - | xxx | | 5.35 | |
| 26 | B | Kim Yoo-suk | South Korea (KOR) | o | xxx | | | | 5.20 | |
| | A | Steven Hooker | Australia (AUS) | - | - | xxx | | | NM | |
| | A | Edi Maia | Portugal (POR) | xxx | | | | | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.50 | 5.65 | 5.75 | 5.85 | 5.90 | 5.95 | Result | Notes |
| | Paweł Wojciechowski | Poland (POL) | o | o | o | x- | xo | xxx | 5.90 | |
| | Lázaro Borges | Cuba (CUB) | o | o | xxo | o | xxo | xxx | 5.90 | NR |
| | Renaud Lavillenie | France (FRA) | - | o | o | o | xxx | | 5.85 | |
| 4 | Łukasz Michalski | Poland (POL) | o | o | xo | o | xxx | | 5.85 | PB |
| 5 | Malte Mohr | Germany (GER) | o | xo | o | xxo | xxx | | 5.85 | |
| 6 | Konstadinos Filippidis | Greece (GRE) | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | 5.75 | NR |
| 7 | Mateusz Didenkow | Poland (POL) | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | | | 5.75 | =PB |
| 8 | Fábio Gomes da Silva | Brazil (BRA) | xo | o | xxx | | | | 5.65 | |
| 9 | Jan Kudlička | Czech Republic (CZE) | o | xo | xxx | | | | 5.65 | SB |
| 9 | Steven Lewis | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | o | xo | xxx | | | | 5.65 | SB |
| 9 | Jeremy Scott | United States (USA) | o | xo | xxx | | | | 5.65 | |
| 12 | Dmitry Starodubtsev | Russia (RUS) | xo | xo | xxx | | | | 5.65 | |
| 13 | Derek Miles | United States (USA) | o | xxo | xxx | | | | 5.65 | |
| 14 | Daichi Sawano | Japan (JPN) | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | 5.65 | SB |
| | Romain Mesnil | France (FRA) | - | xxx | | | | | NM | |
| | Igor Bychkov | Spain (ESP) | xxx | | | | | | NM | |