# 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 and 24 August.

## Competition

World record holder and world leader Renaud Lavillenie set his opening height at 5.80, after most of the field had already attempted two heights. He cleared it with one foot to spare on his first attempt. It is believed to be the highest opening height ever attempted. At the end of that round, only six jumpers remained and three others, Shawnacy Barber, Piotr Lisek and 2011 winner Paweł Wojciechowski also had no misses. Returning champion Raphael Holzdeppe also was one of the six to clear 5.80, including several misses.
At the next height, 5.90, Lavillenie cleared the bar easily, but in the wrong position. Each time he knocked it off on his way down. Barber, the National High School Record holder and NCAA Champion from the University of Akron, cleared on his first attempt. On his last attempt Holzdeppe cleared 5.90 to stay in the competition, leaving a three-way tie for the bronze medal between Wojciechowski, Lisek, and Lavillenie.
Barber and Holzdeppe competed for the gold medal at a height of 6.00; both athletes failed to clear it on all three attempts, neither really getting off a serious attempt. Barber's initial success at 5.90 in the previous round gave him the gold medal over Holzdeppe.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) | 6.16 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 15 February 2014 |
| Championship record | Dmitri Markov (AUS) | 6.05 | Edmonton, Canada | 9 August 2001 |
| World Leading | Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) | 6.05 | Eugene, OR, United States | 30 May 2015 |
| 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, OR, United States | 8 June 2008 |
| South American record | Thiago Braz da Silva (BRA) | 5.92 | Baku, Azerbaijan | 24 June 2014 |
| European record | Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) | 6.16 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 15 February 2014 |
| Oceanian record | Dmitri Markov (AUS) | 6.05 | Edmonton, Canada | 9 August 2001 |

## Qualification standards

* Entry standards
* 5.65

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 22 August 2015 | 18:40 | Qualification |
| 24 August 2015 | 19:05 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+8)

## Results

| KEY: | Q | Qualified | q | 12 best performers | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Qualification

Qualification: 5.70 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 5.25 | 5.40 | 5.55 | 5.65 | 5.70 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Sam Kendricks | United States (USA) | o | o | o | o | o | 5.70 | Q |
| 1 | B | Pawel Wojciechowski | Poland (POL) | - | o | o | o | o | 5.70 | Q |
| 1 | B | Renaud Lavillenie | France (FRA) | - | - | - | - | o | 5.70 | Q |
| 1 | B | Jan Kudlička | Czech Republic (CZE) | - | o | - | o | o | 5.70 | Q |
| 1 | B | Robert Sobera | Poland (POL) | - | o | o | o | o | 5.70 | Q |
| 1 | B | Robert Renner | Slovenia (SLO) | - | o | o | o | o | 5.70 | Q, NR |
| 7 | B | Tobias Scherbarth | Germany (GER) | - | o | o | x- | o | 5.70 | Q, SB |
| 7 | A | Michal Balner | Czech Republic (CZE) | - | o | o | xo | o | 5.70 | Q |
| 7 | A | Shawnacy Barber | Canada (CAN) | - | o | o | xo | o | 5.70 | Q |
| 7 | A | Piotr Lisek | Poland (POL) | - | o | o | xo | o | 5.70 | Q |
| 11 | A | Augusto de Oliveira | Brazil (BRA) | - | o | xxo | o | o | 5.70 | Q |
| 12 | A | Ivan Gertlein | Russia (RUS) | xo | xo | xxo | xo | o | 5.70 | Q, PB |
| 13 | A | Germán Chiaraviglio | Argentina (ARG) | o | o | o | o | xo | 5.70 | Q |
| 14 | A | Kévin Menaldo | France (FRA) | - | o | xo | o | xo | 5.70 | Q |
| 15 | A | Ivan Horvat | Croatia (CRO) | - | o | o | o | xxo | 5.70 | Q, NR |
| 15 | A | Raphael Holzdeppe | Germany (GER) | - | - | - | - | xxo | 5.70 | Q |
| 17 | B | Aleksandr Gripich | Russia (RUS) | - | o | o | o | xxx | 5.65 | |
| 17 | B | Carlo Paech | Germany (GER) | - | - | o | o | xxx | 5.65 | |
| 19 | B | Thiago Braz da Silva | Brazil (BRA) | - | - | xxo | o | xxx | 5.65 | |
| 20 | B | Hiroki Ogita | Japan (JPN) | - | o | o | xo | xxx | 5.65 | SB |
| 20 | A | Brad Walker | United States (USA) | - | o | o | xo | xxx | 5.65 | |
| 22 | B | Yao Jie | China (CHN) | xo | o | o | xo | xxx | 5.65 | PB |
| 23 | B | Georgiy Gorokhov | Russia (RUS) | o | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | 5.65 | =PB |
| 23 | A | Seito Yamamoto | Japan (JPN) | - | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | 5.65 | SB |
| 25 | A | Mareks Ārents | Latvia (LAT) | o | o | o | xxx | | 5.55 | |
| 25 | B | Konstadinos Filippidis | Greece (GRE) | - | o | o | xxx | | 5.55 | |
| 27 | B | Jacob Blankenship | United States (USA) | - | xo | o | xxx | | 5.55 | |
| 28 | A | Zhang Wei | China (CHN) | o | xxo | o | xxx | | 5.55 | |
| 29 | A | Steven Lewis | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | o | o | xxx | | | 5.40 | |
| 30 | B | Nikita Filippov | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | o | xo | xxx | | | 5.40 | |
| 31 | B | Adrián Vallés | Spain (ESP) | o | xxo | - | xx- | x | 5.40 | |
| 31 | A | Arnaud Art | Belgium (BEL) | - | xxo | xxx | | | 5.40 | |
| 33 | A | Fábio Gomes da Silva | Brazil (BRA) | o | xxx | | | | 5.25 | |
| 33 | B | Vladyslav Revenko | Ukraine (UKR) | o | xxx | | | | 5.25 | |
| | A | Natán Rivera | El Salvador (ESA) | xxr | | | | | NM | |

### Final

The final was started at 19:05.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.50 | 5.65 | 5.80 | 5.90 | 6.00 | Mark |
| | Shawnacy Barber | Canada (CAN) | o | o | o | o | xxx | 5.90 |
| | Raphael Holzdeppe | Germany (GER) | - | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 5.90 |
| | Paweł Wojciechowski | Poland (POL) | - | o | o | xxx | | 5.80 |
| | Renaud Lavillenie | France (FRA) | - | - | o | xxx | | 5.80 |
| | Piotr Lisek | Poland (POL) | o | o | o | xxx | | 5.80 |
| 6 | Kévin Menaldo | France (FRA) | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 5.80 |
| 7 | Michal Balner | Czech Republic (CZE) | o | o | xxx | | | 5.65 |
| 7 | Tobias Scherbarth | Germany (GER) | o | o | xxx | | | 5.65 |
| 9 | Augusto de Oliveira | Brazil (BRA) | xo | xo | xxx | | | 5.65 |
| 9 | Ivan Horvat | Croatia (CRO) | xo | xo | xxx | | | 5.65 |
| 9 | Sam Kendricks | United States (USA) | xo | xo | xxx | | | 5.65 |
| 9 | Germán Chiaraviglio | Argentina (ARG) | xo | xo | xxx | | | 5.65 |
| 13 | Jan Kudlička | Czech Republic (CZE) | o | xxx | | | | 5.50 |
| 13 | Robert Renner | Slovenia (SLO) | o | xxx | | | | 5.50 |
| 15 | Robert Sobera | Poland (POL) | xo | xxx | | | | 5.50 |
| | Ivan Gertlein | Russia (RUS) | xxx | | | | | NM |