2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
Introduction The '''Men's Pole Vault''' event at the '''2009 World Championships''' in Berlin, Germany will be held between 20 August and 22 August 2009.Reigning Olympic champion Steven Hooker came into the competition nursing a pulled hamstring incurred 12 days before the championships. Minimizing his effort, he only took one (successful) attempt in qualifying and two attempts in the final. Hooker waited until only three other competitors were left in the field. Hooker agonized in the pit after missing his attempt at 5.85, then watched Romain Mesnil clear. After one failure Renaud Lavillenie joined Hooker in passing to the next height while Maksym Mazuryk, who had passed to get to 5.85 exhausted his attempts. Constantly stretching and massaging his hamstring, Hooker successfully cleared 5.90 with room to spare, leaping from nothing to first place. Mesnil and Lavillenie could not answer.
Medalists '''Gold''''''Silver''''''Bronze'''
Records '''World record''''''6.14'''Sestriere, Italy 31 July 1994'''Championship record''''''6.05'''Edmonton, Canada9 August 2001'''World Leading''''''6.01'''Leiria, Portugal21 June 2009'''African record''''''6.03'''Cologne, Germany18 August 1995'''Asian record''''''5.90'''Stuttgart, Germany19 August 1993'''North American record''''''6.04'''Eugene, United States8 June 2008'''South American record''''''5.77'''São Paulo, Brazil7 June 2007'''European record''''''6.14'''Sestriere, Italy 31 July 1994'''Oceanian record''''''6.05'''Edmonton, Canada9 August 2001
Qualification standards A standardB standard 5.70m 5.55m
Schedule  Date Time RoundAugust 20, 2009  '''10:10'''   '''Qualification'''August 22, 2009  '''18:15'''   '''Final'''
Results ===Qualification===Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. Rank  Group  Name  Nationality  5.255.405.555.65 Result  Notes    A  Steven Hooker     -  -  -  '''o'''   '''5.65'''  q       B  Renaud Lavillenie     -  o  o  '''o'''   '''5.65'''  q      B  Alexander Straub     -  -  o  '''o'''   '''5.65'''  q       A  Romain Mesnil     -  -  xo  '''o'''   '''5.65'''  q      A  Maksym Mazuryk     -  o  xo  '''o'''   '''5.65'''  q        A  Damiel Dossévi     -  o  o  x'''o'''   '''5.65'''  q      A  Giuseppe Gibilisco     -  o  o  xx'''o'''   '''5.65'''  q      A  Malte Mohr      -  -  xo  xx'''o'''   '''5.65'''  q      A  Aleksandr Gripich     o  o  xo  xx'''o'''   '''5.65'''  q       B  Steven Lewis     -  o  xo  xx'''o'''   '''5.65'''  q    11   B  Alhaji Jeng     -  xo  xxo  xx'''o'''   '''5.65'''  q, SB  12   A  Derek Miles     -  -  '''o'''  xxx   '''5.55'''  q    12  B  Kevin Rans     -  o  '''o'''  xxx   '''5.55'''  q    12   B  Daichi Sawano    -  -  '''o'''  xxx   '''5.55'''  q    12   B  Viktor Chistiakov    -  -  '''o'''  xxx   '''5.55'''  q    14   A  Jeremy Scott    -  o  x'''o'''  xxx   '''5.55'''       15   A  Konstadinos Filippidis     o  o  xx'''o'''  xxx   '''5.55'''    16    A  Kim Yoo-Suk     xo  o  xx'''o'''  xxx   '''5.55'''  SB  16   A  Igor Pavlov    -  xo  xx'''o'''  xxx   '''5.55'''   16   B  Björn Otto    -  xo  xx'''o'''  xxx   '''5.55'''   19   B  Leonid Andreev     xxo  o  xx'''o'''  xxx   '''5.55'''   20  B  Eemeli Salomäki     o  '''o'''  xxx   '''5.40'''   20  B  Łukasz Michalski     -  '''o'''  xxx   '''5.40'''   22   A  Spas Bukhalov    -  x'''o'''  -   xxx  '''5.40'''   22   A  Jan Kudlička    -  x'''o'''  xxx     '''5.40'''   22   A  Luke Cutts     -  x'''o'''  xxx     '''5.40'''   22   B  Toby Stevenson    -  x'''o'''  xxx     '''5.40'''  26   A  Yavgeniy Olhovsky     xo  x'''o'''  xxx     '''5.40'''   26   B  Jurij Rovan    xo  x'''o'''  xxx     '''5.40'''   28   B  Denys Fedas     '''o'''  xxx       '''5.25'''   29    A  Takafumi Suzuki    '''o'''  xxx       '''5.25'''      A  Jesper Fritz    -  x    ''''''        B  Fábio Gomes da Silva     -  xxx    ''''''        B  Oleksandr Korchmid     -  xxx    ''''''       B  Brad Walker            DNS'''Key''':  NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result), NR = National record, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best===Final=== Rank  Name  Nationality  5.505.655.755.80 5.85 5.90 5.95 Result  Notes   Steven Hooker     -  -  -  -  x-  '''o'''   -  '''5.90'''      Romain Mesnil     o  o  x-  o  '''o'''   x-  xx  '''5.85'''  SB     Renaud Lavillenie     o  o  xxo  '''o'''   x-  x-  x  '''5.80'''     Maksym Mazuryk     o  xo  '''o'''   x-  xx    '''5.75'''      Aleksandr Gripich     o  xxo  '''o'''  xxx     '''5.75'''  PB     Damiel Dossévi     o  o  x'''o'''   xxx     '''5.75'''  PB     Alexander Straub     xo  x'''o'''  xxx      '''5.65'''    Giuseppe Gibilisco     xo  x'''o'''  xx-  x     '''5.65'''    Steven Lewis     xo  x'''o'''  xxx      '''5.65'''   10   Daichi Sawano    '''o'''  xxx       '''5.50'''    10   Viktor Chistiakov    '''o'''  xxx       '''5.50'''    12   Alhaji Jeng     x'''o'''  xxx       '''5.50'''    12  Kevin Rans     x'''o'''  xxx       '''5.50'''    14  Malte Mohr      xx'''o'''  xxx       '''5.50'''    Derek Miles     xxx        ''''''
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