The men's pole vault event at the 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships

2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships

The 27th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held from Friday, 1 March to Sunday, 3 March 2002 in Vienna, the capital city of Austria.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:Key:-Participating nations:...

 was held on March 1–2.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tim Lobinger Tim Lobinger Tim Lobinger is a German pole vaulter.His discipline is pole vault and he has been an elite competitor since the 1990s. His best results came in 1997 and 1999 when he jumped over 6.00 meters...	Patrik Kristiansson Patrik Kristiansson Arne Patrik Klüft is a Swedish pole vault athlete.He made his breakthrough in 1998 when he set a new Swedish record with 5.77 metres. In 2001 he jumped 5.83 and the following year 5.85...	Lars Börgeling Lars Börgeling Lars Börgeling is a German pole vaulter.His personal best is 5.85 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Leverkusen. This ranks him sixth among German pole vaulters, behind Tim Lobinger, Andrei Tivontchik, Michael Stolle, Danny Ecker and Richard Spiegelburg. -Achievements:-External links:*...

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 2.26 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	5.20	5.40	5.55	5.65	Result	Notes
	Lars Börgeling Lars Börgeling Lars Börgeling is a German pole vaulter.His personal best is 5.85 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Leverkusen. This ranks him sixth among German pole vaulters, behind Tim Lobinger, Andrei Tivontchik, Michael Stolle, Danny Ecker and Richard Spiegelburg. -Achievements:-External links:*...		–	–	xo	o	5.65	Q
	Thibaut Duval		xo	o	o	o	5.65	Q, =NR Belgian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Belgium maintained by its Athletics Federation: Ligue Royale Belge d'Athlétisme/Koninklijke Belgische Atletiek Bond .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing...
	Piotr Buciarski Piotr Buciarski Piotr Buciarski is a Danish pole vaulter of Polish descent. He's the son of former Polish pole vaulter Wojciech Buciarski....		o	xo	xo	o	5.65	Q
	Tim Lobinger Tim Lobinger Tim Lobinger is a German pole vaulter.His discipline is pole vault and he has been an elite competitor since the 1990s. His best results came in 1997 and 1999 when he jumped over 6.00 meters...		–	–	o	xo	5.65	Q
	Adam Kolasa Adam Kolasa Adam Kolasa is a Polish pole vaulter.He finished eighth at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton in a personal best of 5.75 metres, won the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie, finished fourth at the 2002 European Indoor Championships in Vienna and ninth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris...		–	xo	o	xo	5.65	Q
	Patrik Kristiansson Patrik Kristiansson Arne Patrik Klüft is a Swedish pole vault athlete.He made his breakthrough in 1998 when he set a new Swedish record with 5.77 metres. In 2001 he jumped 5.83 and the following year 5.85...		–	o	o	xxo	5.65	Q
	Richard Spiegelburg Richard Spiegelburg Richard Spiegelburg is a German pole vaulter. He is the older brother of Silke Spiegelburg....		–	o	o	xxx	5.55	q
	Pavel Gerasimov		–	xo	o	xxx	5.55	q
	Martin Eriksson Martin Eriksson Martin Eriksson is a retired Swedish pole vaulter.His personal best jump was 5.80 metres, achieved in March 2000 in Pietersburg. This places him third on the Swedish all-time list, behind Oscar Janson and Patrik Kristiansson and equal to Alhaji Jeng.-Achievements:-References:...		–	xxo	o	xxx	5.55
10	Romain Mesnil Romain Mesnil Romain Mesnil is a French pole vaulter. His personal best is 5.95 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Castres...		–	–	xo	xxx	5.55
10	Yevgeniy Mikhaylichenko		–	o	xo	xxx	5.55
12	Yuriy Yeliseyev		o	o	xxo	xxx	5.55
13	Denis Kholev		xo	xo	xxo	xxx	5.55
14	Nick Buckfield Nick Buckfield Nicholas Jean Buckfield is an English pole vaulter. His personal best jump is 5.80 metres, achieved in May 1998 in Chania. He has 5.81 metres on the indoor track, achieved in February 2002 in Bad Segeberg.-Achievements:...	United Kingdom	–	o	xxx		5.40
14	Štěpán Janáček Štepán Janácek Štěpán Janáček is a Czech pole vaulter.He finished eighth at the 2001 World Indoor Championships, second at the 2001 Summer Universiade and fifth at the 2002 European Championships...		–	o	xxx		5.40
14	Mikko Latvala		–	o	x–	xx	5.40
17	Ruslan Yeremenko Ruslan Yeremenko Ruslan Yeremenko is a Ukrainian pole vaulter.His personal best jump is 5.70 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Kiev. He had 5.84 metres on the indoor track, achieved in January 2005 in Stuttgart.-Achievements:-References:...		–	xo	–	xxx	5.40
18	Giuseppe Gibilisco Giuseppe Gibilisco Giuseppe Gibilisco is an Italian pole vaulter, who won the 2003 World Championships with a personal best of 5.90 m. He followed this with a bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics.-Career:...		–	xxo	xxx		5.40
19	Massimo Alevi		o	xxx			5.20
19	Nuno Fernandes		o	xxx			5.20
19	Tom Erik Olsen		o	xxx			5.20
19	Jurij Rovan Jurij Rovan Jurij Rovan is a Slovenian pole vaulter.He competed at the 2002 European Indoor Championships, the 2002 European Championships, the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2005 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final round.His personal best jump is 5.61 metres, achieved in July...		o	xxx			5.20
23	Iliyan Efremov Iliyan Efremov Iliyan Efremov is a Bulgarian pole vaulter.He finished tenth at the 1988 World Junior Championships and thirteenth at the 2006 European Championships. He also won gold medals at the 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2003 Balkan Games...		xo	–	xxx		5.20
23	João André		xo	xxx			5.20

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Montxu Miranda

Montxu Miranda is a Spanish pole vaulter. His personal best was 5.81 metres, achieved in September 2000 in Barcelona.-Achievements:-External links:...

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Denys Yurchenko

Denys Sergiyovich Yurchenko is a Ukrainian pole vaulter with three medals in Indoor Athletics Championships. He also won the bronze medal in the men's pole vault event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing....

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Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	5.40	5.50	5.60	5.65	5.70	5.75	5.80	5.85	Result	Notes
	Tim Lobinger Tim Lobinger Tim Lobinger is a German pole vaulter.His discipline is pole vault and he has been an elite competitor since the 1990s. His best results came in 1997 and 1999 when he jumped over 6.00 meters...		–	xo	–	–	xo	o	xx–	x	5.75
	Patrik Kristiansson Patrik Kristiansson Arne Patrik Klüft is a Swedish pole vault athlete.He made his breakthrough in 1998 when he set a new Swedish record with 5.77 metres. In 2001 he jumped 5.83 and the following year 5.85...		–	o	–	o	–	xo	xxx		5.75	NR Swedish records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Sweden maintained by its national athletics federation: Svenska Friidrottsförbundet .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:OT = oversized track# = not recognised by federation-External links:* *...
	Lars Börgeling Lars Börgeling Lars Börgeling is a German pole vaulter.His personal best is 5.85 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Leverkusen. This ranks him sixth among German pole vaulters, behind Tim Lobinger, Andrei Tivontchik, Michael Stolle, Danny Ecker and Richard Spiegelburg. -Achievements:-External links:*...		–	o	–	–	xo	xxo	xxx		5.75
4	Adam Kolasa Adam Kolasa Adam Kolasa is a Polish pole vaulter.He finished eighth at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton in a personal best of 5.75 metres, won the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie, finished fourth at the 2002 European Indoor Championships in Vienna and ninth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris...		o	–	o	–	xxo	xxx			5.70
5	Thibaut Duval		o	–	xxo	–	xxo	xxx			5.70	NR Belgian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Belgium maintained by its Athletics Federation: Ligue Royale Belge d'Athlétisme/Koninklijke Belgische Atletiek Bond .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing...
6	Pavel Gerasimov		o	–	xo	–	xxx				5.60
7	Piotr Buciarski Piotr Buciarski Piotr Buciarski is a Danish pole vaulter of Polish descent. He's the son of former Polish pole vaulter Wojciech Buciarski....		xo	xo	xx–	–	x				5.50
8	Richard Spiegelburg Richard Spiegelburg Richard Spiegelburg is a German pole vaulter. He is the older brother of Silke Spiegelburg....		o	–	xxx						5.40