The men's pole vault at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi

Ullevi

Ullevi is a stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. The stadium was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then Ullevi has also hosted the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and the 2006 European Championships in Athletics, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1983 and 1990, the UEFA Euro 1992...

 on August 10 and August 13.
Lobinger and Mesnil both claimed 2nd place, and therefore both received silver medals.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Silver
Aleksandr Averbukh Aleksandr Averbukh Aleksandr Averbukh is a retired Israeli athlete who competed in the pole vault.-Biography:He is Jewish. He was formerly a decathlete competing for Russia, but in 1999 he became an Israeli citizen and rose to top level in pole vault....	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...	Romain Mesnil Romain Mesnil Romain Mesnil is a French pole vaulter. His personal best is 5.95 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Castres...

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 10, 2006	10:10	Qualification
August 13, 2006	12:45	Final

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.65 (Q) or at least 18 best performers (q) advance to the final.
Competition was abandoned due to heavy rain. 20 athletes qualify to the final

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	5.35	5.45	5.55	5.60	Result	Notes
	B	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	-	o	5.60	q
	B	Przemysław Czerwiński		o	-	xo	o	5.60	q
	B	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	-	o	o	5.60	q
	B	Alhaji Jeng Alhaji Jeng Alhaji Jeng is a Swedish pole vaulter and actor.Jeng came to Sweden when he was just 3 months old, but retained his Gambian citizenship until he was 18 years old, when he applied for and was granted Swedish citizenship...		-	xxo	xo	o	5.60	q
	A	Spas Bukhalov Spas Bukhalov Spas Bukhalov is a Bulgarian pole vaulter.He won the 2001 Balkan Games and finished sixth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the Olympic Games in 2004 as well as the World Championships in 2003 and 2007 without reaching the final.His personal best jump is 5.80 metres,...		-	o	-	xo	5.60	q
	A	Oleksandr Korchmid Oleksandr Korchmid Oleksandr Korchmid is a Ukrainian pole vaulter.As a junior he won silver medals at the 1999 World Youth Championships and the 2000 World Junior Championships. He was also a gold medalist at the 2003 Summer Universiade and a bronze medalist at the 2005 Summer Universiade. He also competed in the...		-	o	-	xo	5.60	q
	B	Maksym Mazuryk Maksym Mazuryk Maksym Mazuryk is a Ukrainian pole vaulter. He was born in Donetsk. He is sporter of Fenerbahçe S.K. from Turkey.He was the 2002 World Junior champion, and finished 8th in the pole vault final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg...		o	o	o	xx-	5.55	q
	A	Damiel Dossévi Damiel Dossévi Damiel Dossévi is a French pole vaulter.He finished fifteenth at the 2006 European Championships...		xo	-	o	xx	5.55	q
	A	Laurens Looije Laurens Looije Laurens Christiaan Looije is a Dutch pole vaulter, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....		o	xo	o	xx	5.55	q, SB
10	B	Igor Alekseev		o	xxo	o	xx-	5.55	q, SB
11	A	Gustaf Hultgren		o	o	xo	x	5.55	q
11	A	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	-	5.55	q
13	A	Vincent Favretto		o	xo	xxo	xx	5.55	q
13	B	Matti Mononen Matti Mononen Matti Mononen is a Finnish pole vaulter.He finished fourth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. He also competed in the 2004 Olympics, but failed to qualify from his pool, despite equalling his personal best vault of 5.65 metres.Currently his personal best is 5.70 metres,...		-	xo	xxo	xx	5.55	q
15	A	Aleksandr Averbukh Aleksandr Averbukh Aleksandr Averbukh is a retired Israeli athlete who competed in the pole vault.-Biography:He is Jewish. He was formerly a decathlete competing for Russia, but in 1999 he became an Israeli citizen and rose to top level in pole vault....		-	o	-	xx	5.45	q
15	A	Richard Spiegelburg Richard Spiegelburg Richard Spiegelburg is a German pole vaulter. He is the older brother of Silke Spiegelburg....		-	o	-	xx	5.45	q
15	B	Christian Tamminga		o	o	xxx		5.45	q
18	A	Sergey Kucheryanu		xo	o	xxx		5.45	q
19	A	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:...		-	xo	xxx		5.45	q
19	B	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	-	xx	5.45	q
21	B	Jesper Fritz Jesper Fritz Jesper Fritz is a Swedish pole vaulter. He won the silver medal in the European Under 23 championships. His personal record is 5.70 metres. He was out in the qualifying in Beijing Olympic Games 2008.- References :...		xo	xo	xxx		5.45
21	B	Dmitry Starodubtsev Dmitry Starodubtsev Dmitriy Andreevich Starodubtsev ; born 3 January 1986) is a Russian pole vaulter. His personal best is 5.75 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Kazan.-Achievements:-External links:...		xo	xo	xxx		5.45
23	A	Kevin Rans Kevin Rans Kevin Rans is a Belgian pole vaulter. In March 2009 he tested positive on a prohibited substance but he was able to show that this was because of caffeine pills so he was cleared from doping allegations....		o	-	xxx		5.35
24	A	Adam Ptáček Adam Ptácek Adam Ptáček is a Czech pole vaulter.He won the bronze medal at the 1998 World Junior Championships, finished sixth at the 2002 European Championships and won the silver medal at the 2004 World Indoor Championships...		xo	xxx			5.35
24	B	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...		xo	-	xxx		5.35
26	B	Konstantinos Filippidis		xxo	xxx			5.35

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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	Name	Nationality	5.40	5.50	5.60	5.65	5.70	5.75	5.80	Result	Notes
	Aleksandr Averbukh Aleksandr Averbukh Aleksandr Averbukh is a retired Israeli athlete who competed in the pole vault.-Biography:He is Jewish. He was formerly a decathlete competing for Russia, but in 1999 he became an Israeli citizen and rose to top level in pole vault....		-	o	-	-	o	-	xxx	5.70
	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	-	o	-	xxx		5.65
	Romain Mesnil Romain Mesnil Romain Mesnil is a French pole vaulter. His personal best is 5.95 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Castres...		-	o	-	o	x-	xx		5.65
	Matti Mononen Matti Mononen Matti Mononen is a Finnish pole vaulter.He finished fourth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. He also competed in the 2004 Olympics, but failed to qualify from his pool, despite equalling his personal best vault of 5.65 metres.Currently his personal best is 5.70 metres,...		-	xo	-	o	x-	xx		5.65
	Przemysław Czerwiński		o	xo	xo	o	xx-	x		5.65
	Oleksandr Korchmid Oleksandr Korchmid Oleksandr Korchmid is a Ukrainian pole vaulter.As a junior he won silver medals at the 1999 World Youth Championships and the 2000 World Junior Championships. He was also a gold medalist at the 2003 Summer Universiade and a bronze medalist at the 2005 Summer Universiade. He also competed in the...		-	xo	xxo	x	xxx			5.60
	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:...		-	o	-	x-	x-	x		5.50
	Laurens Looije Laurens Looije Laurens Christiaan Looije is a Dutch pole vaulter, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....		xo	o	xxx					5.50
	Maksym Mazuryk Maksym Mazuryk Maksym Mazuryk is a Ukrainian pole vaulter. He was born in Donetsk. He is sporter of Fenerbahçe S.K. from Turkey.He was the 2002 World Junior champion, and finished 8th in the pole vault final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg...		xo	o	xxx					5.50
10	Vincent Favretto		xo	xo	xxx					5.50
10	Gustaf Hultgren		xo	xo	xxx					5.50
10	Sergey Kucheryanu		xo	xo	xxx					5.50
13	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...		o	xxx						5.40
13	Richard Spiegelburg Richard Spiegelburg Richard Spiegelburg is a German pole vaulter. He is the older brother of Silke Spiegelburg....		o	-	xxx					5.40
15	Christian Tamminga		xo	xxx						5.40
15	Damiel Dossévi Damiel Dossévi Damiel Dossévi is a French pole vaulter.He finished fifteenth at the 2006 European Championships...		xo	-	xxx					5.40
17	Igor Alekseev		xxo	xxx						5.40

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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:*...

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Spas Bukhalov

Spas Bukhalov is a Bulgarian pole vaulter.He won the 2001 Balkan Games and finished sixth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the Olympic Games in 2004 as well as the World Championships in 2003 and 2007 without reaching the final.His personal best jump is 5.80 metres,...

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Alhaji Jeng

Alhaji Jeng is a Swedish pole vaulter and actor.Jeng came to Sweden when he was just 3 months old, but retained his Gambian citizenship until he was 18 years old, when he applied for and was granted Swedish citizenship...

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