2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Men's Pole Vault

Medalists

Gold
	Evgeniy Lukyanenko
Silver
	Brad Walker
Bronze
	Steven Hooker Steven Hooker Steven Leslie "Steve" Hooker OAM is an Australian pole vaulter and Olympic gold medalist. His personal best is 6.06 m, making him the second highest pole-vaulter in history behind only Sergey Bubka.-Career:...

Qualification

Qualification rule: qualification standar 5.70m or at least best 8 qualified

Pos	\|Athlete	\|Country	\|Mark	\|Q	\|Attempts
Pos	5.35	5.45	5.55	\|Q	5.65	5.70
1	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...		5.70	Q	-	-	O	-	O
2	Brad Walker		5.70 SB	Q	-	-	O	-	XO
3	Jérôme Clavier Jérôme Clavier Jérôme Clavier is a French pole vaulter.He finished sixth at the 2002 World Junior Championships, seventh at the 2003 Summer Universiade and sixth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships...		5.70	Q	XO	-	O	O	XO
3	Derek Miles Derek Miles Derek Miles is an American pole vaulter, from Tea, South Dakota. A former pole vaulter for The University of South Dakota Track and Field team, Miles is currently an assistant coach for the Coyotes. Miles finished fourth in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. In 2004, he placed...		5.70	Q	-	O	XO	O	XO
3	Steven Hooker Steven Hooker Steven Leslie "Steve" Hooker OAM is an Australian pole vaulter and Olympic gold medalist. His personal best is 6.06 m, making him the second highest pole-vaulter in history behind only Sergey Bubka.-Career:...		5.70 SB	Q	-	O	-	X-	XO
6	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...		5.70	Q	-	-	XO	XO	XO
7	Evgeniy Lukyanenko		5.70	Q	-	O	-	O	XXO
8	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...		5.65	q	-	O	-	O	XXX
9	Giovanni Lanaro Giovanni Lanaro Giovanni Alessandro Lanaro is a Mexican pole vaulter.-Youth and college:Giovanni Lanaro attended West Covina High School in California; Lanaro pole vaulted as a freshman in high school but suffered a back injury as well as a fractured ankle skateboarding that prevented him from vaulting the next...		5.65 SB		-	XO	-	O	XXX
10	Daichi Sawano Daichi Sawano is a Japanese pole vaulter.His personal best is 5.83 metres, achieved in May 2005 in Shizuoka.-Achievements:-External links:...		5.65 SB		-	XO	O	XXO	XXX
11	Pavel Gerasimov		5.55		-	XO	O	XXX
12	Feiliang Liu		5.55		O	-	XXO	XXX
13	Renaud Lavillenie Renaud Lavillenie Renaud Lavillenie is a French pole vaulter.He won the gold medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, but without reaching the final...		5.55		XO	-	XXO	XXX
14	Leonid Andreev Leonid Andreev (athlete) Leonid Andreev is an Uzbekistani decathlete turned pole vaulter.He first competed in the decathlon, placing fourteenth at the 2000 World Junior Championships and winning the gold medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships....		5.45 PB		XO	O	XXX
15	Steven Lewis		5.35		O	-	XXX
16	Denys Yurchenko 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....		5.35		XXO	-	XXX
	Fábio Gomes da Silva Fábio Gomes da Silva Fábio Gomes da Silva is a Brazilian pole vaulter.His personal best jump is 5.80 metres , achieved in February 2011 in São Caetano, Brazil and 5.65 metres , achieved in February 2011 in Linz, Austria. These are the current Brazilian records.-Achievements:- References :...		NM		XXX
	Fabian Schulze Fabian Schulze Fabian Schulze is a German pole vaulter.He finished fifth at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Madrid and fourth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow and the 2006 IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart.His personal best jump is 5.81 metres, achieved in July 2006...		NM		-	XXX
	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 :...		NM		XXX
	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,...		NM		-	-	XXX
	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....		DNS

Final

Pos	\|Athlete	\|Country	\|Mark	\|Attempts
Pos	5.45	5.55	5.60	5.65	5.70	5.75	5.80	5.85	5.90	5.95
	Evgeniy Lukyanenko		5.90 WL	-	O	-	-	O	O	O	XO	O	XXX
	Brad Walker		5.85 PB	-	-	-	-	XO	-	-	O	-	XXX
	Steven Hooker Steven Hooker Steven Leslie "Steve" Hooker OAM is an Australian pole vaulter and Olympic gold medalist. His personal best is 6.06 m, making him the second highest pole-vaulter in history behind only Sergey Bubka.-Career:...		5.80 SB	-	O	-	-	O	-	O	X-	XX
4	Jérôme Clavier Jérôme Clavier Jérôme Clavier is a French pole vaulter.He finished sixth at the 2002 World Junior Championships, seventh at the 2003 Summer Universiade and sixth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships...		5.75	O	-	O	-	O	O	XX
5	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...		5.70	-	O	-	-	O	-	XXX
6	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...		5.70	-	XO	-	-	O	-	XXX
7	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...		5.70	-	-	O	-	XO	-	XXX
8	Derek Miles Derek Miles Derek Miles is an American pole vaulter, from Tea, South Dakota. A former pole vaulter for The University of South Dakota Track and Field team, Miles is currently an assistant coach for the Coyotes. Miles finished fourth in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. In 2004, he placed...		5.60	-	XX-	O	-	X-	-	XX

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