2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
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The Men's pole vault event at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 7-8.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 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... |
Pavel Gerasimov Pavel Gerasimov Pavel Aleksandrovich Gerasimov is a Russian athlete competing in the pole vault.The 1998 world junior champion, Gerasimov won his first senior medal, a bronze medal, at the 2005 World Championships. His personal best of 5.90 was achieved in August 2000.-External links:... |
Alexander Straub Alexander Straub Alexander Straub is an Internet and Telecom entrepreneur and investor.-Biography:Alexander Straub is a German born entrepreneur and European venture capitalist at London-based Straub Ventures and Cambridge -based Cambridge Accelerator Partners. He is a native of Darmstadt, Germany. Alexander... |
Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 5.20 | 5.40 | 5.55 | 5.65 | 5.70 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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... |
– | o | o | o | o | 5.70 | q | |
| 2 | 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 | 5.70 | q | |
| 3 | Steven Lewis Steven Lewis Steven James Lewis is an English pole vaulter.Lewis was born in Stoke-on-Trent. His personal best jump outdoors is 5.71 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Bydgoszcz, while indoors his best is 5.75 m, achieved in Manchester on 17 January 2009... |
 United Kingdom |
– | xo | xo | xo | o | 5.70 | q |
| 4 | Pavel Gerasimov Pavel Gerasimov Pavel Aleksandrovich Gerasimov is a Russian athlete competing in the pole vault.The 1998 world junior champion, Gerasimov won his first senior medal, a bronze medal, at the 2005 World Championships. His personal best of 5.90 was achieved in August 2000.-External links:... |
– | o | o | o | xo | 5.70 | q | |
| 5 | Łukasz Michalski Łukasz Michalski Łukasz Michalski is a Polsh pole vaulter.-Achievements:-References:... |
o | o | xo | xo | xo | 5.70 | q, PB | |
| 5 | 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 | xxo | o | xo | 5.70 | q, SB | |
| 5 | Alexander Straub Alexander Straub Alexander Straub is an Internet and Telecom entrepreneur and investor.-Biography:Alexander Straub is a German born entrepreneur and European venture capitalist at London-based Straub Ventures and Cambridge -based Cambridge Accelerator Partners. He is a native of Darmstadt, Germany. Alexander... |
– | o | xo | xo | xo | 5.70 | q | |
| 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... |
– | xo | o | xo | xxx | 5.65 | q | |
| 9 | Danny Ecker Danny Ecker Danny Ecker is a German athlete competing in the pole vault.- Biography :His current personal best is 5.93 metres, but through his indoor best performance of 6.00 metres he has a place in the so-called 6 metres club. 5.93 ranks him fourth among German pole vaulters, behind Tim Lobinger, Andrei... |
– | xo | – | xxo | xxx | 5.65 | ||
| 10 | Malte Mohr Malte Mohr Malte Mohr is an German pole vaulter.-Career:At the 2009 World Athletics Championships, Mohr finished in 14th place with a vault of 5.50 meters.... |
– | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | 5.65 | ||
| 11 | Dmitriy Starodubtsev | o | o | o | xxx | 5.55 | |||
| 11 | Mateusz Didenkow Mateusz Didenkow -Achievements:-References:... |
– | o | o | xxx | 5.55 | |||
| 13 | 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 | xo | xxx | 5.40 | ||||
| 14 | Viktor Chistyakov | o | xxo | xxx | 5.40 | ||||
| 14 | Michal Balner | – | xxo | xxx | 5.40 | ||||
| 16 | Giorgio Piantella | o | xxo | xxx | 5.40 | ||||
| 17 | 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 | xxx | 5.20 | |||||
| Rasmus Jørgensen | xxx | NM | |||||||
| 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:... |
– | – | xxx | NM | |||||
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 5.41 | 5.51 | 5.61 | 5.71 | 5.76 | 5.81 | 5.91 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |
– | o | – | o | o | o | xxx | 5.81 | =PB | ||
| Pavel Gerasimov Pavel Gerasimov Pavel Aleksandrovich Gerasimov is a Russian athlete competing in the pole vault.The 1998 world junior champion, Gerasimov won his first senior medal, a bronze medal, at the 2005 World Championships. His personal best of 5.90 was achieved in August 2000.-External links:... |
– | xo | o | o | o | xxx | 5.76 | ||||
| Alexander Straub Alexander Straub Alexander Straub is an Internet and Telecom entrepreneur and investor.-Biography:Alexander Straub is a German born entrepreneur and European venture capitalist at London-based Straub Ventures and Cambridge -based Cambridge Accelerator Partners. He is a native of Darmstadt, Germany. Alexander... |
– | o | – | xxo | o | xxx | 5.76 | ||||
| 4 | Steven Lewis Steven Lewis Steven James Lewis is an English pole vaulter.Lewis was born in Stoke-on-Trent. His personal best jump outdoors is 5.71 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Bydgoszcz, while indoors his best is 5.75 m, achieved in Manchester on 17 January 2009... |
United Kingdom |
o | – | o | xo | xxx | 5.71 | |||
| 5 | 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 | – | xxo | – | xxx | 5.71 | |||
| 6 | Łukasz Michalski Łukasz Michalski Łukasz Michalski is a Polsh pole vaulter.-Achievements:-References:... |
o | – | o | xxx | 5.61 | |||||
| 7 | 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 | xxo | – | x– | xx | 5.61 | |||
| 8 | 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,... |
xxo | – | xxx | 5.41 | ||||||