The Men's pole vault event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships

2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships

The 31st European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from 4 to 6 March 2011.A record high of 630 athletes, representing 46 countries, were entered into the three-day competition. Twenty-six track and field events were contested at the...

 was held at March 4–5, 2011 with the final being held on March 5 at 15:45 local time.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships
World record		6.15	Donetsk Donetsk Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region... , Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...	21 February 1993
European record		6.15	Donetsk Donetsk Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region... , Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...	21 February 1993
Championship record		5.90	Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	12 March 1994
			Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	5 March 2005
World Leading		5.93	Donetsk Donetsk Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region... , Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...	12 February 2011
European Leading		5.93	Donetsk Donetsk Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region... , Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...	12 February 2011

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final. It was held at 16:15.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	5.00	5.20	5.40	5.55	5.65	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...	Early Modern France	–	–	–	o	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...	Germany	–	–	o	o	o	5.65	q, SB
	Paweł Wojciechowski	Poland	–	–	o	o	o	5.65	q
	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...	Early Modern France	–	–	o	xo	o	5.65	q
	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....	Germany	–	–	o	xo	o	5.65	q
	Igor Pavlov	Russia	–	–	o	xo	xo	5.65	q
	Konstantinos Filippidis	Greece	–	o	o	xo	xxo	5.65	q
	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...	Germany	–	–	o	o	xxx	5.55	q
	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...	Ukraine	–	–	xo	o	xxx	5.55
10	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...	Sweden	–	o	xxo	o	xxx	5.55	=SB
11	Damiel Dossévi Damiel Dossévi Damiel Dossévi is a French pole vaulter.He finished fifteenth at the 2006 European Championships...	Early Modern France	–	–	–	xxo	xxx	5.55
11	Dmitriy Starodubtsev	Russia	–	–	o	xxo	xxx	5.55
13	Jere Bergius	Finland	–	–	xo	xxx		5.40
13		Italy	–	o	xo	xxx		5.40
15	Giorgio Piantella	Italy	–	xo	xxo	xxx		5.40
16	Edi Maia	Portugal	xo	o	xxx			5.20

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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:...

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Final

The final was held at 15:45.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	5.41	5.51	5.61	5.71	5.76	5.81	5.91	6.03	6.16	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...	Early Modern France	-	-	xo	o	-	o	xxo	o	xxx	6.03	WL, NR, CR
	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...	Early Modern France	o	-	o	o	xo	xxx				5.76
	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....	Germany	-	xo	-	xo	-	xxx				5.71
4	Paweł Wojciechowski	Poland	-	xxo	-	xo	xxx					5.71
5		Greece	xo	o	o	x-	xx					5.61
6	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...	Germany	-	o	xxx							5.51
7	Igor Pavlov	Russia	-	xo	-	xx-	x					5.51
8	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...	Germany	o	-	xxx							5.41