Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's pole vault
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The men's pole vault
event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
was held on March 24.
Pole vault
Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...
event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held in Melbourne, Australia from 19 March to 25 March 2006. A total of 47 events were contested, of which 24 by male and 23 by female athletes. Furthermore, three men's and three women's disability events were held within the programme...
was held on March 24.
Results
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 4.90 | 5.05 | 5.20 | 5.35 | 5.50 | 5.60 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 6.01 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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:... |
– | – | – | – | – | o | o | – | o | xxx | 5.80 | GR | ||
| Dmitri Markov Dmitri Markov Dmitri Markov is a retired Belarusian and Australian pole vaulter. He is a former world champion and current Oceanian record holder.-Biography:... |
– | – | – | – | xxo | o | x– | xx | 5.60 | |||||
| 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... |
– | – | xo | o | xo | xxx | 5.50 | |||||||
| 4 | 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:... |
– | – | – | o | xxx | 5.35 | |||||||
| 5 | Dominic Johnson Dominic Johnson Dominic Laurence Johnson is a retired St Lucian athlete competing in the pole vault. He is a former decathlete.His personal best result is 5.70 metres, achieved in 2000. This is the current St Lucian record. He also holds the St Lucian records in decathlon, 110 metres hurdles and 4 x 100 metres... |
– | – | – | xo | xxx | 5.35 | |||||||
| 6 | Scott Simpson Scott Simpson (athlete) Scott Simpson is a Welsh pole vaulter.He finished sixth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.His personal best jump is 5.41 metres, achieved in 2006. He has 5.42 metres on the indoor track, achieved in March 2007 in Sheffield.... |
o | o | o | xxx | 5.20 | ||||||||
| Paul Burgess Paul Burgess (athlete) Paul Burgess is an Australian pole vaulter who become only the thirteenth pole vaulter in the world to reach 6 metres.-Biography:... |
– | – | – | – | – | xxx | 5.20 |