Men Pole Vault Athletics XXX Olympic Games London 2012 - Friday 10.08 - Gold Medal: Renaud Lavillenie, France
Final Ranking 19:00
Height
bib
550
565
575
585
591
597
602
607
1. Renaud Lavillenie
FRA
5.97m
OR
1758
-
O
O
O
X-
XO
X-
XX
2. Bjorn Otto
GER
5.91m
1917
O
O
XO
XO
O
XX-
X
3. Raphael Holzdeppe
GER
5.91m
PB
1904
-
XO
XO
XXO
O
XXX
4. Dmitry Starodubtsev
RUS
5.75m
2833
O
XO
O
XXX
5. Steven Lewis
GBR
5.75m
1817
XO
-
XO
XXX
5. Evgeniy Lukyanenko
RUS
5.75m
SB
2817
XO
-
XO
XXX
7. Konstadinos Filippidis
GRE
5.65m
1980
O
XO
XXX
8. Jan Kudlicka
CZE
5.65m
1518
O
XXO
XXX
9. Romain Mesnil
FRA
5.50m
1763
O
XXX
9. Malte Mohr
GER
5.50m
1915
O
-
XXX
11.Lukasz Michalski
POL
5.50m
2663
XO
XXX
12.Igor Bychkov
ESP
5.50m
1611
XXO
XXX
-. Steven Hooker
AUS
NM
1046
-
XXX
-. Brad Walker
USA
NM
3259
-
XXX
Lavillenie had won the European title six weeks earlier in a great battle
with Otto and Holdzeppe, and that confrontation was repeated in
London. Eight men cleared 5.65 in the final while reigning champion
Steve Hooker and leading American Brad Walker no-heighted. Up
through 5.85, only Lavillenie had a perfect record, but he slipped to
third when the athletic Holdzeppe and the more powerful Otto both
cleared 5.91 first time. Lavillenie passed to 5.97, and on his final
attempt went clear for the gold medal. Neither German could make a
further clearance, leaving the 1-2-3 exactly as it had been in Helsinki
in June. For the slight but gymnastic Lavillenie, it was particularly sat-
isfying having only won bronze in the 2011 World Championships after
being favourite to win.
Qualification
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Wednesday 08.08 10:00 - Mark 5.70m - 0+14 Athletes