The men's pole vault competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 25–27 August. Thirty-nine athletes from 25 nations competed.
Slovenia made its men's pole vaulting debut; Uzbekistan entered a vaulter, but he did not start. The United States made its 24th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.
Qualification
The qualification period for Athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's pole vault, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had vaulted 5.65 metres or higher during the qualification period. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had vaulted 5.55 metres or higher could be entered.
Competition format
The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. Athletes start with a qualifying round. Jumping in turn, each athlete attempts to achieve the qualifying height. If they fail at three jumps in a row, they are eliminated. After a successful jump, they receive three more attempts to achieve the next height. Once all jumps have been completed, all athletes who have achieved the qualifying height go through to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieve the qualifying standard, the best 12 athletes go through. Cleared heights reset for the final, which followed the same format until all athletes fail three consecutive jumps.
Records
, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Timothy Mack was the only man to clear 5.95 metres in Athens, winning the gold medal and setting a new Olympic record.
Schedule
<small>All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)</small>
{| class="wikitable"
! Date
! Time
! Round
|-
| Wednesday, 25 August 2004 || 19:15 || Qualifying
|- style=background:lemonchiffon
| Friday, 27 August 2004 || 20:00 || Final
|}
Results
Qualifying round
Rule: Qualifying standard 5.70 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank !! Group !! Athlete !! Nation !! 5.30!! 5.50!!5.60!!5.65!!5.70!! Height !! Notes
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
|rowspan=5| 1 || B || align="left"| Aleksandr Averbukh || align="left"| || — || o || — || o || o || 5.70 ||
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| A || align="left"| Lars Börgeling || align="left"| || — || o || — || o || o || 5.70 || , =
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| B || align="left"| Paul Burgess || align="left"| || — || o || — || o || o || 5.70 ||
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| A || align="left"| Pavel Gerasimov || align="left"| || — || o || o || — || o || 5.70 ||
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| A || align="left"| Ruslan Yeremenko || align="left"| || — || o || — || o || o || 5.70 || , =
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 6 || B || align="left"| Igor Pavlov || align="left"| || — || o || xo || — || o || 5.70 ||
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
|rowspan=3| 7 || A || align="left"| Toby Stevenson || align="left"| || — || xo || xo || — || o || 5.70 ||
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| B || align="left"| Danny Ecker || align="left"| || — || xxo || — || — || o || 5.70 ||
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| A || align="left"| Rens Blom || align="left"| || — || xo || xo || — || o || 5.70 ||
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 10 || B || align="left"| Denys Yurchenko || align="left"| || — || xo || — || xxo || o || 5.70 ||
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 11 || B || align="left"| Timothy Mack || align="left"| || — || o || o || — || xo || 5.70 ||
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
|rowspan=2| 12 || A || align="left"| Giuseppe Gibilisco || align="left"| || — || o || — || x- || xo || 5.70 ||
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| B || align="left"| Tim Lobinger || align="left"| || — || o || xo || — || xo || 5.70 ||
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 14 || B || align="left"| Oleksandr Korchmid || align="left"| || — || xo || o || xxo || xo || 5.70 || , =
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 15 || A || align="left"| Daichi Sawano || align="left"| || o || xo || xo || xxo || xo || 5.70 ||
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 16 || A || align="left"| Derek Miles || align="left"| || — || o || o || — || xxo || 5.70 ||
|-
| 17 || B || align="left"| Matti Mononen || align="left"| || o || o || — || o || xxx || 5.65 ||
|-
| 18 || A || align="left"| Romain Mesnil || align="left"| || — || o || — || xxo || xxx || 5.65 ||
|-
| 19 || A || align="left"| Okkert Brits || align="left"| || xo || — || o || — || xxx || 5.60 ||
|-
| 20 || B || align="left"| Patrik Kristiansson || align="left"| || — || — || xo || — || xxx || 5.60 ||
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| 21 || B || align="left"| Nick Buckfield || align="left"| || xo || o || xxo || — || xxx || 5.60 ||
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|rowspan=3| 22 || B || align="left"| Dmitri Markov || align="left"| || — || o || — || xxx || || 5.50 ||
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| A || align="left"| Vesa Rantanen || align="left"| || o || o || xx- || x || || 5.50 ||
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| A || align="left"| Adam Ptáček || align="left"| || o || o || x- || x || || 5.50 ||
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| 25 || A || align="left"| Jurij Rovan || align="left"| || xxo || xo || xxx ||colspan=2 || 5.50 ||
|-
| 26 || B || align="left"| Piotr Buciarski || align="left"| || o || xxo || xxx ||colspan=2 || 5.50 ||
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| 27 || A || align="left"| Spas Bukhalov || align="left"| || xo || xxo || xxx ||colspan=2 || 5.50 ||
|-
|rowspan=3| 28 || A || align="left"| Steven Hooker || align="left"| || o || xxx ||colspan=3 || 5.30 ||
|-
| B || align="left"| Štěpán Janáček || align="left"| || o || xx- || x ||colspan=2 || 5.30 ||
|-
| B || align="left"| Javier Gazol || align="left"| || o || xxx ||colspan=3 || 5.30 ||
|-
|rowspan=2| 31 || B || align="left"| Nicolas Guigon || align="left"| || xo || xxx ||colspan=3 || 5.30 ||
|-
| B || align="left"| Adam Kolasa || align="left"| || xo || xxx ||colspan=3 || 5.30 ||
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|rowspan=2| 33 || A || align="left"| Kim Yoo-suk || align="left"| || xxo || xxx ||colspan=3 || 5.30 ||
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| A || align="left"| Marios Evangelou || align="left"| || xxo || xxx ||colspan=3 || 5.30 ||
|-
|rowspan=5 data-sort-value=35| — || A || align="left"| Vadim Strogalev || align="left"| || — || xxx ||colspan=3 ||data-sort-value=1.00| No mark ||
|-
| A || align="left"| Liu Feiliang || align="left"| || xxx ||colspan=4 ||data-sort-value=1.00| No mark ||
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| B || align="left"| Iliyan Efremov || align="left"| || xxx ||colspan=4 ||data-sort-value=1.00| No mark ||
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| B || align="left"| Giovanni Lanaro || align="left"| || x ||colspan=4 ||data-sort-value=1.00| No mark ||
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| A || align="left"| Grigoriy Yegorov || align="left"| || xxx ||colspan=4 ||data-sort-value=1.00| No mark ||
|-
|data-sort-value=40| — || B || align="left"| Leonid Andreev || align="left"| ||colspan=5 ||data-sort-value=0.00| ||
|}
Final
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank !! Athlete !! Nation || 5.40!! 5.55!!5.65!!5.75!!5.80!!5.85!!5.90!!5.95!!6.00!! Height !! Notes
|-
| ||align=left| Timothy Mack ||align=left| || — || o || xo || o || — || xo || o || xxo || xxx || 5.95 ||
|-
| ||align=left| Toby Stevenson ||align=left| || — || o || o || o || — || xo || o || xxx || || 5.90 ||
|-
| ||align=left| Giuseppe Gibilisco ||align=left| || — || xo || — || o || — || o || x- || xx || || 5.85 ||
|-
| 4 ||align=left| Igor Pavlov ||align=left| || — || o || o || xo || xo || xx- || x ||colspan=2 || 5.80 ||
|-
| 5 ||align=left| Danny Ecker ||align=left| || — || xxo || — || o || xxx ||colspan=4 || 5.75 ||
|-
| 6 ||align=left| Lars Börgeling ||align=left| || — || o || — || xxo || xx- || x ||colspan=3 || 5.75 ||
|-
| 7 ||align=left| Derek Miles ||align=left| || — || o || xo || xxo || x- || xx ||colspan=3 || 5.75 ||
|-
| 8 ||align=left| Aleksandr Averbukh ||align=left| || — || — || o || xxx ||colspan=5 || 5.65 ||
|-
|rowspan=2| 9 ||align=left| Denys Yurchenko ||align=left| || — || xo || o || xxx ||colspan=5 || 5.65 ||
|-
|align=left| Rens Blom ||align=left| || — || xo || o || xxx ||colspan=5 || 5.65 ||
|-
|rowspan=2| 11 ||align=left| Paul Burgess ||align=left| || — || o || — || xxx ||colspan=5 || 5.55 ||
|-
|align=left| Tim Lobinger ||align=left| || — || o || xxx ||colspan=6 || 5.55 ||
|-
|rowspan=3| 13 ||align=left| Pavel Gerasimov ||align=left| || — || xo || x- || x ||colspan=5 || 5.55 ||
|-
|align=left| Daichi Sawano ||align=left| || o || xo || xxx ||colspan=6 || 5.55 ||
|-
|align=left| Ruslan Yeremenko ||align=left| || — || xxo || — || xxx ||colspan=5 || 5.55 ||
|-
| 16 ||align=left| Oleksandr Korchmid ||align=left| || — || xxo || xxx ||colspan=6 || 5.55 ||
|}
References
External links
- Official Olympic Report