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1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

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The final of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics was held on Sunday August 10, 1997, in Athens, Greece.

Medalists

Source:

Bronze	USA Dean Starkey
United States (USA)

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round	Group A	Group B	Final Round
08.08.1997 – 17:30h	08.08.1997 – 17:30h
10.08.1997 – 17:30h

Abbreviations

All results shown are in metres

SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships	Broken records during the 1997 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Sergey Bubka
Event Record	Sergey Bubka
Event Record	Sergey Bubka

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Group A

Rank	Name	5.30	5.45	5.60	5.70	Result	Notes
1	Tim Lobinger	–	o	o	o	5.70	q
1	Maksim Tarasov	–	–	–	o	5.70	q
3	Sergey Bubka	–	–	–	xo	5.70	q
3	Nick Buckfield	o	o	o	xo	5.70	q
5	Trond Barthel	–	xo	xo	xo	5.70	q
6	Pat Manson	–	o	o	xxo	5.70	q
7	Danny Krasnov	–	xo	o	xxo	5.70	q
8	Juan Gabriel Concepción	xxo	xxo	o	xxx	5.60
9	Alain Andji	–	o	xxo	xxx	5.60
9	Andrei Tivontschik	–	–	xxo	xxx	5.60
11	Peter Widen	–	o	xxx		5.45
12	Ilian Efremov	xxo	o	xxx		5.45
13	Vesa Rantanen	o	xo	xxx		5.45
14	Andrea Giannini	xo	xo	xxx		5.45
15	Edgardo Díaz	o	xxo	xxx		5.45
16	Ruhan Işim	xxo	xxx		5.30
–	Okkert Brits	–	–	xx-	x	NM
–	Lawrence Johnson	–	–	xxx		NM
–	Aleksandr Korchagin	xxx		NM
–	Montxu Miranda	–		DNF

Group B

Rank	Name	5.30	5.45	5.60	5.70	Result	Notes
1	Martin Eriksson	–	o	xo	o	5.70	q
2	Yevgeniy Smiryagin	xo	o	xxo	o	5.70	q
3	Jean Galfione	–	xo	–	xo	5.70	q
4	Vadim Strogalyov	–	xxo	–	xo	5.70	q
5	Riaan Botha	–	–	o	xxo	5.70	q
6	Dean Starkey	–	xo	xo	xxo	5.70	q
7	Igor Potapovich	–	–	o	xxx	5.60
8	Khalid Lachheb	xo	o	xo	xxx	5.60
9	Michael Stolle	o	o	xxo	xxx	5.60
10	Fabio Pizzolato	xxo	o	xxo	xxx	5.60
11	Paul Gibbons	o	xo	xxx		5.45
12	Laurens Looije	o	xxx		5.30
12	Vyacheslav Shuteyev	o	xxx		5.30
–	Heikki Vaaraniemi	–	xxx		NM
–	Javier García	–	xxx		NM
–	Stavros Tsitouras	–	xxx		NM
–	Martin Voss	xxx		NM
–	Jurij Rovan	xxx		NM
–	Dmitriy Markov		DNS

Final

Rank	Name	5.50	5.70	5.80	5.86	5.91	5.96	6.01	6.06	6.15	Result	Notes
[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]]	Sergey Bubka	–	xo	-	-	xo	-	o	-	DNF	6.01	CR
[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg]]	Maksim Tarasov	–	xo	-	o	xxo	o	x-	xx		5.96
[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg]]	Dean Starkey	xo	o	o	xxo	xxo	x-	xx		5.91	SB
4	Tim Lobinger	o	o	o	xxx		5.80
5	Nick Buckfield	o	o	xxx		5.70
6	Pat Manson	xo	o	xxx		5.70
7	Vadim Strogalyov	o	xxo	xxx		5.70
8	Yevgeniy Smiryagin	xo	xxo	xxx		5.70
9	Martin Eriksson	o	xxx		5.50
9	Danny Krasnov	o	xxx		5.50
11	Trond Barthel	xo	xxx		5.50
—	Riaan Botha	-	xxx		NM
—	Jean Galfione	-	xxx		NM

References

(10 August 1997). "Athína (Olympic Stadium) 1997".

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