Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault


The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday, 27 September and Friday, 29 September.
The pole vault has been ever present since the beginning of the modern Olympic Games in 1896.

Medalists

Schedule

These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.
World Record6.14 mSergey BubkaUkraineSestriere, Italy31 July 1994
Olympic Record5.92 mJean GalfioneFranceAtlanta, United States2 August 1996

Summary

The Bubka curse continued into a third Olympics as the dominant world record holder for this fifth Olympiad again failed to clear a height. Eight men managed to get to, the winning height. Australia's two Soviet born vaulters Viktor Chistiakov and Dmitriy Markov were perfect before their adopted home crowd to that point, along with American Lawrence Johnson. With an earlier miss at 5.50m, Nick Hysong was in fourth place, but his first attempt clearance leapfrogged him into the lead, when the rest of the field failed to match him. Johnson was the only one to make it on his second attempt, putting him in silver position. 1992 champion Maksim Tarasov entered the height tied for fifth with Okkert Brits with three earlier misses, while Michael Stolle had already taken seven attempts to get over his first three bars. Both Tarasov and Stolle made 5.90m on their last attempt, but Tarasov had the tiebreaker to take the bronze. Markov saved one heroic attempt to snatch victory, but nobody could clear 5.96m.

Results

All distances shown are in meters.
Held on Wednesday, 27 September 2000.
The qualifying height was 5.75 m. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the highest jumps until a total of 12 qualifiers.
RankGroupNameNationality5.255.405.555.655.70ResultNotes
1BNick Hysong––ooo5.70q
2BDanny Ecker––xo–o5.70q
3ADmitriy Markov––o–xo5.70q
4AViktor Chistiakov–oxoxxoxo5.70q
5BMichael Stolle––o–xxo5.70q
6BGiuseppe Gibilisco–oxooxxo5.70q
7AYevgeniy Smiryagin–oooxx–5.65q
7ATim Lobinger–ooox–5.65q
7BOkkert Brits––oo–5.65q
7BAlexander Averbukh––oo–5.65q
7BMaksim Tarasov–––o–5.65q
12ALawrence Johnson––xoo–5.65q
12AMontxu Miranda–xoooxxx5.65q
14AŠtěpán Janáček–xxoooxxx5.65
15ARens Blom–ooxoxxx5.65
16AJean Galfione–ooxxx5.55
16BPaul Burgess–ooxxx5.55
16BKevin Hughesoooxxx5.55SB
16BJavier García–ooxx–x5.55
20APatrik Kristiansson–oxoxxx5.55
20ADanny Krasnov–oxoxxx5.55SB
22AThibaut Duval–xoxxoxxx5.55
22BIlian Efremovoxoxxo–xxx5.55
22BMartin Eriksson–xoxxoxxx5.55
25BManabu Yokoyama–xxoxxoxxx5.55
26APavel Gerasimov–xo–xxx5.40
26BChad Harting–xox–xx5.40
26BDominic Johnson–xoxxx5.40
29BJoão Andréxoxoxxx5.40
30BDenys Yurchenko–xxo–x–5.40
30BRomain Mesnil–xxox–xx5.40
32ANuno Fernandesxxoxxx5.25
ASergey Bubka––––xxx'
AIgor Potapovich––xxx'
ARobison Prattxxx'
BPhotis Stefanixxx'
ARuhan Işım

Final

RankNameNationality5.505.705.805.905.96ResultNotes
Nick Hysongoxoooxxx5.90PB
Lawrence Johnson–ooxoxxx5.90
Maksim Tarasovo–xoxxoxxx5.90SB
Michael Stollexxooxoxxoxxx5.90
Viktor Chistiakovoooxxx5.80SB
Dmitriy Markovo–oxx–x5.80
Okkert Brits–oxoxxx5.80
Danny Eckeroxoxoxxx5.80
Montxu Mirandaoxxoxxx5.70
10Giuseppe Gibiliscooxxx5.50
10Aleksandr Averbukhoxxx5.50
10Yevgeniy Smiryaginoxxx5.50
13Tim Lobingerxoxxx5.50