2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's pole vault at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 and 12 July.^[1][2][3]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Thiago Braz da Silva  Brazil	Ivan Horvat  Croatia	Shawnacy Barber  Canada

Records[]

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record	Maksim Tarasov (USSR)	5.80 m	Bryansk, Soviet Union	14 July 1989
	Raphael Holzdeppe (GER)		Biberach, Germany	28 June 2008
Championship Record	Germán Chiaraviglio (ARG)	5.71 m	Beijing, China	19 August 2006
World Junior Leading	(USA)	5.72 m	Baton Rouge, United States	13 May 2012

Results[]

Qualification[]

Qualification: Standard 5.20 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	4.75	4.95	5.05	5.15	Result	Note
1	A		France	o	o	o	o	5.15	q
1	B		Sweden	–	–	o	o	5.15	q
1	B	Ivan Horvat	Croatia	o	o	o	o	5.15	q
4	A	Shawnacy Barber	Canada	o	o	xo	o	5.15	q
4	B	Robert Renner	Slovenia	–	xo	o	o	5.15	q
6	A	Didac Salas	Spain	–	–	xxo	o	5.15	q
6	B		Greece	o	–	xxo	o	5.15	q
8	B		Germany	–	o	o	xo	5.15	q
9	A		United States	–	–	–	xxo	5.15	q
10	A	Arnaud Art	Belgium	–	xo	o	xxo	5.15	q
11	A		Germany	–	xo	xxo	xxo	5.15	q, PB
12	A	Melker Svärd Jacobsson	Sweden	–	–	o	xxx	5.05	q
12	B	Thiago Braz da Silva	Brazil	–	–	o	xxx	5.05	q
12	B		Portugal	o	o	o	xxx	5.05	q, SB
15	B	Axel Chapelle	France	xo	o	xo	xxx	5.05
16	A		Japan	o	o	xxo	xxx	5.05
17	A		Austria	o	o	xxx		4.95
17	B	Menno Vloon	Netherlands	–	o	xxx		4.95
19	A		Ukraine	xo	o	xxx		4.95
20	A	Rutger Koppelaar	Netherlands	xxo	o	xxx		4.95
21	A		South Korea	o	xo	xxx		4.95
22	A		Poland	xo	xo	xxx		4.95
22	B	Eirik G. Dolve	Norway	xo	xo	xxx		4.95
24	A	Alessandro Sinno	Italy	o	xxo	xxx		4.95
24	B		United States	o	xxo	xxx		4.95
24	B		Spain	o	xxo	xxx		4.95
27	A		Norway	xo	xxx			4.75
27	B		New Zealand	xo	xxx			4.75
29	A		Denmark	xxo	xxx			4.75
	B		Australia	xxx				NM
	B		China	–	–	xxx		NM

Final[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	4.85	5.00	5.10	5.20	5.30	5.35	5.40	5.45	5.50	5.55	5.60	5.65	Result	Notes
	Thiago Braz da Silva	Brazil	–	-	o	o	o	-	xo	o	xo	o	-	xxx	5.55	NJ
	Ivan Horvat	Croatia	-	o	o	o	xo	-	xxo	-	xo	o	xxx		5.55
	Shawnacy Barber	Canada	–	o	-	xo	o	o	xo	o	xo	xxo	xxx		5.55	NJ
4	Didac Salas	Spain	–	–	o	-	o	-	o	x-	xo	xx-	x		5.50
5	Robert Renner	Slovenia	-	o	-	o	o	-	xo	x-	xx				5.40
6	Melker Svärd Jakobsson	Sweden	–	xo	o	xxo	-	xxo	-	xxx					5.35	PB
7		France	-	o	-	xo	o	x-	xx						5.30	PB
8		United States	-	-	o	o	xxo	-	xxx						5.30
9		Germany	-	o	xo	o	xxx								5.20	SB
10		Sweden	-	xo	o	xo	x-	xx							5.20
11		Greece	o	-	o	xxx									5.10
12		Germany	o	o	xo	xxx									5.10
13		Portugal	o	o	xxx										5.00
	Arnaud Art	Belgium	-	xxx											NM

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

References[]

External links[]

• WJC12 pole vault schedule