Events at the 2011 World Championships
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200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
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110 m hurdles	men
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3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
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Road events
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TheMen's Pole Vault event at the2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at theDaegu Stadium on August 27 and 29.

Defending champion and Olympic championSteven Hooker came into the meet injured. He was not able to clear his opening height in the trials.

In the final, with three competitors already over 5.85 (including countrymanŁukasz Michalski),Paweł Wojciechowski strategically passed his remaining attempts. At 5.90, he cleared on his second (and last remaining) attempt for the win.Lázaro Borges also cleared 5.90, but on his third attempt, setting the national record forCuba in the process.Renaud Lavillenie edged Michalski for the bronze, because Michalski had a miss at 5.75.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Paweł Wojciechowski  Poland	Lázaro Borges  Cuba	Renaud Lavillenie  France

World record	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	6.14	Sestriere,Italy	31 July 1994
Championship record	Dmitri Markov (AUS)	6.05	Edmonton,Canada	9 August 2001
World Leading	Paweł Wojciechowski (POL)	5.91	Szczecin,Poland	15 August 2011
African record	Okkert Brits (RSA)	6.03	Cologne,Germany	18 August 1995
Asian record	Grigoriy Yegorov (KAZ)	5.90	Stuttgart, Germany	19 August 1993
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Brad Walker (USA)	6.04	Eugene,United States	8 June 2008
South American record	Fábio Gomes da Silva (BRA)	5.80	São Caetano do Sul,Brazil	26 February 2011
European record	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	6.14	Sestriere, Italy	31 July 1994
Oceanian record	Dmitri Markov (AUS)	6.05	Edmonton, Canada	9 August 2001

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to thefinal.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	5.20	5.35	5.50	5.60	5.65	Result	Notes
1	A	Romain Mesnil	France	-	-	o	-	o	5.65	q
1	A	Konstadinos Filippidis	Greece	-	o	o	o	o	5.65	q
1	A	Dmitry Starodubtsev	Russia	-	o	o	o	o	5.65	q
1	B	Lázaro Borges	Cuba	-	o	o	o	o	5.65	q
1	B	Renaud Lavillenie	France	-	-	o	-	o	5.65	q
6	A	Fábio Gomes da Silva	Brazil	-	-	o	xo	o	5.65	q
6	A	Malte Mohr	Germany	-	-	xo	o	o	5.65	q
8	A	Mateusz Didenkow	Poland	-	o	o	o	xo	5.65	q
9	B	Jeremy Scott	United States	-	o	o	o	-	5.60	q
10	B	Łukasz Michalski	Poland	-	o	xo	o	x-	5.60	q
10	B	Derek Miles	United States	-	o	xo	o	-	5.60	q
12	A	Daichi Sawano	Japan	-	-	o	xxx		5.50	q
12	A	Paweł Wojciechowski	Poland	-	o	o	xxx		5.50	q
12	B	Jan Kudlička	Czech Republic	-	o	o	xxx		5.50	q
12	B	Steven Lewis	Great Britain & N.I.	o	o	o	xxx		5.50	q
12	B	Igor Bychkov	Spain	o	-	o	x-	xx	5.50	q
17	A	Alhaji Jeng	Sweden	-	xo	o	xxx		5.50
18	B	Jérôme Clavier	France	-	o	xo	-	xxx	5.50
18	B	Yevgeny Lukyanenko	Russia	-	o	xo	xxx		5.50
20	A	Raphael Holzdeppe	Germany	-	-	xxo	xxx		5.50
21	B	Giovanni Lanaro	Mexico	-	xo	xxo	xxx		5.50
22	A	Mark Hollis	United States	-	o	xxx			5.35
22	B	Denys Yurchenko	Ukraine	-	o	xxx			5.35
24	A	Jere Bergius	Finland	-	xo	-	xxx		5.35
24	B	Karsten Dilla	Germany	-	xo	-	xxx		5.35
26	B	Kim Yoo-suk	South Korea	o	xxx				5.20
	A	Steven Hooker	Australia	-	-	xxx			NM
	A	Edi Maia	Portugal	xxx					NM

Rank	Name	Nationality	5.50	5.65	5.75	5.85	5.90	5.95	Result	Notes
	Paweł Wojciechowski	Poland	o	o	o	x-	xo	xxx	5.90
	Lázaro Borges	Cuba	o	o	xxo	o	xxo	xxx	5.90	NR
	Renaud Lavillenie	France	-	o	o	o	xxx		5.85
4	Łukasz Michalski	Poland	o	o	xo	o	xxx		5.85	PB
5	Malte Mohr	Germany	o	xo	o	xxo	xxx		5.85
6	Konstadinos Filippidis	Greece	o	xo	xo	xxx			5.75	NR
7	Mateusz Didenkow	Poland	xo	xo	xxo	xxx			5.75	=PB
8	Fábio Gomes da Silva	Brazil	xo	o	xxx				5.65
9	Jan Kudlička	Czech Republic	o	xo	xxx				5.65	SB
9	Steven Lewis	Great Britain & N.I.	o	xo	xxx				5.65	SB
9	Jeremy Scott	United States	o	xo	xxx				5.65
12	Dmitry Starodubtsev	Russia	xo	xo	xxx				5.65
13	Derek Miles	United States	o	xxo	xxx				5.65
14	Daichi Sawano	Japan	xo	xxo	xxx				5.65	SB
	Romain Mesnil	France	-	xxx					NM
	Igor Bychkov	Spain	xxx						NM

• Pole vault results at IAAF website

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