The Men's Pole Vault event at the

2011 World Championships in Athletics The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011. The United States topped the medal standings in th ...

was held at the

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on August 27 and 29. Defending champion and Olympic champion Steven 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 countryman Łukasz 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 Lázaro Eduardo Borges Reid (born June 19, 1986) is Cuban pole vaulter. Biography Borges was born in Marianao, La Habana. He has represented Cuba at 2008 Summer Olympics, but failed to advance to the Final. Borges won silver medal in 2011 ...

also cleared 5.90, but on his third attempt, setting the national record for

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in the process.

Renaud Lavillenie Renaud Lavillenie ( or ; born 18 September 1986) is a French pole vaulter. Lavillenie won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London and the silver medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. In addition to his Olympic success, he has won three Wor ...

edged Michalski for the bronze, because Michalski had a miss at 5.75.

Medalists

Records

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Qualification

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

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Final

External links

Pole vault results
at IAAF website {{DEFAULTSORT:2011 World Championships in Athletics - Men's pole vault

Pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...

Pole vault at the World Athletics Championships