2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's pole vault

Men's pole vault at the 2018 World U20 Championships
Venue	Ratina Stadium
Dates	11 July (qualification) 14 July (final)
Competitors	22 from 16 nations
Winning height	5.82 m
Medalists
Armand Duplantis    Sweden   Zachery Bradford    United States   Masaki Ejima    Japan
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The men's pole vault at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 11 and 14 July.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World U20 Record	Armand Duplantis (SWE)	5.93	Baton Rouge, United States	5 May 2018
Championship Record	Germán Chiaraviglio (ARG)	5.71	Beijing, China	19 August 2006
World U20 Leading	Armand Duplantis (SWE)	5.93	Baton Rouge, United States	5 May 2018

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on 11 July, in two groups, both starting at 17:00. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 5.35 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.^[2][3]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	4.80	4.95	5.10	5.20	5.30	Mark	Notes
1	A	Armand Duplantis	Sweden	–	–	–	–	o	5.30	q
2	B	Sondre Guttormsen	Norway	–	–	o	o		5.20	q
	A	Zachery Bradford	United States	–	–	–	o		5.20	q
4	B	Shunto Ozaki	Japan	xo	o	xxo	o		5.20	q, PB
5	B	Bo Kanda Lita Baehre	Germany	–	–	o	xo		5.20	q
	A	Ethan Cormont	France	–	o	o	xo		5.20	q
	A	Masaki Ejima	Japan	–	–	–	xo		5.20	q
8	B	Cole Riddle	United States	–	–	xxo	xo		5.20	q
	B	Thibaut Collet	France	–	–	xxo	xo		5.20	q
10	A	Valko van Wyk [es]	South Africa	o	xxo	xxo	xxo		5.20	q
11	B	Illya Kravchenko	Ukraine	–	o	o	xxx		5.10	q
	A	José Antonio Maldonado	Spain	o	o	o	xxx		5.10	q
13	B	Ersu Şaşma	Turkey	–	o	xo	xxx		5.10
	A	Riccardo Klotz	Austria	–	o	xo	xxx		5.10
	A	Taras Shevtsov	Ukraine	o	o	xo	xxx		5.10	PB
16	B	Santtu Koskiaho	Finland	xo	xo	xo	xxx		5.10	PB
17	A	Matteo Madrassi	Italy	xxo	xo	xxo	xxx		5.10	PB
18	B	Andrea Marin	Italy	o	xxx				4.80
	A	Pablo Zaffaroni	Argentina	o	xxx				4.80
20	B	Csanád Simonváros	Hungary	xo	xxx				4.80
	B	Javier Fernández	Spain	xo	xxx				4.80
	A	Maxim Goldovsky	Israel	xxx					NH

Final

The final was held on 14 July at 13:49.^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	4.85	5.05	5.20	5.30	5.40	5.45	5.50	5.55	5.60	5.82	6.01	Mark	Notes
	Armand Duplantis	Sweden	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	o	xxx	5.82	CR
	Zachery Bradford	United States	–	–	o	o	o	–	o	xxo	xxx			5.55	PB
	Masaki Ejima	Japan	–	–	o	–	xxo	–	o	xxo	xxx			5.55	SB
4	Bo Kanda Lita Baehre	Germany	–	–	–	o	o	–	o	–	xxx			5.50
5	Thibaut Collet	France	–	–	o	–	o	–	x-	xx				5.40
6	Sondre Guttormsen	Norway	–	–	o	–	xo	–	x-	x-	x			5.40
7	Cole Riddle	United States	–	–	xo	xo	xxx							5.30
8	Ethan Cormont	France	–	xxo	xo	xo	xxx							5.30	PB
9	Valko van Wyk [es]	South Africa	o	xo	xxo	xo	xxx							5.30
10	Shunto Ozaki	Japan	o	xo	xo	xxx								5.20	PB
11	Illya Kravchenko	Ukraine	–	o	xxx									5.05
12	José Antonio Maldonado	Spain	xo	o	xxx									5.05

References