2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

Events at the 2005 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
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
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault		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

The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 9 and August 11.

Gold	Rens Blom Netherlands (NED)
Silver	Brad Walker United States (USA)
Bronze	Pavel Gerasimov Russia (RUS)

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

World Record	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	6.14	Sestriere, Italy	31 July 1994
Championship Record	Dmitri Markov (AUS)	6.05	Edmonton, Canada	9 August 2001

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	5.30	5.45	5.60	Result	Notes
1	A	Nick Hysong	United States	–	–	o	5.60	Q
2	A	Igor Pavlov	Russia	xo	xo	o	5.60	Q
3	A	Tim Lobinger	Germany	–	o	xo	5.60	Q
3	A	Dmitri Markov	Australia	–	–	xo	5.60	Q
3	A	Patrik Kristiansson	Sweden	–	–	xo	5.60	Q
6	B	Pavel Gerasimov	Russia	–	o	xxo	5.60	Q
7	A	Daichi Sawano	Japan	–	o	xxx	5.45	q
7	A	Kevin Rans	Belgium	o	o	xxx	5.45	q
7	B	Giuseppe Gibilisco	Italy	–	o	xxx	5.45	q
7	B	Danny Ecker	Germany	–	o	xxx	5.45	q
7	B	Rens Blom	Netherlands	–	o	xxx	5.45	q
7	B	Brad Walker	United States	–	o	xxx	5.45	q
13	A	Jean Galfione	France	xo	o	xxx	5.45
14	B	Konstadinos Filippidis	Greece	o	xo	xxx	5.45
14	B	Damiel Dossévi	France	–	xo	xxx	5.45
16	B	Giovanni Lanaro	Mexico	xxo	xo	xxx	5.45
17	B	Denys Yurchenko	Ukraine	–	xxo	xxx	5.45
17	B	Steven Hooker	Australia	–	xxo	xxx	5.45
19	B	Jure Rovan	Slovenia	o	xxx		5.30
19	B	Matti Mononen	Finland	o	xxx		5.30
21	A	Piotr Buciarski	Denmark	xo	xxx		5.30
	A	Leonid Andreev	Uzbekistan	xxx			NM
	A	Vladyslav Revenko	Ukraine	–	–	xxx	NM
	A	Liu Feiliang	China	xxx			NM
	B	Kim Yoo-suk	South Korea	xxx			NM
	B	Lars Börgeling	Germany	–	xxx		NM
	A	Toby Stevenson	United States				DNS

Rank	Name	Nationality	5.35	5.50	5.65	5.75	5.80	5.85	Result	Notes
	Rens Blom	Netherlands	–	xxo	xo	xo	o	x	5.80	SB
	Brad Walker	United States	–	xxo	xo	xo	x–	xx	5.75
	Pavel Gerasimov	Russia	–	o	xo	xxx			5.65	SB
4	Igor Pavlov	Russia	–	o	xxo	xxx			5.65
5	Giuseppe Gibilisco	Italy	–	o	xxx				5.50
5	Tim Lobinger	Germany	–	o	xxx				5.50
5	Nick Hysong	United States	–	o	xxx				5.50
8	Daichi Sawano	Japan	xo	o	xxx				5.50
9	Patrik Kristiansson	Sweden	–	xxo	xxx				5.50
10	Kevin Rans	Belgium	o	xxx					5.35
	Dmitri Markov	Australia	–	xxx					NM
	Danny Ecker	Germany	–	xxx					NM

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