The final of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics was held on Sunday August 10, 1997, in Athens, Greece.
Medalists Source: Gold Sergey BubkaUkraine (UKR)Silver Maksim TarasovRussia (RUS)Bronze Dean StarkeyUnited States (USA)
Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B08.08.1997 – 17:30h08.08.1997 – 17:30hFinal Round10.08.1997 – 17:30h
Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best
Records Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships World Record 6.14 m July 31, 1994 Sestriere, Italy Event Record 6.00 m August 19, 1993 Stuttgart, Germany Broken records during the 1997 World Athletics Championships Event Record 6.01 m August 10, 1997 Athens, Greece
Results
Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
Group A
RankName5.305.455.605.70ResultNotes1 – o o o 5.70 q1 – – – o 5.70 q3 – – – xo 5.70 q3 o o o xo 5.70 q5 – xo xo xo 5.70 q6 – o o xxo 5.70 q7 – xo o xxo 5.70 q8 xxo xxo o xxx 5.609 – o xxo xxx 5.609 – – xxo xxx 5.6011 – o xxx 5.4512 xxo o xxx 5.4513 o xo xxx 5.4514 xo xo xxx 5.4515 o xxo xxx 5.4516 xxo xxx 5.30 – – – xx- x NM – – – xxx NM – xxx NM – – DNF
Group B
RankName5.305.455.605.70ResultNotes1 – o xo o 5.70 q2 xo o xxo o 5.70 q3 – xo – xo 5.70 q4 – xxo – xo 5.70 q5 – – o xxo 5.70 q6 – xo xo xxo 5.70 q7 – – o xxx 5.608 xo o xo xxx 5.609 o o xxo xxx 5.6010 xxo o xxo xxx 5.6011 o xo xxx 5.4512 o xxx 5.3012 o xxx 5.30 – – xxx NM – – xxx NM – – xxx NM – xxx NM – xxx NM – DNS
Final RankName5.505.705.805.865.915.966.016.066.15ResultNotes – xo - - xo - o - DNF6.01CR – xo - o xxo o x- xx 5.96 xo o o xxo xxo x- xx 5.91SB4 o o o xxx 5.805o o xxx 5.706 xo o xxx 5.707 oxxoxxx 5.708 xoxxoxxx 5.709 oxxx 5.509 oxxx 5.5011 xo xxx 5.50— -xxx NM— -xxx NM
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