European Athletics Championships 2014 / men's pole vault

22nd European Athletics Championships
discipline	Pole vault
gender	Men
Attendees	26 athletes from 15 countries
venue	Zurich
Competition location	Letzigrund Stadium
Competition phase	August 14th (qualification) ; August 16th (final)
	Medalist
	Renaud Lavillenie ( FRA )
	Paweł Wojciechowski ( POL )
	Jan Kudlička ( CZE ) Kévin Menaldo ( FRA ) ;

The Letzigrund stadium in Zurich

The pole vault men at the 2014 European Athletics Championships was held on 14 and 16 August 2014 in the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich held.

The bronze medal was awarded twice in this competition. For the third time after 2010 and 2012 , the French Renaud Lavillenie became European champion. He was also the 2012 Olympic champion , 2009 world champion, 2013 runner-up and third place in the 2011 World Cup . Second place went to the 2011 Polish World Champion, Paweł Wojciechowski . The two bronze medals went to the Czech Jan Kudlička and the French Kévin Menaldo .

Existing records

World record	6.16 m	France Renaud Lavillenie	Donetsk , Ukraine	15th February 2014
European record
EM record	6.00 m	Russia Rodion Gataullin	EM in Helsinki , Finland	August 12, 1994

Comment on the world and European
records : The above-mentioned world record, which is also the European record, was achieved in the hall. In the meantime, according to IAAF Rule 260.2 - Note 2 - in connection with IAAF Rule 260.13, records achieved in the hall are recognized as absolute records.

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Legend

Brief overview of the meaning of the symbols - also commonly used in other publications:

-	waived
O	skipped
x	invalid
r	Competition not continued (retired)

qualification

August 14, 2014, 10:15 a.m.

26 participants competed in two groups for the qualifying round. The qualification height for the direct entry into the final was 5.65 m. However, no jumper had to tackle this mark. Thirteen athletes had jumped 5.50 meters. After two athletes had crossed 5.60 m, one of them who had only got on at 5.60 m, the qualifying competition was canceled. The jury decided that all fourteen participants still in the competition were allowed to take part in the final (highlighted in light green). So finally 5.50 m was enough for the final.

Group A

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	5.30 m	5.40 m	5.50 m	5.60 m
1	Renaud Lavillenie	France France	5.60	-	-	-	xo
2	Karsten Dilla	Germany Germany	5.50	O	xo	O	-
2	Alexander Gripitsch	Russia Russia	5.50	O	xo	O	-
4th	Konstadínos Filippídis	Greece Greece	5.50	xo	xo	O	-
5	Diogo Ferreira	Portugal Portugal	5.50	xxo	O	xo	-
6th	Paweł Wojciechowski	Poland Poland	5.50	O	-	xxo	-
7th	Milker Svärd Jacobsson	Sweden Sweden	5.30	xo	xxx
8th	Michal Balner	Czech Republic Czech Republic	5.30	xo	-	xxx
8th	Luke Cutts	United Kingdom Great Britain	5.30	xo	xxx
NM	Giuseppe Gibilisco	Italy Italy	ogV	-	xxx
	Paul's Pujāts	Latvia Latvia		xxx
	Didac Salas	Spain Spain		xxx
	Tobias Scherbarth	Germany Germany		-	xxx
	Nikandros Stylianou	Greece Greece		xxx

Melker Svärd Jacobsson did not reach the final with his 5.30 m
Michal Balner was eliminated from the qualification with 5.30 m
Luke Cutts also failed with 5.30 m in the qualification
Giuseppe Gibilisco, the world champion from 2003 and Olympic third from 2004 , remained in the qualification without a valid jump
Tobias Scherbarth (left) failed to make a valid attempt in qualifying

Group B

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	5.30 m	5.40 m	5.50 m	5.60 m
1	Jan Kudlička	Czech Republic Czech Republic	5.60	-	O	-	xo
2	Steven Lewis	United Kingdom Great Britain	5.50	-	O	O	-
	Kévin Menaldo	France France	5.50	O	-	O	-
	Ilya Mudrow	Russia Russia	5.50	-	-	O	-
	Robert Sobera	Poland Poland	5.50	O	-	O	-
6th	Sergei Kucherjanu	Russia Russia	5.50	xo	-	xo	-
7th	Piotr Lisek	Poland Poland	5.50	O	-	xxo	-
8th	Edi Maia	Portugal Portugal	5.50	xo	xo	xxo	-
9	Marquis Richards	Switzerland Switzerland	5.40	xo	O	xxx
10	Arnaud Art	Belgium Belgium	5.30	O	-	xxx
	Igor Bychkov	Spain Spain	5.30	O	-	xxx
	Dimítrios Patsoukákis	Greece Greece	5.30	O	xxx
NM	Mareks Ārents	Latvia Latvia	ogV	-	x–	r
DNS	Alhaji Jeng	Sweden Sweden
DNS	Malte Mohr	Germany Germany

Marquis Richards failed because of the final jump height of 5.5 m and was eliminated with 5.40 m
Arnaud Arts 5.30 m were not enough to make it into the final
Igor Bychkov - 5.30 m and thus eliminated

final

August 16, 2014, 3:03 pm

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	5.40 m	5.50 m	5.60 m	5.65 m	5.70 m	5.75 m	5.80 m	5.90 m	6.01 m
1	Renaud Lavillenie	France France	5.90	-	-	-	O	-	-	O	O	xxx
2	Paweł Wojciechowski	Poland Poland	5.70	-	O	-	O	O	xxx
3	Jan Kudlička	Czech Republic Czech Republic	5.70	-	O	xo	-	O	xxx
3	Kévin Menaldo	France France	5.70	-	O	xo	-	O	xxx
5	Alexander Gripitsch	Russia Russia	5.65	O	O	xxo	O	xxx
6th	Piotr Lisek	Poland Poland	5.65	O	O	xo	xo	xxx
7th	Konstadínos Filippídis	Greece Greece	5.60	O	O	O	xxx
8th	Edi Maia	Portugal Portugal	5.60	xo	O	xxo	xxx
9	Sergei Kucherjanu	Russia Russia	5.40	O	-	xx–	x
9	Karsten Dilla	Germany Germany	5.40	O	-	xxx
11	Steven Lewis	United Kingdom Great Britain	5.40	xxo	-	x–	-	xx
NM	Ilya Mudrow	Russia Russia	ogV	-	xxx
	Diogo Ferreira	Portugal Portugal	ogV	xxx
	Robert Sobera	Poland Poland	ogV	xxx