2000 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Pole Vault (Men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | Pole vault | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 36 athletes from 25 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Stadium Australia | ||||||||
Competition phase | September 27, 2000 (qualification) September 29, 2000 (final) |
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The men's pole vault at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney was held on September 27 and 29, 2000 at Stadium Australia . 36 athletes took part.
The American Nick Hysong became Olympic champion . He won before his compatriot Lawrence Johnson and the Russian Maxim Tarasov .
With Danny Ecker , Tim Lobinger and Michael Stolle , three Germans took part in the competition, and they all reached the final. Stolle took fifth place, Ecker eighth and Lobinger thirteenth.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.
Current title holders
Olympic champion 1996 | Jean Galfione ( France ) | 5.92 m | Atlanta 1996 |
World Champion 1999 | Maxim Tarasov ( Russia ) | 6.02 m | Seville 1999 |
European champion 1998 | 5.81 m | Budapest 1998 | |
Pan American Champion 1999 | Pat Manson ( USA ) | 5.60 m | Winnipeg 1999 |
Central America and Caribbean champions 1999 | Dominic Johnson ( St. Lucia ) | 5.61 m | Bridgetown 1999 |
South American Champion 1999 | Ricardo Diez ( Venezuela ) | 5.20 m | Bogotá 1999 |
Asian champion 2000 | Zhang Hongwei ( People's Republic of China ) | 5.40 m | Jakarta 2000 |
African Champion 2000 | Rafik Mefti ( Algeria ) | 5.00 m | Algiers 2000 |
Oceania Champion 2000 | Eric Reuillard ( New Caledonia ) | 4.80 m | Adelaide 2000 |
Existing records
World record | 6.14 m | Serhij Bubka ( Ukraine ) | Sestriere , Italy | July 27, 1993 |
Olympic record | 5.92 m | Igor Trandenkow ( Russia ) | Atlanta Final , USA | 2nd August 1996 |
Jean Galfione ( France ) | ||||
Andrei Tivontchik ( Germany ) |
Remarks:
- All times are based on Sydney local time ( UTC + 10 ).
- All heights are given in meters (m).
qualification
September 27, 2000, 6:30 p.m.
The qualification was carried out in two groups. The qualification height for the direct entry into the final was 5.75 m. Since nobody jumped this height, the final field had to be filled with the next best athletes from both groups to at least twelve participants. Here there were even thirteen athletes (highlighted in light green) due to the same height. Not a single jumper had even approached the actual qualification level, as it became clear that 5.70 m would be sufficient for participation in the finals. After all, the required height was only 5.65 m
Group A
space | Surname | nation | 5.25 | 5.40 | 5.55 | 5.65 | 5.70 | height | annotation |
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1 | Dmitri Markov | Australia | - | - | O | - | O | 5.70 | |
2 | Viktor Chistyakov | Australia | - | O | xo | xxo | x o | 5.70 | |
3 | Tim Lobinger | Germany | - | O | O | O | x- | 5.65 | |
Yevgeny Smiryagin | Russia | - | O | O | O | xx- | |||
5 | Lawrence Johnson | United States | - | - | xo | O | - | 5.65 | |
Montxu Miranda | Spain | - | xo | O | O | - | |||
7th | Štěpán Janáček | Czech Republic | - | xxo | O | O | xxx | 5.65 | |
8th | Ren Blom | Netherlands | - | O | O | x o | xxx | 5.65 | |
9 | Jean Galfione | France | - | O | O | xxx | 5.55 | ||
10 | Danny Krasnov | Israel | - | O | x o | xxx | 5.55 | ||
Patrik Kristiansson | Sweden | - | O | x o | xxx | ||||
12 | Thibaut Duval | Belgium | - | xo | xx o | xxx | 5.55 | ||
13 | Pavel Gerasimov | Russia | - | x o | - | xxx | 5.40 | ||
14th | Nuno Fernandes | Portugal | xx o | xxx | 5.25 | ||||
ogV | Serhiy Bubka | Ukraine | - | - | - | - | xxx | without height | |
Ruhan Işım | Turkey | xxx | |||||||
Igor Potapovich | Kazakhstan | - | - | xxx | |||||
Robison Pratt | Mexico | xxx |
Group B
space | Surname | nation | 5.25 | 5.40 | 5.55 | 5.65 | 5.70 | height | annotation |
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1 | Nick Hysong | United States | - | - | O | O | O | 5.70 | |
2 | Danny Ecker | Germany | - | - | xo | - | O | 5.70 | |
3 | Michael Stolle | Germany | - | - | O | - | xx o | 5.70 | |
4th | Giuseppe Gibilisco | Italy | - | O | xo | O | xx o | 5.70 | |
5 | Alexander Awerbuch | Israel | - | - | O | O | - | 5.65 | |
Occert Brits | South Africa | - | - | O | O | - | |||
Maxim Tarasov | Russia | - | - | - | O | - | |||
8th | Paul Burgess | Australia | - | O | O | xxx | 5.55 | ||
Javier García | Spain | - | O | O | xx- | x | |||
Kevin Hughes | Great Britain | O | O | O | xxx | ||||
11 | Ilijan Efremov | Bulgaria | O | xo | xx o | - | xxx | 5.55 | |
Martin Eriksson | Sweden | - | xo | xx o | xxx | ||||
13 | Manabu Yokoyama | Japan | - | xxo | xx o | xxx | 5.55 | ||
14th | Chad Harting | United States | - | x o | x- | xx | 5.40 | ||
Dominic Johnson | St. Lucia | - | x o | xxx | |||||
16 | João André | Portugal | xo | x o | x- | xx | 5.40 | ||
17th | Romain Mesnil | France | - | xx o | x- | xx | 5.40 | ||
Denys Yurchenko | Ukraine | - | x o | - | x- | ||||
ogV | Fotis Stefani | Cyprus | xxx | without height |
The 1996 winner Jean Galfione, France, failed to qualify
World record holder Serhij Bubka from Ukraine got stuck in the qualification
final
September 29, 2000, 6:30 p.m.
Thirteen athletes had qualified for the final: three Germans, two Australians, two Russians, two US Americans, as well as one participant each from Israel, Italy, Spain and South Africa.
Two of the favorites were not in the final. The world record holder and Olympic champion of 1988 Serhij Bubka from Ukraine as well as the Olympic champion of 1996 Jean Galfione from France failed in the qualification. The world's best of the year Jeff Hartwig from the United States had not been able to qualify in the US eliminations. The highest rated jumper was thus the Russian world and European champion Maxim Tarasov. Other promising medal candidates were the Australian vice world champion Dmitri Markov, the World Cup third Alexander Awerbuch from Israel and the two Americans Lawrence Johnson and Nick Hysong. The three German participants Tim Lobinger as Vice European Champion, Danny Ecker as fourth in the World Championship and Michael Stolle did not start without a chance.
The starting height of 5.50 m was mastered by all jumpers. Only the South African Okkert Brits and Johnson had left out. Awerbuch, the Italian Giuseppe Gibilisco, the Russian Jewgenij Smirjagin and Lobinger failed at 5.70 m.
The Spaniard Montxu Miranda was eliminated at the third height of 5.80 m. Only Hysong jumped the following 5.90 m in the first attempt. Johnson needed two jumps, Tarasow and Stolle were successful with their third attempts. Markov played poker and after two failed jumps took his last attempt to the next height. Brits, the Australian Viktor Tschistjakow and Ecker tore the bar three times.
There were still five jumpers in the competition when the bar was raised to 5.96 m. Four of them had jumped 5.90 m. The two Americans Hysong and Johnson had the best starting position with only one failed attempt each. Tarasov had three missed jumps, Stolle five. Markov had only torn twice so far, but his best mark was only 5.80 m so far. In the end, his last attempt failed. The other four athletes could not overcome the new jump height either and each tore three times. Nick Hysong became Olympic champion because he had jumped the last previously set height of 5.90 m in the first attempt, Johnson on the other hand only in his second attempt. So Lawrence Johnson won the silver medal, and Maxim Tarasov was third ahead of Michael Stolle. Fifth place was shared by the two Australians Dmitri Markov and Viktor Tschistjakow. Okkert Brits was seventh ahead of Danny Ecker
Nick Hysong won the 18th gold medal for the USA in the 24th Olympic pole vault final - in 1908 there were two gold medals.
space | Surname | nation | 5.50 | 5.70 | 5.80 | 5.90 | 5.96 | Bottom line | annotation |
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1 | Nick Hysong | United States | O | xo | O | O | xxx | 5.90 | |
2 | Lawrence Johnson | United States | - | O | O | x o | xxx | 5.90 | |
3 | Maxim Tarasov | Russia | O | - | xo | xx o | xxx | 5.90 | |
4th | Michael Stolle | Germany | xxo | O | xo | xx o | xxx | 5.90 | |
5 | Viktor Chistyakov | Australia | O | O | O | xxx | 5.80 | ||
Dmitri Markov | Australia | O | - | O | xx- | x | |||
7th | Occert Brits | South Africa | - | O | x o | xxx | 5.80 | ||
8th | Danny Ecker | Germany | O | xo | x o | xxx | 5.80 | ||
9 | Montxu Miranda | Spain | O | xx o | xxx | 5.70 | |||
10 | Alexander Awerbuch | Israel | O | xxx | 5.50 | ||||
Giuseppe Gibilisco | Italy | O | xxx | ||||||
Yevgeny Smiryagin | Russia | O | xxx | ||||||
13 | Tim Lobinger | Germany | x o | xxx | 5.50 |
Web links
- SportsReference Pole Vault , accessed April 1, 2018
- Results on the IAAF website , accessed April 1, 2018
- Official Report of the XXVIIth Olympiad, Results , English / French (PDF, 17,708 MB), accessed on April 1, 2018
Videos
- Lawrence Johnson (USA) - 5.90m - 09/29/2000 - Sydney / AUS , published December 12, 2016 on youtube.com, accessed April 1, 2018
- Nick Hysong (USA) - 5.90m - 29.09.2000 - Sydney / AUS , published on December 12, 2016 on youtube.com, accessed on April 1, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 676 , accessed on April 1, 2018