Pan American Games 2015 / Athletics - Men's Pole Vault
The Winner Shawnacy Barber (2018)
The men's pole vault at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 21 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium in Toronto .
Ten pole vaulters from seven countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by Shawnacy Barber with 5.80 m, which also set the record for the Pan American Games. Silver went to Germán Chiaraviglio with 5.75 m and the bronze medal was won by Mark Hollis and Jacob Blankenship with 5.40 m.
Records
Before the competition, the following records were in place:
| World record |
 Renaud Lavillenie
|
6.16 m | Donetsk , Ukraine | 15th February 2014 |
| Record of games |
 Lázaro Borges
|
5.80 m | Pan American Games in Duadalajara , Mexico | October 28, 2011 |
Result
July 21, 2015, 10:15 am
| space | athlete | country | 5.00 | 5.20 | 5.40 | 5.60 | 5.65 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | 5.90 | 5.93 | Height (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Shawnacy Barber |
 Canada
|
- | O | xo | xo | - | O | - | xo | - | - | xxx | 5.80 = PR |
 |
Germán Chiaraviglio |
 Argentina
|
- | xxo | O | O | - | x– | O | - | xxx | 5.75 NO | ||
 |
Mark Hollis |
 United States
|
- | - | xo | xxx | 5.40 | |||||||
|
Jacob Blankenship |
United States
|
- | - | xo | xxx | 5.40 | |||||||
| 5 | Lázaro Borges |
Cuba
|
- | xxo | xo | xxx | 5.40 SB | |||||||
| 6th | Jason Wurster |
Canada
|
O | xxx | 5.00 | |||||||||
| José Rodolfo Pacho |
 Ecuador
|
O | xxx | 5.00 | ||||||||||
| Thiago Braz da Silva |
 Brazil
|
- | - | xxx | NM | |||||||||
| Fábio Gomes da Silva |
Brazil
|
- | - | xxx | NM | |||||||||
| Daniel Zupeuc |
 Chile
|
xxx | NM |
Explanation of symbols:
- = height skipped, x = failed attempt, o = height skipped
Web links and sources
- Athletics. In: www.toronto2015.org. Archived from the original on August 17, 2015 ; accessed on August 17, 2019 .