Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
July 10, 2023
The men's pole vault competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium between 13–15 August.[1] Thirty-one athletes from 16 nations competed.[2]Thiago Braz da Silva of Brazil won the gold medal, the nation's first medal in the men's pole vault. Renaud Lavillenie of France was unable to successfully defend his 2012 gold, but became the seventh man to win two medals with silver this time. Sam Kendricks's bronze returned the United States to the podium after a one-Games absence.
No nation made its men's pole vaulting debut, the fifth Games that occurred. The United States made its 27th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.
Competition
In the qualifying round, nine men reached 5.70 m with three others progressing on 5.60 m. An injury-affected Raphael Holzdeppe, a former world champion and Olympic medallist, exited at this stage, as did 2011 world champion Paweł Wojciechowski. Both Barber and Braz required three attempts at their opening height but managed to progress. Braz, Kendricks and Greece's Konstadínos Filippídis showed form as the only athletes to clear 5.70 m in one attempt.[6]
After one attempt by Xue Changrui, the final round was delayed for one hour and restarted from scratch due to a rainstorm that passed through. Six competitors had already exited the competition before defending champion/world record holder Renaud Lavillenie took his first attempt at 5.75 m. Among the eliminated was 2015 World ChampionShawnacy Barber. There was a great deal of strategic passing in this event, place meaning everything in the Olympics as opposed to most other competitions where the fraternity of pole vaulters are all seeking to improve their personal best. The medalists were settled with a first attempt clearance of 5.85 m. Jan Kudlička and Piotr Lisek missed once and strategically passed to 5.93 m where they missed, while Xie had already strategically passed to 5.85 m and missed. Sam Kendricks was high over his bars earlier in the competition but could go no further than 5.85 m and had to settle for bronze, while Lavillenie held the lead with a clean round of first attempt clearances to 5.98 m (the latter improving his own Olympic record from London). Home town favorite Thiago Braz cleared an outdoor personal record of 5.93 m on his second attempt to surpass Kendricks. Jumping ahead of him, after Lavillenie cleared 5.98 m, with nothing to be gained by a clearance, Braz passed. At the next height, 6.03 m (19 ft 9+1⁄4 in) after Lavillenie had missed twice, on his second attempt, Braz made a solid clearance. Lavillenie passed to the next height, 6.08 m. Even though he holds the world record, that was set in controlled conditions indoors, 6.08 m is a height he has never cleared outdoors. These conditions, with rain and wind affecting competitions all across the Olympic venues, were anything but controlled. Lavillenie missed and the Olympic title was settled.[7]
Braz set a new South American Record, a 10 cm improvement over his own record. The clearance remains tied with Okkert Brits and Jeff Hartwig as the ninth highest jump in history, and currently stands as the Olympic record.[8] At 6.03 m, Braz was the highest jumper for first time entry into the Six metres club.
The following evening the medals were presented by Bernard Rajzman, IOCmember, Brazil and Roberto Gesta de Melo, Council Member of the IAAF.
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's pole vault event if all athletes met the entry standard during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard was 5.70 metres. The qualifying period was from 1 May 2015 to 11 July 2016. The qualifying distance standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF. Both indoor and outdoor meets were accepted. NOCs could also use their universality place—each NOC could enter one male athlete regardless of time if they had no male athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the pole vault.[9][10]
Competition format
The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete had three attempts at each height and was eliminated if he failed to clear any height. Athletes who successfully jumped the qualifying height moved on to the final. If fewer than 12 reached that height, the best 12 moved on. Cleared heights reset for the final, which followed the same three-attempts-per-height format until all athletes reached a height they could not jump.
Records
Prior to the competition[update], the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Two men were left after 5.93 metres, with the bar raised to a potential Olympic record height of 5.98 metres. Renaud Lavillenie cleared it on his first attempt, breaking the record. Thiago Braz da Silva passed at the height, as matching the new record would do him no good in placement in the event. At 6.03 metres, Lavillenie missed, Braz missed, Lavillenie missed again, and then Braz cleared to take the Olympic record from Lavillenie. The Frenchman took his final attempt at 6.08 metres, unsuccessfully; with the gold medal secured, Braz did not jump at the greater height.
The following national record was established during the competition:
^"IAAF approves entry standards for Rio 2016 Olympic Games". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
^"Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Athletics". IAAF. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
July 10, 2023
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The men s pole vault competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Brazil The event was held at the Olympic Stadium between 13 15 August 1 Thirty one athletes from 16 nations competed 2 Thiago Braz da Silva of Brazil won the gold medal the nation s first medal in the men s pole vault Renaud Lavillenie of France was unable to successfully defend his 2012 gold but became the seventh man to win two medals with silver this time Sam Kendricks s bronze returned the United States to the podium after a one Games absence Men s pole vaultat the Games of the XXXI OlympiadVenueOlympic StadiumDates13 15 August 2016Competitors31 from 16 nationsWinning height6 03 OR ARMedalistsThiago Braz da Silva BrazilRenaud Lavillenie FranceSam Kendricks United States 20122020 Official Video Highlights Contents 1 Summary 1 1 Background 1 2 Competition 2 Qualification 3 Competition format 4 Records 5 Schedule 6 Results 6 1 Qualifying round 6 2 Final 7 ReferencesSummary EditBackground Edit This was the 28th appearance of the event which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics The world record holder having broken Sergey Bubka s 20 year old record in 2014 Renaud Lavillenie of France entered as the reigning Olympic champion from 2012 and held the best vaults indoors and out before the competition The 2015 World Champion Shawnacy Barber of Canada ranked just behind having had his first six metre clearance that season One of Brazil s best athletics medal hopes was Thiago Braz da Silva the 2012 World Junior Champion ahead of Barber who had the third best mark of the year The American champion Sam Kendricks was also highly ranked and had won silver at the 2016 World Indoor Championships behind Lavillenie 3 4 5 In addition to Lavillenie the returning finalists from 2008 were bronze medalist Raphael Holzdeppe of Germany sixth place finisher Konstadinos Filippidis of Greece and seventh place finisher Jan Kudlicka of the Czech Republic No nation made its men s pole vaulting debut the fifth Games that occurred The United States made its 27th appearance most of any nation having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games Competition Edit In the qualifying round nine men reached 5 70 m with three others progressing on 5 60 m An injury affected Raphael Holzdeppe a former world champion and Olympic medallist exited at this stage as did 2011 world champion Pawel Wojciechowski Both Barber and Braz required three attempts at their opening height but managed to progress Braz Kendricks and Greece s Konstadinos Filippidis showed form as the only athletes to clear 5 70 m in one attempt 6 After one attempt by Xue Changrui the final round was delayed for one hour and restarted from scratch due to a rainstorm that passed through Six competitors had already exited the competition before defending champion world record holder Renaud Lavillenie took his first attempt at 5 75 m Among the eliminated was 2015 World Champion Shawnacy Barber There was a great deal of strategic passing in this event place meaning everything in the Olympics as opposed to most other competitions where the fraternity of pole vaulters are all seeking to improve their personal best The medalists were settled with a first attempt clearance of 5 85 m Jan Kudlicka and Piotr Lisek missed once and strategically passed to 5 93 m where they missed while Xie had already strategically passed to 5 85 m and missed Sam Kendricks was high over his bars earlier in the competition but could go no further than 5 85 m and had to settle for bronze while Lavillenie held the lead with a clean round of first attempt clearances to 5 98 m the latter improving his own Olympic record from London Home town favorite Thiago Braz cleared an outdoor personal record of 5 93 m on his second attempt to surpass Kendricks Jumping ahead of him after Lavillenie cleared 5 98 m with nothing to be gained by a clearance Braz passed At the next height 6 03 m 19 ft 9 1 4 in after Lavillenie had missed twice on his second attempt Braz made a solid clearance Lavillenie passed to the next height 6 08 m Even though he holds the world record that was set in controlled conditions indoors 6 08 m is a height he has never cleared outdoors These conditions with rain and wind affecting competitions all across the Olympic venues were anything but controlled Lavillenie missed and the Olympic title was settled 7 Braz set a new South American Record a 10 cm improvement over his own record The clearance remains tied with Okkert Brits and Jeff Hartwig as the ninth highest jump in history and currently stands as the Olympic record 8 At 6 03 m Braz was the highest jumper for first time entry into the Six metres club The following evening the medals were presented by Bernard Rajzman IOC member Brazil and Roberto Gesta de Melo Council Member of the IAAF Qualification EditMain article Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics Qualification A National Olympic Committee NOC could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men s pole vault event if all athletes met the entry standard during the qualifying period The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress The qualifying standard was 5 70 metres The qualifying period was from 1 May 2015 to 11 July 2016 The qualifying distance standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF Both indoor and outdoor meets were accepted NOCs could also use their universality place each NOC could enter one male athlete regardless of time if they had no male athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event in the pole vault 9 10 Competition format EditThe competition consisted of two rounds qualification and final In qualification each athlete had three attempts at each height and was eliminated if he failed to clear any height Athletes who successfully jumped the qualifying height moved on to the final If fewer than 12 reached that height the best 12 moved on Cleared heights reset for the final which followed the same three attempts per height format until all athletes reached a height they could not jump Records EditPrior to the competition update the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record Renaud Lavillenie FRA 6 16 Donetsk Ukraine 15 February 2014Olympic record Renaud Lavillenie FRA 5 97 London United Kingdom 10 August 20122016 World leading Renaud Lavillenie FRA 5 96 Sotteville les Rouen France 18 July 2016Two men were left after 5 93 metres with the bar raised to a potential Olympic record height of 5 98 metres Renaud Lavillenie cleared it on his first attempt breaking the record Thiago Braz da Silva passed at the height as matching the new record would do him no good in placement in the event At 6 03 metres Lavillenie missed Braz missed Lavillenie missed again and then Braz cleared to take the Olympic record from Lavillenie The Frenchman took his final attempt at 6 08 metres unsuccessfully with the gold medal secured Braz did not jump at the greater height The following national record was established during the competition Country Athlete Round Height NotesBrazil Thiago Braz da Silva BRA Final 6 03 OR ARSchedule EditAll times are Brasilia Time UTC 3 Date Time RoundSaturday 13 August 2016 20 20 QualifyingMonday 15 August 2016 20 35 FinalsResults EditKey o Height cleared x Height failed Height passed r Retired SB Season s best PB Personal best NR National record AR Area record OR Olympic record WR World record WL World lead NM No mark DNS Did not start DQ Disqualified Qualifying round Edit Qualification rule Qualifying performance 5 75 Q or at least 12 best performers q advance to the Final Rank Group Athlete Nation 5 30 5 45 5 60 5 70 Height Notes1 A Sam Kendricks United States o o o o 5 70 q2 B Konstadinos Filippidis Greece o o xo o 5 70 q3 B Thiago Braz da Silva Brazil xx o o 5 70 q4 A Renaud Lavillenie France xo 5 70 qA Xue Changrui China o o xo 5 70 q6 A Piotr Lisek Poland o xo xo 5 70 q7 B Shawnacy Barber Canada xxo o xo 5 70 qA German Chiaraviglio Argentina o o xxo xo 5 70 q SBA Jan Kudlicka Czech Republic o o xxo xo 5 70 q10 B Michal Balner Czech Republic o o o xxx 5 60 qA Pauls Pujats Latvia o o o xxx 5 60 qA Daichi Sawano Japan o o xxx 5 60 q13 A Robert Sobera Poland o x o xxx 5 6014 B Yao Jie China xo xo xxx 5 6015 A Kurtis Marschall Australia o o xxo xxx 5 6016 B Mareks Arents Latvia o o xxx 5 45B Huang Bokai China o o xxx 5 45B Stanley Joseph France o o xxx 5 45B Kevin Menaldo France o xr 5 45B Pawel Wojciechowski Poland o o xxx 5 4521 A Hiroki Ogita Japan xo o xxx 5 4522 A Luke Cutts Great Britain o xo xxx 5 45A Augusto Dutra de Oliveira Brazil o xo xxx 5 45B Robert Renner Slovenia o xo xxx 5 4525 A Tobias Scherbarth Germany xo xo xxx 5 4526 A Raphael Holzdeppe Germany xxo xxx 5 4527 B Ivan Horvat Croatia o xxx 5 3028 B Logan Cunningham United States xxo xxx 5 30B Karsten Dilla Germany xxo xxx 5 30B Cale Simmons United States xxo xxx 5 30 B Seito Yamamoto Japan xxx NM A Melker Svard Jacobsson Sweden DNSFinal Edit Rank Athlete Nation 5 50 5 65 5 75 5 85 5 93 5 98 6 03 6 08 Height Notes Thiago Braz da Silva Brazil o xo o xo xo 6 03 OR AR Renaud Lavillenie France o o o o xx x 5 98 Sam Kendricks United States o xo x o xxx 5 854 Jan Kudlicka Czech Republic o o o x xx 5 75Piotr Lisek Poland o o o x xx 5 756 Xue Changrui China xxo xxo xx x 5 657 Michal Balner Czech Republic o xxx 5 50Konstadinos Filippidis Greece o xxx 5 50Daichi Sawano Japan o xxx 5 5010 Shawnacy Barber Canada xo xxx 5 5011 German Chiaraviglio Argentina xxo xxx 5 50 Pauls Pujats Latvia xxx NMReferences Edit Men s Pole Vault Archived from the original on 6 August 2016 Retrieved 15 August 2016 Pole Vault Men Olympedia Retrieved 29 September 2020 Landells Steve 2016 08 08 Preview men s pole vault Rio 2016 Olympic Games IAAF Retrieved on 2016 08 14 senior indoor 2016 Pole Vault men IAAF Retrieved on 2016 08 14 senior outdoor 2016 Pole Vault men IAAF Retrieved on 2016 08 14 Landells Steve 2016 08 14 Report 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