2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault

The Men's pole vault event at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 7–8.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Renaud Lavillenie  France	Pavel Gerasimov  Russia	Alexander Straub  Germany

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	5.20	5.40	5.55	5.65	5.70	Result	Notes
1	Renaud Lavillenie	France	–	o	o	o	o	5.70	q
2	Romain Mesnil	France	–	–	xo	o	o	5.70	q
3	Steven Lewis	Great Britain	–	xo	xo	xo	o	5.70	q
4	Pavel Gerasimov	Russia	–	o	o	o	xo	5.70	q
5	Łukasz Michalski	Poland	o	o	xo	xo	xo	5.70	q, PB
5	Spas Bukhalov	Bulgaria	–	o	xxo	o	xo	5.70	q, SB
5	Alexander Straub	Germany	–	o	xo	xo	xo	5.70	q
8	Alhaji Jeng	Sweden	–	xo	o	xo	xxx	5.65	q
9	Danny Ecker	Germany	–	xo	–	xxo	xxx	5.65
10	Malte Mohr	Germany	–	o	xxo	xxo	xxx	5.65
11	Dmitriy Starodubtsev	Russia	o	o	o	xxx		5.55
11	Mateusz Didenkow	Poland	–	o	o	xxx		5.55
DQ	Kevin Rans	Belgium	o	xo	xxx			5.40	Doping
13	Viktor Chistyakov	Russia	o	xxo	xxx			5.40
13	Michal Balner	Czech Republic	–	xxo	xxx			5.40
15	Giorgio Piantella	Italy	o	xxo	xxx			5.40
16	Adam Kolasa	Poland	xo	xxx				5.20
	Rasmus Jørgensen	Denmark	xxx					NM
	Giuseppe Gibilisco	Italy	–	–	xxx			NM

Final

Renaud Lavillenie of France won his first major title at these championships.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	5.41	5.51	5.61	5.71	5.76	5.81	5.91	Result	Notes
	Renaud Lavillenie	France	–	o	–	o	o	o	xxx	5.81	=PB
	Pavel Gerasimov	Russia	–	xo	o	o	o	xxx		5.76
	Alexander Straub	Germany	–	o	–	xxo	o	xxx		5.76
4	Steven Lewis	Great Britain	o	–	o	xo	xxx			5.71
5	Alhaji Jeng	Sweden	–	xxo	–	xxo	–	xxx		5.71
6	Łukasz Michalski	Poland	o	–	o	xxx				5.61
7	Romain Mesnil	France	–	o	xxo	–	x–	xx		5.61
8	Spas Bukhalov	Bulgaria	xxo	–	xxx					5.41

References

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