Men Pole Vault Athletics VIII World Championship 2001 Edmonton, Canada - Thursday 09.08

Men Pole Vault Athletics VIII World Championship 2001 Edmonton, Canada - Thursday 09.08 - Gold Medal: Dmitri Markov, Australia

Final 18:10		Height	550	565	575	585	590	595	605	610
1. Dmitri Markov	AUS	6.05m	-	-	XXO	-	O	O	XO	XXX
2. Aleksandr Averbukh	ISR	5.85m	-	XO	O	O	X-	XX
3. Nick Hysong	USA	5.85m	-	O	O	XO	XXX
4. Michael Stolle	GER	5.85m	XXO	O	O	XO	XXX
5. Romain Mesnil	FRA	5.85m	-	XXO	O	XXO	XXX
6. Christian Tamminga	NED	5.75m	O	O	O	XXX	Men Pole Vault History
6. Richard Spiegelburg	GER	5.75m	O	O	O	XXX
8. Adam Kolasa	POL	5.75m	XO	O	O	XXX
9. Timothy Mack	USA	5.75m	O	XXO	O	XXX
10.Viktor Chistiakov	AUS	5.75m	XXO	XO	XO	XXX
11.Danny Ecker	GER	5.65m	-	O	-	XXX
12.Martin Eriksson	SWE	5.50m	XO	XXX
-. Rens Blom	NED	NM	XXX

A record 10 men cleared 5.75 in the final. At 5.85, four were successful, excluding Seville silver medallist Markov who was nursing a stubbed toe. He saved himself for 5.90, and had he failed the Belarusborn Australian would have finished just 10th. He cleared first time, while Hysong, Stolle and Mesnil were eliminated. Only Averbukh was left to challenge Markov after saving his last two attempts for 5.95. Markov was over the first time while Averbukh went out. Then the 26 year-old produced arguably the finest performance of the Edmonton Championships by going over 6.05 on his second attempt.. This was not only a meeting record, but also the highest ever mark at any major championship. After his win, Markov gave three bottles of champagne to the doctors who had treated his injured toe for 13 hours prior to the final.

Qualification - Tuesday 07.08 9.00h

Mark 5.75m 0+13 Athletes

Group A		Height	530	550	560	570
1. Christian Tamminga	NED	5.70m	XO	O	O	O
1. Timothy Mack	USA	5.70m	XO	O	O	O
3. Richard Spiegelburg	GER	5.70m	XO	O	XXO	O
3. Viktor Chistiakov	AUS	5.70m	O	XXO	XO	O
5. Michael Stolle	GER	5.70m	XO	XO	XXO	O
6. Romain Mesnil	FRA	5.70m	-	XXO	-	XO
7. Martin Eriksson	SWE	5.70m	-	O	XO	XXO
7. Aleksandr Averbukh	ISR	5.70m	-	O	XO	XXO
7. Adam Kolasa	POL	5.70m	O	XO	O	XXO
10. Dominic Johnson	LCA	5.60m	-	O	XO	XXX
11. Vasiliy Gorshkov	RUS	5.50m	O	XXO	XXX
-. Manabu Yokoyama	JPN	NM	XXX

Group B		Height	530	550	560	570
1. Dmitri Markov	AUS	5.70m	-	-	O	O
2. Nick Hysong	USA	5.70m	-	XO	O	O
3. Danny Ecker	GER	5.70m	-	XO	XO	O
4. Rens Blom	NED	5.70m	O	XO	XO	XXO
5. Patrik Kristiansson	SWE	5.60m	O	O	O	XXX
6. Piotr Buciarski	DEN	5.60m	O	O	XO	XXX
7. Montxu Miranda	ESP	5.60m	XXO	XO	XO	XXX
8. Russ Buller	USA	5.60m	-	O	XXO	XXX
9. Stepan Janacek	CZE	5.50m	O	O	XXX
10.Vesa Rantanen	FIN	5.50m	XXO	O	XXX
11.Nick Buckfield	GBR	5.30m	XO	XXX
11.Rob Pike	CAN	5.30m	XO	XXX
-. Giuseppe Gibilisco	ITA	NM	XXX