2020 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Men's Pole Vault | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 31 - Final | |||
SWESweden | Armand Duplantis | 6.02 | |
USAUnited States | Chris Nilsen | 5.97 | |
BRABrazil | Thiago Braz da Silva | 5.87 | |
| 4 | GREGreece | Emmanouil Karalis | 5.80 |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Kc Lightfoot | 5.80 |
| 6 | POLPoland | Piotr Lisek | 5.80 |
| 7 | GBRGreat Britain | Harry Coppell | 5.80 |
| 8 | FRAFrance | Renaud Lavillenie | 5.70 |
| 9 | GERGermany | Oleg Zernikel | 5.70 |
| 10 | TURTürkiye | Ersu Sasma | 5.70 |
| 11 | GERGermany | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre | 5.70 |
| 11 | PHIPhilippines | Ernest Obiena | 5.70 |
| 13 | NEDNetherlands | Menno Vloon | 5.55 |
| 14 | AUSAustralia | Kurtis Marschall | NoM |
| 15 | POLPoland | Robert Sobera | 5.65 |
| 16 | BRABrazil | Augusto Dutra | 5.65 |
| 17 | FRAFrance | Valentin Lavillenie | 5.65 |
| 18 | BELBelgium | Ben Broeders | 5.65 |
| 19 | KORSouth Korea | Jin Minsub | 5.50 |
| 19 | USAUnited States | Matthew Ludwig | 5.50 |
| 21 | CHNChina | Huang Bokai | 5.50 |
| 22 | FRAFrance | Ethan Cormont | 5.50 |
| 22 | GREGreece | Konstadínos Filippídis | 5.50 |
| 24 | NORNorway | Sondre Guttormsen | 5.50 |
| 25 | GERGermany | Torben Blech | 5.30 |
| 25 | JPNJapan | Seito Yamamoto | 5.30 |
| 25 | JPNJapan | Masaki Ejima | 5.30 |
| 28 | POLPoland | Pawel Wojciechowski | 5.30 |
ARGArgentina | Germán Chiaraviglio | DNS | |
ITAItaly | Claudio Stecchi | NoM | |
| Men's Pole Vault, Qualification, Group B | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 31 - Final | |||
| 1 | GERGermany | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre | 5.75 |
| 1 | USAUnited States | Chris Nilsen | 5.75 |
| 3 | SWESweden | Armand Duplantis | 5.75 |
| 4 | NEDNetherlands | Menno Vloon | 5.75 |
| 5 | BRABrazil | Thiago Braz da Silva | 5.75 |
| 6 | POLPoland | Piotr Lisek | 5.75 q |
| 7 | GBRGreat Britain | Harry Coppell | 5.65 q |
| 7 | TURTürkiye | Ersu Sasma | 5.65 q |
| 9 | BELBelgium | Ben Broeders | 5.65 |
| 10 | USAUnited States | Matthew Ludwig | 5.50 |
| 11 | CHNChina | Huang Bokai | 5.50 |
| 12 | FRAFrance | Ethan Cormont | 5.50 |
| 12 | GREGreece | Konstadínos Filippídis | 5.50 |
| 14 | JPNJapan | Seito Yamamoto | 5.30 |
ARGArgentina | Germán Chiaraviglio | DNS | |
| Men's Pole Vault, Qualification, Group A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 31 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Kc Lightfoot | 5.75 q |
| 2 | AUSAustralia | Kurtis Marschall | 5.75 q |
| 3 | FRAFrance | Renaud Lavillenie | 5.75 q |
| 4 | GREGreece | Emmanouil Karalis | 5.75 q |
| 5 | PHIPhilippines | Ernest Obiena | 5.75 q |
| 6 | GERGermany | Oleg Zernikel | 5.65 q |
| 7 | POLPoland | Robert Sobera | 5.65 q |
| 8 | BRABrazil | Augusto Dutra | 5.65 |
| 9 | FRAFrance | Valentin Lavillenie | 5.65 |
| 10 | KORSouth Korea | Jin Minsub | 5.50 |
| 11 | NORNorway | Sondre Guttormsen | 5.50 |
| 12 | GERGermany | Torben Blech | 5.30 |
| 12 | JPNJapan | Masaki Ejima | 5.30 |
| 14 | POLPoland | Pawel Wojciechowski | 5.30 |
ITAItaly | Claudio Stecchi | NoM | |
| Men's Pole Vault, Qualification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 31 - Final | |||
| 1 | GERGermany | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre | 5.75 q |
| 1 | USAUnited States | Chris Nilsen | 5.75 q |
| 3 | SWESweden | Armand Duplantis | 5.75 q |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Kc Lightfoot | 5.75 q |
| 5 | AUSAustralia | Kurtis Marschall | 5.75 q |
| 6 | FRAFrance | Renaud Lavillenie | 5.75 q |
| 7 | NEDNetherlands | Menno Vloon | 5.75 q |
| 8 | BRABrazil | Thiago Braz da Silva | 5.75 q |
| 8 | GREGreece | Emmanouil Karalis | 5.75 q |
| 10 | PHIPhilippines | Ernest Obiena | 5.75 q |
| 11 | POLPoland | Piotr Lisek | 5.75 q |
| 12 | GBRGreat Britain | Harry Coppell | 5.65 q |
| 12 | GERGermany | Oleg Zernikel | 5.65 q |
| 12 | TURTürkiye | Ersu Sasma | 5.65 q |
| 15 | POLPoland | Robert Sobera | 5.65 |
| 16 | BRABrazil | Augusto Dutra | 5.65 |
| 17 | FRAFrance | Valentin Lavillenie | 5.65 |
| 18 | BELBelgium | Ben Broeders | 5.65 |
| 19 | KORSouth Korea | Jin Minsub | 5.50 |
| 19 | USAUnited States | Matthew Ludwig | 5.50 |
| 21 | CHNChina | Huang Bokai | 5.50 |
| 22 | FRAFrance | Ethan Cormont | 5.50 |
| 22 | GREGreece | Konstadínos Filippídis | 5.50 |
| 24 | NORNorway | Sondre Guttormsen | 5.50 |
| 25 | GERGermany | Torben Blech | 5.30 |
| 25 | JPNJapan | Seito Yamamoto | 5.30 |
| 25 | JPNJapan | Masaki Ejima | 5.30 |
| 28 | POLPoland | Pawel Wojciechowski | 5.30 |
ARGArgentina | Germán Chiaraviglio | DNS | |
ITAItaly | Claudio Stecchi | NoM | |
| Men's Pole Vault, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | SWESweden | Armand Duplantis | 6.02 |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Chris Nilsen | 5.97 |
| 3 | BRABrazil | Thiago Braz da Silva | 5.87 |
| 4 | GREGreece | Emmanouil Karalis | 5.80 |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Kc Lightfoot | 5.80 |
| 6 | POLPoland | Piotr Lisek | 5.80 |
| 7 | GBRGreat Britain | Harry Coppell | 5.80 |
| 8 | FRAFrance | Renaud Lavillenie | 5.70 |
| 9 | GERGermany | Oleg Zernikel | 5.70 |
| 10 | TURTürkiye | Ersu Sasma | 5.70 |
| 11 | GERGermany | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre | 5.70 |
| 11 | PHIPhilippines | Ernest Obiena | 5.70 |
| 13 | NEDNetherlands | Menno Vloon | 5.55 |
AUSAustralia | Kurtis Marschall | NoM | |
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