1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

Events at the
1998 World Junior
Championships in Athletics

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
5000 m walk women
10,000 m walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's pole vault event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 2 August.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Pavel Gerasimov
 Russia
Silver Lars Börgeling
 Germany
Bronze Paul Burgess
 Australia
Bronze Adam Ptáček
 Czech Republic
Bronze Giuseppe Gibilisco
 Italy

Results

Final

2 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Pavel Gerasimov  Russia 5.55
2nd, silver medalist(s) Lars Börgeling  Germany 5.50
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Paul Burgess  Australia 5.20
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Adam Ptáček  Czech Republic 5.20
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Giuseppe Gibilisco  Italy 5.20
6 Jacob Pauli  United States 5.10
7 Jukka Nurmela  Finland 5.10
8 Thibaut Duval  Belgium 5.00
8 Gildas Verbist  France 5.00
8 Georgi Wassilew  Germany 5.00
11 Yevgeniy Mikhaylichenko  Russia 5.00
12 Christian Linskey  United Kingdom 5.00
13 Arnaud Verguet  France 4.80
13 Brian Hunter  United States 4.80
14 Xu Gang  China NH
15 Kim Do-Kyun  South Korea NH

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 Dec 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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