| Date | 8 – 10 August 2012 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Stratford, London |
| Participants | 32 from 23 countries |
Track & Field News had predicted that the gold in this event would go to France’s Renaud Lavillenie with silver going to Germany’s Björn Otto. Lavillenie was the 2012 World Indoor Champion and had twice won the European title. The defending champion was Australian Steve Hooker, who made the final but he could not clear his opening height.
Six vaulters remained through 5.75 metres, but only Lavillenie, Otto and his teammate, Raphael Holzdeppe, could clear 5.85, settling the podium, although the positions remained to be determined. Lavillenie was in the lead as he was perfect through 5.85. At 5.91 Otto and Holzdeppe had first attempt clearances and went ahead, with Otto in the lead. Lavillenie missed his first attempt at 5.91 and passed to the next height, 5.97. He had a second attempt clearance there while Holzdeppe went out with three misses, giving him the bronze medal. Otto missed twice at 5.97 and passed to 6.02, but could not clear it, giving Lavillenie the gold, Otto taking silver, as predicted.
This was the fourth time that a French vaulter had won Olympic gold, after Fernand Gonder in 1906, Pierre Quinon in 1984, and Jean Galfione in 1996.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Qualifying | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1758 | Renaud Lavillenie |  FRA | 5.65 (=1) | 5.97 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 1917 | Björn Otto |  GER | 5.50 (=8) | 5.91 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 1904 | Raphael Holzdeppe | GER | 5.65 (=1) | 5.91 (3) | Bronze | ||
| =4 | 1817 | Steve Lewis |  GBR | 5.50 (=8) | 5.75 (=4) | |||
| =4 | 2817 | Yevgeny Lukyanenko |  RUS | 5.60 (=4) | 5.75 (=4) | |||
| 6 | 1980 | Kostas Filippidis |  GRE | 5.60 (3) | 5.65 (6) | |||
| 7 | 1518 | Jan Kudlička |  CZE | 5.50 (=8) | 5.65 (7) | |||
| =8 | 1763 | Romain Mesnil | FRA | 5.60 (6) | 5.50 (=8) | |||
| =8 | 1915 | Malte Mohr | GER | 5.50 (=8) | 5.50 (=8) | |||
| 10 | 2663 | Łukasz Michalski |  POL | 5.60 (7) | 5.50 (10) | |||
| 11 | 1611 | Igor Bychkov |  ESP | 5.50 (=8) | 5.50 (11) | |||
| AC r2/2 | 1046 | Steve Hooker |  AUS | 5.50 (=8) | – ( | |||
| AC r2/2 | 3259 | Brad Walker |  USA | 5.60 (=4) | – ( | |||
| 14 r1/2 | 3251 | Jeremy Scott | USA | 5.50 (14) | – | |||
| =15 r1/2 | 1464 | Lázaro Borges |  CUB | 5.50 (=15) | – | |||
| =15 r1/2 | 2815 | Sergey Kucheryanu | RUS | 5.50 (=15) | – | |||
| 17 r1/2 | 2267 | Nikita Filippov |  KAZ | 5.35 (17) | – | |||
| =18 r1/2 | 1453 | Ivan Horvat |  CRO | 5.35 (=18) | – | |||
| =18 r1/2 | 1365 | Yang Yansheng |  CHN | 5.35 (=18) | – | |||
| 20 r1/2 | 2386 | Mareks Ārents |  LAT | 5.35 (20) | – | |||
| 21 r1/2 | 2713 | Edi Maia |  POR | 5.20 (22) | – | |||
| 1719 | Jere Bergius |  FIN | – ( | – | ||||
| 1218 | Fábio Gomes |  BRA | – ( | – | ||||
| 3001 | Alhaji Jeng |  SWE | – ( | – | ||||
| 2357 | Kim Yu-Seok |  KOR | – ( | – | ||||
| 3238 | Derek Miles | USA | – ( | – | ||||
| 2676 | Paweł Wojciechowski | POL | – ( | – | ||||
| 2243 | Seito Yamamoto |  JPN | – ( | – | ||||
| 3151 | Denys Yurchenko |  UKR | – ( | – | ||||
| 3139 | Maksym Mazuryk | UKR | [5.35] ( | – | 1 | |||
| 2833 | Dmitry Starodubtsev | RUS | [5.60] ( | [5.75] ( | 2 | |||
| 1172 | Stanislau Tsivonchyk |  BLR | [5.20] ( | – | 3 |
| Date | 8 August 2012 — 10:00 |
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| Format | Top 12 and ties and all those clearing 5.70 metres advanced to the final. |
| Pos | Start Order | Competitor | NOC | Best Height Cleared | Misses at Best Height Cleared | Total Misses thru Best Height Cleared | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | 7 | Raphael Holzdeppe | GER | 5.65 | 0 | 1 | ||
| =1 | 13 | Renaud Lavillenie | FRA | 5.65 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 8 | Kostas Filippidis | GRE | 5.60 | 0 | 0 | ||
| =4 | 15 | Yevgeny Lukyanenko | RUS | 5.60 | 0 | 2 | ||
| =4 | 12 | Brad Walker | USA | 5.60 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Romain Mesnil | FRA | 5.60 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Łukasz Michalski | POL | 5.60 | 1 | 4 | ||
| =8 | 14 | Igor Bychkov | ESP | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | ||
| =8 | 11 | Steve Hooker | AUS | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | ||
| =8 | 2 | Jan Kudlička | CZE | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | ||
| =8 | 8 | Steve Lewis | GBR | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | ||
| =8 | 10 | Malte Mohr | GER | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | ||
| =8 | 2 | Björn Otto | GER | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Jeremy Scott | USA | 5.50 | 1 | 1 | ||
| =15 | 9 | Lázaro Borges | CUB | 5.50 | 1 | 3 | ||
| =15 | 4 | Sergey Kucheryanu | RUS | 5.50 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Nikita Filippov | KAZ | 5.35 | 0 | 0 | ||
| =18 | 14 | Ivan Horvat | CRO | 5.35 | 1 | 1 | ||
| =18 | 3 | Yang Yansheng | CHN | 5.35 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 20 | 6 | Mareks Ārents | LAT | 5.35 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 22 | 6 | Edi Maia | POR | 5.20 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7 | Jere Bergius | FIN | – | – | – | |||
| 5 | Fábio Gomes | BRA | – | – | – | |||
| 2 | Alhaji Jeng | SWE | – | – | – | |||
| 16 | Kim Yu-Seok | KOR | – | – | – | |||
| 12 | Derek Miles | USA | – | – | – | |||
| 10 | Paweł Wojciechowski | POL | – | – | – | |||
| 4 | Seito Yamamoto | JPN | – | – | – | |||
| 5 | Denys Yurchenko | UKR | – | – | – | |||
| 1 | Maksym Mazuryk | UKR | [5.35] | [0] | [0] | 4 | ||
| 8 | Dmitry Starodubtsev | RUS | [5.60] | [1] | [3] | 5 | ||
| 15 | Stanislau Tsivonchyk | BLR | [5.20] | [1] | [1] | 6 |
| Date | 8 August 2012 — 10:00 |
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| Pos | Start Order | Competitor | NOC | Best Height Cleared | Misses at Best Height Cleared | Total Misses thru Best Height Cleared | Attempts at 5.20 m | Attempts at 5.35 m | Attempts at 5.50 m | Attempts at 5.60 m | Attempts at 5.65 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Kostas Filippidis | GRE | 5.60 | 0 | 0 | - | o | o | o | - | ||
| 2 | 15 | Yevgeny Lukyanenko | RUS | 5.60 | 0 | 2 | - | - | xxo | o | - | ||
| 3 | 3 | Romain Mesnil | FRA | 5.60 | 1 | 2 | - | xo | o | xo | - | ||
| 4 | 7 | Łukasz Michalski | POL | 5.60 | 1 | 4 | - | xo | xxo | xo | - | ||
| =5 | 11 | Steve Hooker | AUS | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | - | - | o | - | - | ||
| =5 | 13 | Steve Lewis | GBR | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | - | - | o | - | - | ||
| =5 | 10 | Malte Mohr | GER | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | - | - | o | - | - | ||
| =5 | 2 | Björn Otto | GER | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | - | - | o | - | - | ||
| 9 | 9 | Jeremy Scott | USA | 5.50 | 1 | 1 | - | o | xo | xxx | – | ||
| 10 | 14 | Ivan Horvat | CRO | 5.35 | 1 | 1 | o | xo | xxx | – | – | ||
| 11 | 6 | Edi Maia | POR | 5.20 | 2 | 2 | xxo | xxx | – | – | – | ||
| 5 | Fábio Gomes | BRA | – | - | - | xxx | – | – | – | – | |||
| 16 | Kim Yu-Seok | KOR | – | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 12 | Derek Miles | USA | – | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 4 | Seito Yamamoto | JPN | – | - | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1 | Maksym Mazuryk | UKR | [5.35] | [0] | [0] | [-] | [o] | [xxx] | – | – | 7 |
| Date | 8 August 2012 — 10:00 |
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| Pos | Start Order | Competitor | NOC | Best Height Cleared | Misses at Best Height Cleared | Total Misses thru Best Height Cleared | Attempts at 5.20 m | Attempts at 5.35 m | Attempts at 5.50 m | Attempts at 5.60 m | Attempts at 5.65 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | 16 | Raphael Holzdeppe | GER | 5.65 | 0 | 1 | - | - | xo | - | o | ||
| =1 | 13 | Renaud Lavillenie | FRA | 5.65 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | xo | o | ||
| 3 | 12 | Brad Walker | USA | 5.60 | 0 | 2 | - | - | xxo | o | - | ||
| =4 | 14 | Igor Bychkov | ESP | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | o | - | o | xx- | x | ||
| =4 | 1 | Jan Kudlička | CZE | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | - | o | o | - | - | ||
| =6 | 9 | Lázaro Borges | CUB | 5.50 | 1 | 3 | - | xxo | xo | xxx | – | ||
| =6 | 4 | Sergey Kucheryanu | RUS | 5.50 | 1 | 3 | - | xxo | xo | xxx | – | ||
| 8 | 11 | Nikita Filippov | KAZ | 5.35 | 0 | 0 | o | o | xxx | – | – | ||
| 9 | 3 | Yang Yansheng | CHN | 5.35 | 1 | 1 | - | xo | xxx | – | – | ||
| 10 | 6 | Mareks Ārents | LAT | 5.35 | 1 | 2 | xo | xo | xxx | – | – | ||
| 7 | Jere Bergius | FIN | – | - | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2 | Alhaji Jeng | SWE | – | - | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 10 | Paweł Wojciechowski | POL | – | - | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 5 | Denys Yurchenko | UKR | – | - | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 8 | Dmitry Starodubtsev | RUS | [5.60] | [1] | [3] | [-] | [xo] | [xo] | [xo] | [-] | 8 | ||
| 15 | Stanislau Tsivonchyk | BLR | [5.20] | [1] | [1] | [xo] | [xxx] | – | – | – | 9 |
| Date | 10 August 2012 — 19:00 |
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| Pos | Start Order | Competitor | NOC | Best Height Cleared | Misses at Best Height Cleared | Total Misses thru Best Height Cleared | Attempts at 5.50 m | Attempts at 5.65 m | Attempts at 5.75 m | Attempts at 5.85 m | Attempts at 5.91 m | Attempts at 5.97 m | Attempts at 6.02 m | Attempts at 6.07 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | Renaud Lavillenie | FRA | 5.97 | 1 | 2 | - | o | o | o | x- | xo | x- | xx | ||
| 2 | 13 | Björn Otto | GER | 5.91 | 0 | 2 | o | o | xo | xo | o | xx- | x- | – | ||
| 3 | 7 | Raphael Holzdeppe | GER | 5.91 | 0 | 4 | - | xo | xo | xxo | o | xxx | – | – | ||
| =4 | 8 | Steve Lewis | GBR | 5.75 | 1 | 2 | xo | - | xo | xxx | – | – | – | – | ||
| =4 | 4 | Yevgeny Lukyanenko | RUS | 5.75 | 1 | 2 | xo | - | xo | xxx | – | – | – | – | ||
| 6 | 3 | Kostas Filippidis | GRE | 5.65 | 1 | 1 | o | xo | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 7 | 2 | Jan Kudlička | CZE | 5.65 | 2 | 2 | o | xxo | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| =8 | 5 | Romain Mesnil | FRA | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | o | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| =8 | 10 | Malte Mohr | GER | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | o | - | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 10 | 11 | Łukasz Michalski | POL | 5.50 | 1 | 1 | xo | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 11 | 9 | Igor Bychkov | ESP | 5.50 | 2 | 2 | xxo | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1 | Steve Hooker | AUS | – | - | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 6 | Brad Walker | USA | – | - | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 12 | Dmitry Starodubtsev | RUS | [5.75] | [0] | [1] | [o] | [xo] | [o] | [xxx] | – | – | – | – | 10 |
