1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

Events at the 1996 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
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's pole vault event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23 and 25 August.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Paul Burgess  Australia
Silver	Patrik Kristiansson  Sweden
Bronze	Danny Ecker  Germany

Results

Final

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Paul Burgess	Australia	5.35
02 !	Patrik Kristiansson	Sweden	5.30
03 !	Danny Ecker	Germany	5.30
4	Xu Gang	China	5.25
5	Timo Makkonen	Finland	5.10
6	Ferenc László	Hungary	5.10
7	Viktor von Bothmer	Sweden	5.10
8	Jonne Willman	Finland	5.00
8	Lars Börgeling	Germany	5.00
8	Sergey Porokhin	Russia	5.00
11	Christian Linskey	United Kingdom	5.00
12	Roman Morozov	Russia	NH

Qualifications

23 Aug

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Jonne Willman	Finland	5.15	Q
2	Patrik Kristiansson	Sweden	5.15	Q
3	Danny Ecker	Germany	5.15	Q
3	Sergey Porokhin	Russia	5.15	Q
5	Christian Linskey	United Kingdom	5.15	Q
6	Štěpán Janáček	Czech Republic	5.00
7	Rafik Mefti	Algeria	5.00
8	Matt Filsell	Australia	4.90
9	Gabriel Martínez	Spain	4.90
10	Satoru Suzuki	Japan	4.90
11	Jan Žalud	Czech Republic	4.80
12	Nicolas Jolivet	France	NH
13	Shane Stewart	United States	NH

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Timo Makkonen	Finland	5.15	Q
1	Roman Morozov	Russia	5.15	Q
3	Paul Burgess	Australia	5.15	Q
3	Ferenc László	Hungary	5.15	Q
5	Lars Börgeling	Germany	5.15	Q
6	Viktor von Bothmer	Sweden	5.15	Q
7	Xu Gang	China	5.15	Q
8	Romain Mesnil	France	5.10
9	Kazuma Ogura	Japan	5.10
10	Kostas Kouklis	Greece	4.80
11	Mark Davis	United Kingdom	4.60
12	Jim Davis	United States	NH

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References