2025 World Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault
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The men's pole vault at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 13 and 15 September 2025.
Infobox
Venue
National Stadium
Location
Tokyo, Japan
Dates
13 September (qualification) 15 September (final)
Winning height
6.30 m WR
Tables
· Records
World Record
World Record
Record
World Record
Athlete & Nat.
Armand Duplantis (SWE)
Perf.
6.29 m
Location
Budapest. Hungary
Date
12 August 2025
Championship Record
Championship Record
Record
Championship Record
Athlete & Nat.
6.21 m
Perf.
Eugene, United States
Location
24 July 2022
World Leading
World Leading
Record
World Leading
Athlete & Nat.
6.29 m
Perf.
Budapest. Hungary
Location
12 August 2025
African Record
African Record
Record
African Record
Athlete & Nat.
Okkert Brits (RSA)
Perf.
6.03 m
Location
Cologne, Germany
Date
18 August 1995
Asian Record
Asian Record
Record
Asian Record
Athlete & Nat.
Ernest John Obiena (PHI)
Perf.
6.00 m
Location
Bergen, Norway
Date
10 June 2023
European Record
European Record
Record
European Record
Athlete & Nat.
Armand Duplantis (SWE)
Perf.
6.29 m
Location
Budapest. Hungary
Date
12 August 2025
North, Central American and Caribbean Record
North, Central American and Caribbean Record
Record
North, Central American and Caribbean Record
Athlete & Nat.
KC Lightfoot (USA)
Perf.
6.07 m
Location
Nashville, United States
Date
2 June 2023
South American Record
South American Record
Record
South American Record
Athlete & Nat.
Thiago Braz (BRA)
Perf.
6.03 m
Location
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date
15 August 2016
Oceanian Record
Oceanian Record
Record
Oceanian Record
Athlete & Nat.
Steven Hooker (AUS)
Perf.
6.06 m (i)
Location
Boston, United States
Date
7 February 2009
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
| World Record | Armand Duplantis (SWE) | 6.29 m | Budapest. Hungary | 12 August 2025 |
| Championship Record | 6.21 m | Eugene, United States | 24 July 2022 | |
| World Leading | 6.29 m | Budapest. Hungary | 12 August 2025 | |
| African Record | Okkert Brits (RSA) | 6.03 m | Cologne, Germany | 18 August 1995 |
| Asian Record | Ernest John Obiena (PHI) | 6.00 m | Bergen, Norway | 10 June 2023 |
| European Record | Armand Duplantis (SWE) | 6.29 m | Budapest. Hungary | 12 August 2025 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean Record | KC Lightfoot (USA) | 6.07 m | Nashville, United States | 2 June 2023 |
| South American Record | Thiago Braz (BRA) | 6.03 m | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 15 August 2016 |
| Oceanian Record | Steven Hooker (AUS) | m (i) | Boston, United States | 7 February 2009 |
· Schedule
13 September
13 September
Date
13 September
Time
19:05
Round
Qualification
15 September
15 September
Date
15 September
Time
19:49
Round
Final
| Date | Time | Round |
| 13 September | 19:05 | Qualification |
| 15 September | 19:49 | Final |
· Results › Qualification › Group A
1
1
Place
1
Athlete
Emmanouil Karalis
Nation
Greece
5.40
–
5.55
o
5.70
–
5.75
o
Mark
5.75
Notes
q
1
1
Place
1
Athlete
Sam Kendricks
Nation
United States
5.40
–
5.55
o
5.70
o
5.75
o
Mark
5.75
Notes
q
1
1
Place
1
Athlete
Armand Duplantis
Nation
Sweden
5.40
–
5.55
o
5.70
–
5.75
o
Mark
5.75
Notes
q
1
1
Place
1
Athlete
Sondre Guttormsen
Nation
Norway
5.40
o
5.55
o
5.70
o
5.75
o
Mark
5.75
Notes
q
5
5
Place
5
Athlete
Kurtis Marschall
Nation
Australia
5.40
o
5.55
o
5.70
xo
5.75
o
Mark
5.75
Notes
q
6
6
Place
6
Athlete
Bo Kanda Lita Baehre
Nation
Germany
5.40
xo
5.55
xo
5.70
o
5.75
o
Mark
5.75
Notes
q, SB
7
7
Place
7
Athlete
Renaud Lavillenie
Nation
France
5.40
–
5.55
o
5.70
xxo
5.75
xo
Mark
5.75
Notes
q
8
8
Place
8
Athlete
Ersu Şaşma
Nation
Turkey
5.40
–
5.55
xxo
5.70
–
5.75
xxo
Mark
5.75
Notes
q
9
9
Place
9
Athlete
Ben Broeders
Nation
Belgium
5.40
o
5.55
o
5.70
xo
5.75
xxx
Mark
5.70
10
10
Place
10
Athlete
Hussain Asim Al Hizam
Nation
Saudi Arabia
5.40
xo
5.55
xo
5.70
xxo
5.75
xxx
Mark
5.70
11
11
Place
11
Athlete
Ernest John Obiena
Nation
Philippines
5.40
–
5.55
o
5.70
xx–
5.75
x
Mark
5.55
11
11
Place
11
Athlete
Matěj Ščerba
Nation
Czech Republic
5.40
o
5.55
o
5.70
xxx
Mark
5.55
12
12
Place
12
Athlete
Simone Bertelli
Nation
Italy
5.40
xo
5.55
o
5.70
xxx
Mark
5.55
14
14
Place
14
Athlete
Valters Kreišs
Nation
Latvia
5.40
o
5.55
xxo
5.70
xxx
Mark
5.55
14
14
Place
14
Athlete
Austin Miller
Nation
United States
5.40
o
5.55
xxo
5.70
xxx
Mark
5.55
16
16
Place
16
Athlete
Simen Guttormsen
Nation
Norway
5.40
o
5.55
xxx
Mark
5.40
–
–
Place
–
Athlete
Kyle Rademeyer
Nation
South Africa
5.40
xxx
Mark
NM
–
–
Place
–
Athlete
Urho Kujanpää
Nation
Finland
5.40
xxx
Mark
NM
| Place | Athlete | Nation | 5.40 | 5.55 | 5.70 | 5.75 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | Emmanouil Karalis | Greece | – | o | – | o | 5.75 | q |
| 1 | Sam Kendricks | United States | – | o | o | o | 5.75 | q |
| 1 | Armand Duplantis | Sweden | – | o | – | o | 5.75 | q |
| 1 | Sondre Guttormsen | Norway | o | o | o | o | 5.75 | q |
| 5 | Kurtis Marschall | Australia | o | o | xo | o | 5.75 | q |
| 6 | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre | Germany | xo | xo | o | o | 5.75 | q, SB |
| 7 | Renaud Lavillenie | France | – | o | xxo | xo | 5.75 | q |
| 8 | Ersu Şaşma | Turkey | – | xxo | – | xxo | 5.75 | q |
| 9 | Ben Broeders | Belgium | o | o | xo | xxx | 5.70 | |
| 10 | Hussain Asim Al Hizam | Saudi Arabia | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | 5.70 | |
| 11 | Ernest John Obiena | Philippines | – | o | xx– | x | 5.55 | |
| 11 | Matěj Ščerba | Czech Republic | o | o | xxx | 5.55 | ||
| 12 | Simone Bertelli | Italy | xo | o | xxx | 5.55 | ||
| 14 | Valters Kreišs | Latvia | o | xxo | xxx | 5.55 | ||
| 14 | Austin Miller | United States | o | xxo | xxx | 5.55 | ||
| 16 | Simen Guttormsen | Norway | o | xxx | 5.40 | |||
| – | Kyle Rademeyer | South Africa | xxx | NM | ||||
| – | Urho Kujanpää | Finland | xxx | NM |
· Results › Qualification › Group B
1
1
Place
1
Athlete
Menno Vloon
Nation
Netherlands
5.40
o
5.55
o
5.70
xo
5.75
o
Mark
5.75
Notes
q
2
2
Place
2
Athlete
Ethan Cormont
Nation
France
5.40
o
5.55
o
5.70
xxo
5.75
o
Mark
5.75
Notes
q
3
3
Place
3
Athlete
Thibaut Collet
Nation
France
5.40
–
5.55
xo
5.70
o
5.75
xo
Mark
5.75
Notes
q
4
4
Place
4
Athlete
Seif Heneida
Nation
Qatar
5.40
o
5.55
xo
5.70
xo
5.75
xxo
Mark
5.75
Notes
q, NR
5
5
Place
5
Athlete
David Holý
Nation
Czech Republic
5.40
o
5.55
o
5.70
o
5.75
xxx
Mark
5.70
6
6
Place
6
Athlete
Piotr Lisek
Nation
Poland
5.40
–
5.55
o
5.70
o
5.75
xxx
Mark
5.70
7
7
Place
7
Athlete
Matt Ludwig
Nation
United States
5.40
o
5.55
xo
5.70
o
5.75
xxx
Mark
5.70
8
8
Place
8
Athlete
Oleksandr Onufriyev
Nation
Ukraine
5.40
o
5.55
o
5.70
xxx
Mark
5.55
9
9
Place
9
Athlete
Li Chenyang
Nation
China
5.40
xo
5.55
o
5.70
xxx
Mark
5.55
10
10
Place
10
Athlete
Oleg Zernikel
Nation
Germany
5.40
xxo
5.55
xo
5.70
xxx
Mark
5.55
11
11
Place
11
Athlete
Márton Böndör
Nation
Hungary
5.40
o
5.55
xxx
Mark
5.40
11
11
Place
11
Athlete
Artur Coll
Nation
Spain
5.40
o
5.55
xxx
Mark
5.40
11
11
Place
11
Athlete
Zhong Tao
Nation
China
5.40
o
5.55
xxx
Mark
5.40
14
14
Place
14
Athlete
Torben Blech
Nation
Germany
5.40
xo
5.55
xxx
Mark
5.40
14
14
Place
14
Athlete
Ioannis Rizos
Nation
Greece
5.40
xo
5.55
xxx
Mark
5.40
–
–
Place
–
Athlete
Huang Bokai
Nation
China
5.40
–
5.55
xxx
Mark
NM
–
–
Place
–
Athlete
Ricardo Montes de Oca
Nation
Venezuela
5.40
xxx
Mark
NM
–
–
Place
–
Athlete
Matteo Oliveri
Nation
Italy
5.40
xxx
Mark
NM
| Place | Athlete | Nation | 5.40 | 5.55 | 5.70 | 5.75 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | Menno Vloon | Netherlands | o | o | xo | o | 5.75 | q |
| 2 | Ethan Cormont | France | o | o | xxo | o | 5.75 | q |
| 3 | Thibaut Collet | France | – | xo | o | xo | 5.75 | q |
| 4 | Seif Heneida | Qatar | o | xo | xo | xxo | 5.75 | q, NR |
| 5 | David Holý | Czech Republic | o | o | o | xxx | 5.70 | |
| 6 | Piotr Lisek | Poland | – | o | o | xxx | 5.70 | |
| 7 | Matt Ludwig | United States | o | xo | o | xxx | 5.70 | |
| 8 | Oleksandr Onufriyev | Ukraine | o | o | xxx | 5.55 | ||
| 9 | Li Chenyang | China | xo | o | xxx | 5.55 | ||
| 10 | Oleg Zernikel | Germany | xxo | xo | xxx | 5.55 | ||
| 11 | Márton Böndör | Hungary | o | xxx | 5.40 | |||
| 11 | Artur Coll | Spain | o | xxx | 5.40 | |||
| 11 | Zhong Tao | China | o | xxx | 5.40 | |||
| 14 | Torben Blech | Germany | xo | xxx | 5.40 | |||
| 14 | Ioannis Rizos | Greece | xo | xxx | 5.40 | |||
| – | Huang Bokai | China | – | xxx | NM | |||
| – | Ricardo Montes de Oca | Venezuela | xxx | NM | ||||
| – | Matteo Oliveri | Italy | xxx | NM |
· Results › Final
4
4
Place
4
Athlete
Sam Kendricks
Nation
United States
5.55
o
5.75
o
5.85
o
5.90
x–
5.95
xo
6.00
xxx
Mark
5.95
Notes
SB
5
5
Place
5
Athlete
Thibaut Collet
Nation
France
5.55
xo
5.75
o
5.85
o
5.90
o
5.95
xx–
6.00
x
Mark
5.90
6
6
Place
6
Athlete
Sondre Guttormsen
Nation
Norway
5.55
o
5.75
xxo
5.85
xo
5.90
o
5.95
x–
6.00
xx
Mark
5.90
Notes
SB
7
7
Place
7
Athlete
Menno Vloon
Nation
Netherlands
5.55
o
5.75
xxo
5.85
xxo
5.90
o
5.95
x–
6.00
xx
Mark
5.90
8
8
Place
8
Athlete
Renaud Lavillenie
Nation
France
5.55
–
5.75
o
5.85
–
5.90
x–
5.95
xx
Mark
5.75
9
9
Place
9
Athlete
Seif Heneida
Nation
Qatar
5.55
o
5.75
xo
5.85
xxx
Mark
5.75
Notes
NR
10
10
Place
10
Athlete
Bo Kanda Lita Baehre
Nation
Germany
5.55
o
5.75
xxo
5.85
xxx
Mark
5.75
Notes
SB
11
11
Place
11
Athlete
Ethan Cormont
Nation
France
5.55
xo
5.75
xxx
Mark
5.55
| Place | Athlete | Nation | 5.55 | 5.75 | 5.85 | 5.90 | 5.95 | 6.00 | 6.05 | 6.10 | 6.15 | 6.20 | 6.30 | Mark | Notes |
| | Armand Duplantis | Sweden | o | – | o | – | o | o | – | o | o | – | xxo | 6.30 | WR |
| | Emmanouil Karalis | Greece | – | o | – | o | xxo | o | – | x– | x– | x | 6.00 | ||
| | Kurtis Marschall | Australia | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 5.95 | PB | |||||
| 4 | Sam Kendricks | United States | o | o | o | x– | xo | xxx | 5.95 | SB | |||||
| 5 | Thibaut Collet | France | xo | o | o | o | xx– | x | 5.90 | ||||||
| 6 | Sondre Guttormsen | Norway | o | xxo | xo | o | x– | xx | 5.90 | SB | |||||
| 7 | Menno Vloon | Netherlands | o | xxo | xxo | o | x– | xx | 5.90 | ||||||
| 8 | Renaud Lavillenie | France | – | o | – | x– | xx | 5.75 | |||||||
| 9 | Seif Heneida | Qatar | o | xo | xxx | 5.75 | NR | ||||||||
| 10 | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre | Germany | o | xxo | xxx | 5.75 | SB | ||||||||
| 11 | Ethan Cormont | France | xo | xxx | 5.55 | ||||||||||
| Ersu Şaşma | Turkey | xxx | NM |
References
- World Athleticshttps://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/tokyo25/timetable/bydiscipline/men/pole-vault
- https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2025/sep/15/world-athletics-championships-2025-armand-duplantis-goes-for-pole-vauhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2025/sep/15/world-athletics-championships-2025-armand-duplantis-goes-for-pole-vault-gold-hurdles-finals-and-more-live
- https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/articles/c1ed6845ng7ohttps://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/articles/c1ed6845ng7o
- World Athleticshttps://worldathletics.org/records/by-discipline/jumps/pole-vault/all/men
- World Athleticshttps://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/6753088e00156cf1973360a9.pdf
- media.aws.iaaf.orghttps://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7190593/AT-PV-M-q----.RS6.pdf
- media.aws.iaaf.orghttps://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7190593/AT-PV-M-f----.RS6.pdf