title: 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
text: # 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
  
  The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 9 and August 11.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Rens Blom Netherlands (NED) |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Brad Walker United States (USA) |
  | Bronze | Pavel Gerasimov Russia (RUS) |
  
  ## Schedule
  
  * All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
  
  Qualification Round :
  
  | Group A | Group B |
  | - | - |
  | 09.08.2005 – 12:10h | 09.08.2005 – 13:40h |
  | Final Round ||
  | 11.08.2005 – 18:35h ||
  
  ## Records
  
  | World Record | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 6.14 | Sestriere, Italy | 31 July 1994 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Championship Record | Dmitri Markov (AUS) | 6.05 | Edmonton, Canada | 9 August 2001 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualification
  
  Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
  
  | Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 5.30 | 5.45 | 5.60 | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | A | Nick Hysong | United States | – | – | o | 5.60 | Q |
  | 2 | A | Igor Pavlov | Russia | xo | xo | o | 5.60 | Q |
  | 3 | A | Tim Lobinger | Germany | – | o | xo | 5.60 | Q |
  | 3 | A | Dmitri Markov | Australia | – | – | xo | 5.60 | Q |
  | 3 | A | Patrik Kristiansson | Sweden | – | – | xo | 5.60 | Q |
  | 6 | B | Pavel Gerasimov | Russia | – | o | xxo | 5.60 | Q |
  | 7 | A | Daichi Sawano | Japan | – | o | xxx | 5.45 | q |
  | 7 | A | Kevin Rans | Belgium | o | o | xxx | 5.45 | q |
  | 7 | B | Giuseppe Gibilisco | Italy | – | o | xxx | 5.45 | q |
  | 7 | B | Danny Ecker | Germany | – | o | xxx | 5.45 | q |
  | 7 | B | Rens Blom | Netherlands | – | o | xxx | 5.45 | q |
  | 7 | B | Brad Walker | United States | – | o | xxx | 5.45 | q |
  | 13 | A | Jean Galfione | France | xo | o | xxx | 5.45 | |
  | 14 | B | Konstadinos Filippidis | Greece | o | xo | xxx | 5.45 | |
  | 14 | B | Damiel Dossévi | France | – | xo | xxx | 5.45 | |
  | 16 | B | Giovanni Lanaro | Mexico | xxo | xo | xxx | 5.45 | |
  | 17 | B | Denys Yurchenko | Ukraine | – | xxo | xxx | 5.45 | |
  | 17 | B | Steven Hooker | Australia | – | xxo | xxx | 5.45 | |
  | 19 | B | Jure Rovan | Slovenia | o | xxx | | 5.30 | |
  | 19 | B | Matti Mononen | Finland | o | xxx | | 5.30 | |
  | 21 | A | Piotr Buciarski | Denmark | xo | xxx | | 5.30 | |
  | | A | Leonid Andreev | Uzbekistan | xxx | | | NM | |
  | | A | Vladyslav Revenko | Ukraine | – | – | xxx | NM | |
  | | A | Liu Feiliang | China | xxx | | | NM | |
  | | B | Kim Yoo-suk | South Korea | xxx | | | NM | |
  | | B | Lars Börgeling | Germany | – | xxx | | NM | |
  | | A | Toby Stevenson | United States | | | | DNS | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.35 | 5.50 | 5.65 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Rens Blom | Netherlands | – | xxo | xo | xo | o | x | 5.80 | SB |
  | | Brad Walker | United States | – | xxo | xo | xo | x– | xx | 5.75 | |
  | | Pavel Gerasimov | Russia | – | o | xo | xxx | | | 5.65 | SB |
  | 4 | Igor Pavlov | Russia | – | o | xxo | xxx | | | 5.65 | |
  | 5 | Giuseppe Gibilisco | Italy | – | o | xxx | | | | 5.50 | |
  | 5 | Tim Lobinger | Germany | – | o | xxx | | | | 5.50 | |
  | 5 | Nick Hysong | United States | – | o | xxx | | | | 5.50 | |
  | 8 | Daichi Sawano | Japan | xo | o | xxx | | | | 5.50 | |
  | 9 | Patrik Kristiansson | Sweden | – | xxo | xxx | | | | 5.50 | |
  | 10 | Kevin Rans | Belgium | o | xxx | | | | | 5.35 | |
  | | Dmitri Markov | Australia | – | xxx | | | | | NM | |
  | | Danny Ecker | Germany | – | xxx | | | | | NM | |
  