title: 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
text: # 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
  
  The men's pole vault at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 10 March at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Renaud Lavillenie France | Björn Otto Germany | Brad Walker United States |
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships :
  
  | World record | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 6.15 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 21 February 1993 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Championship record | Steven Hooker (AUS) | 6.01 | Doha, Qatar | 13 March 2010 |
  | World Leading | Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) | 5.93 | Nevers, France | 18 February 2012 |
  | African record | Okkert Brits (RSA) | 5.90 | Liévin, France | 16 February 1997 |
  | African record | Okkert Brits (RSA) | 5.90 | Toronto, Canada | 1 June 1997 |
  | Asian record | Igor Potapovich (KAZ) | 5.92 | Stockholm, Sweden | 19 February 1998 |
  | European record | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 6.15 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 21 February 1993 |
  | North and Central American and Caribbean record | Jeff Hartwig (USA) | 6.02 | Sindelfingen, Germany | 10 March 2002 |
  | Oceanian Record | Steven Hooker (AUS) | 6.06 | Boston, United States | 7 February 2009 |
  | South American record | Fábio Gomes da Silva (BRA) | 5.65 | Linz, Austria | 3 February 2011 |
  
  ## Qualification standards
  
  * Indoor
  * 5.72
  
  ## Schedule
  
  | Date | Time | Round |
  | - | - | - |
  | March 10, 2012 | 17:00 | Final |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  10 athletes from 7 countries participated. The final started at 17:00 and ended at 18:58.
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 5.50 | 5.60 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | 5.90 | 5.95 | 6.00 | 6.02 | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Renaud Lavillenie | France | - | xo | - | o | xo | o | xo | o | x- | xx | 5.95 | WL |
  | | Björn Otto | Germany | xo | - | o | - | xo | - | xxx | | | | 5.80 | |
  | | Brad Walker | United States | - | xo | - | x- | xo | - | xx- | - | x | | 5.80 | |
  | 4 | Malte Mohr | Germany | - | xxo | - | o | - | xxx | | | | | 5.75 | |
  | 5 | Lázaro Borges | Cuba | o | o | xo | - | xxx | | | | | | 5.70 | |
  | 5 | Steven Lewis | Great Britain | o | - | xo | - | xxx | | | | | | 5.70 | |
  | 7 | Konstadinos Filippidis | Greece | o | xo | xo | - | xxx | | | | | | 5.70 | |
  | 8 | Romain Mesnil | France | o | - | xxx | | | | | | | | 5.50 | |
  | 9 | Dmitry Starodubtsev | Russia | xo | - | xxx | | | | | | | | 5.50 | |
  | | Scott Roth | United States | xxx | | | | | | | | | | NM | |
  