¶2012 OG: mPV–Renaud Lavillenie (France) 19-7 (5.97) OR

[dj]

T&FN formchart advancers to final

1. Renaud Lavillenie (France)
2. Björn Otto (Germany)
3. Brad Walker (USA)
4. Malte Mohr (Germany)
5. Raphael Holzdeppe (Germany)
6. Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece)
7. ?ukasz Michalski (Poland)
8. Steve Lewis (Great Britain)
9. Steve Hooker (Australia)
10. Lázaro Borges (Cuba)

[EPelle]

Olympic Record: 5.96, Steven Hooker, AUS, Beijing 2008

2008 Results: G-Steve Hooker, AUS, 5.96OR; S-Yevgeniy Lukyanenko, RUS, 5.85; B-Denys Yurchenko, UKR, 5.70
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[Vault-emort]

Anyone know what the increments to the auto qual of 5.70m will be?

Presuming, given conditions for jumps in stadium so far, quite a few could enter the comp a bit earlier than usual.

[j-a-m]

Anyone know what the increments to the auto qual of 5.70m will be?

5.20 - 5.35 - 5.50 - 5.60 - not sure if they'll include 5.65 or go directly to 5.70

edit: 5.65 included, makes sense

[j-a-m]

Wojciechowski and Miles NH

[j-a-m]

Qualifying is over; 5.60 was enough, some get in with 5.50, for a total of 14 vaulters to advance.

[j-a-m]

Seems #1-9 made the final; only #10 Borges is out, at least he seemed to be fine after his pole snapped.

[polevaultpower]

Borges had big height, it's too bad he missed out.

[AS]

Very exciting to see Hooker vault successfully and with apparent ease. Maybe the yips have passed?

[Alan Shank]

Walker had two misses at 5.50. Whew! 5.60 1st time -> final.
Cheers,
Alan Shank

[polevaultpower]

Pole Vault Power live coverage here: http://www.polevaultpower.com/forum/vie ... 31&t=24365

[j-a-m]

Competition at 5.65 now. It seems everyone has either cleared or passed 5.50.

[j-a-m]

Lavillenie and Otto clear 5.65 without miss.

[j-a-m]

Hooker NH

[j-a-m]

and Walker NH

[croflash]

Walker NH

[j-a-m]

Competition at 5.75; six have cleared 5.65, three have passed.

[j-a-m]

Starodubtsev clears 5.75 in first attempt.

[j-a-m]

Lavillenie 5.75 to take the lead, the Russian now second.

[j-a-m]

Otto clear 5.75 to move into 3rd; six clearances at that height now.

[j-a-m]

Lavillenie clear 5.85

[croflash]

Otto clears 5.85 as well.

[j-a-m]

Otto clears 5.85 as well.

and so does Holzdeppe

[j-a-m]

Three left in the competition.

[j-a-m]

Holzdeppe 5.91 PB

[croflash]

Holzdeppe 5.91m!

[j-a-m]

Holzdeppe 5.91 PB

and Otto 5.91; great competition now

[Cooter Brown]

So much for Sports Illustrated not knowing anything by picking Holzdeppe to medal.

[j-a-m]

Lavillenie 5.97 OR

[j-a-m]

Lavillenie wins gold ahead of Otto and Holzdeppe

[croflash]

Great competition.

[cladthin]

I have absolutely nothing against the Germans but I was pulling for Lavillenie after seeing him be a good teammate at the Euros with Doucoure'-seems like a good guy.

[pakillo]

Last Euros podium repeats

[Sinafan]

Otto's second 5.97 just before Lavillenie's clearance was great, pity. Thrilling competition though progressing from 5.75 to 5.85 is very harsh considering the results this year.

[Grazerism]

I live (mostly) in Germany and normally root for German athletes, but I was really pulling for Lavillenie. He has been the best vaulter of the past years and has missed out on major outdoor gold. (This year's "Europeans" doesn't count.) His clutch 5.97 on his last attempt was incredible. And he's such an enthusiastic competitor.

Brad Walker: Has any top PVer salto nullo-ed 2 Olympics in a row?