2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

Men's pole vault at the European Athletics Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Amsterdam
Dates	6 July (qualification) 8 July (final)
Competitors	28 from 17 nations
Winning height	5.60 m
Medalists
Robert Sobera    Poland   Jan Kudlička    Czech Republic   Robert Renner    Slovenia
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2016 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Half marathon	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's pole vault at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 8 July.

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships
World record	Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)	6.16	Donetsk, Ukraine	15 February 2014
European record	Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)	6.16	Donetsk, Ukraine	15 February 2014
Championship record	Rodion Gataullin (RUS)	6.00	Helsinki, Finland	11 August 1994
World Leading	Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)	5.95	Angers, France	26 June 2016
European Leading	Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)	5.95	Angers, France	26 June 2016

Qualification: 5.65 m (Q) or best 12 performances (q)^[1]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	5.15	5.35	5.50	5.60	5.65	Result	Note
1	A	Renaud Lavillenie	France	–	–	–	o		5.60	q
2	A	Mareks Ārents	Latvia	o	o	o			5.50	q
2	A	Konstadinos Filippidis	Greece	–	o	o			5.50	q
2	A	Stanley Joseph	France	–	o	o			5.50	q
2	A	Robert Sobera	Poland	–	o	o			5.50	q
6	B	Ivan Horvat	Croatia	–	o	xo			5.50	q
6	A	Robert Renner	Slovenia	–	o	xo			5.50	q
6	B	Adrián Valles	Spain	o	o	xo			5.50	q, SB
9	B	Kévin Menaldo	France	–	xo	xo			5.50	q
9	B	Melker Svärd Jacobsson	Sweden	–	xo	xo	x		5.50	q
11	B	Arnaud Art	Belgium	–	o	xxo			5.50	q
12	A	Ben Broeders	Belgium	–	o	xxx			5.35	q
12	B	Karsten Dilla	Germany	–	o	xxx			5.35	q
12	B	Piotr Lisek	Poland	–	o	xxx			5.35	q
12	B	Paweł Wojciechowski	Poland	–	o	xxx			5.35	q
12	B	Jan Kudlička	Czech Republic	–	o	–	x		5.35	q
17	B	Luke Cutts	Great Britain	xxo	o	xxx			5.35
17	B	Menno Vloon	Netherlands	xxo	o	xxx			5.35
19	A	Michal Balner	Czech Republic	–	xo	xxx			5.35
19	B	Diogo Ferreira	Portugal	o	xo	xxx			5.35
19	A	Rasmus Wejnold Jørgensen	Denmark	o	xo	xxx			5.35
19	B	Dimitrios Patsoukakis	Greece	–	xo	xxx			5.35
19	A	Tobias Scherbarth	Germany	–	xo	xxx			5.35
24	A	Dominik Alberto	Switzerland	o	xxx				5.15
24	A	Lukáš Posekaný	Czech Republic	o	xxx				5.15
24	B	Eirik Greibrokk Dolve	Norway	o	xxx				5.15
27	A	Didac Salas	Spain	xo	xxx				5.15
	A	Raphael Holzdeppe	Germany						DNS

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	5.30	5.50	5.60	5.70	5.75	Result	Note
	Robert Sobera	Poland	o	o	o	xxx		5.60
	Jan Kudlička	Czech Republic	o	o	xo	xxx		5.60
	Robert Renner	Slovenia	o	o	xxx			5.50
4	Ben Broeders	Belgium	xo	o	xxx			5.50
	Piotr Lisek	Poland	xo	o	xxx			5.50
6	Mareks Ārents	Latvia	o	xxo	xxx			5.50
7	Karsten Dilla	Germany	o	xxx				5.30
	Konstadinos Filippidis	Greece	o	xxx				5.30
	Ivan Horvat	Croatia	o	xxx				5.30
	Paweł Wojciechowski	Poland	o	xxx				5.30
11	Arnaud Art	Belgium	xo	xxx				5.30
	Adrian Vallés	Spain	xo	xxx				5.30
13	Stanley Joseph	France	xxo	xxx				5.30
	Kévin Menaldo	France	–	xxx				NM
	Renaud Lavillenie	France	–	–	–	–	xxx	NM
	Melker Svärd Jacobsson	Sweden						DNS