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
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Björn Otto Germany
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Brad Walker United States
|
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Sergey Bubka (UKR)
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6.15 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 21 February 1993 |
| Championship record |  Steven Hooker (AUS)
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6.01 | Doha, Qatar | 13 March 2010 |
| World Leading | Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)
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5.93 | Nevers, France | 18 February 2012 |
| African record |  Okkert Brits (RSA)
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5.90 | Liévin, France | 16 February 1997 |
| Toronto, Canada | 1 June 1997 | |||
| Asian record |  Igor Potapovich (KAZ)
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5.92 | Stockholm, Sweden | 19 February 1998 |
| European record | Sergey Bubka (UKR)
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6.15 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 21 February 1993 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record |
 Jeff Hartwig (USA)
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6.02 | Sindelfingen, Germany | 10 March 2002 |
| Oceanian Record | Steven Hooker (AUS)
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6.06 | Boston, United States | 7 February 2009 |
| South American record |  Fábio Gomes da Silva (BRA)
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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 |
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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 |
References
- "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
| Pole vault at the IAAF World Indoor Championships | |
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| Men's | |
| Women's | |
| World Indoor Champions in men's pole vault | |
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