Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's pole vault
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The men's pole vault
event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
was held on 30 July.
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Pole vault
Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...
event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the City of Manchester Stadium from the 26–30 July 2002. The route for the marathon event crossed Manchester city centre and finished in the stadium. The race walk events began alongside the Lowry Centre at Salford Quays...
was held on 30 July.
Results
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 4.90 | 5.05 | 5.20 | 5.35 | 5.50 | 5.60 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | Result | Notes |
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| Okkert Brits Okkert Brits Okkert Brits is a South African athlete competing in the pole vault. His current personal best of 6.03m, set in 1995, is also the African record. He has won numerous medals at international events. He has competed in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games finishing 7th in 2000... |
– | – | – | o | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 5.75 | GR | ||
| Paul Burgess Paul Burgess (athlete) Paul Burgess is an Australian pole vaulter who become only the thirteenth pole vaulter in the world to reach 6 metres.-Biography:... |
– | – | xo | xo | o | o | o | x– | xx | 5.70 | |||
| Dominic Johnson Dominic Johnson Dominic Laurence Johnson is a retired St Lucian athlete competing in the pole vault. He is a former decathlete.His personal best result is 5.70 metres, achieved in 2000. This is the current St Lucian record. He also holds the St Lucian records in decathlon, 110 metres hurdles and 4 x 100 metres... |
– | – | – | o | o | o | xxx | 5.60 | |||||
| Nick Buckfield Nick Buckfield Nicholas Jean Buckfield is an English pole vaulter. His personal best jump is 5.80 metres, achieved in May 1998 in Chania. He has 5.81 metres on the indoor track, achieved in February 2002 in Bad Segeberg.-Achievements:... |
– | – | – | o | o | xxx | 5.50 | SB | |||||
| Viktor Chistiakov Viktor Chistiakov Viktor Chistiakov is a Russian pole vaulter. He competed a period for Australia.Born the same year as Dmitri Markov, Chistiakov won the 1994 World Junior Championships when Markov placed third. The roles were reversed at the European Indoor Championships.... |
– | – | – | – | o | – | xxx | 5.50 | |||||
| Dmitri Markov Dmitri Markov Dmitri Markov is a retired Belarusian and Australian pole vaulter. He is a former world champion and current Oceanian record holder.-Biography:... |
– | – | – | – | o | – | xxx | 5.50 | |||||
| Tim Thomas | o | o | xxo | xxx | 5.20 | ||||||||
| Kevin Hughes | – | o | xxx | 5.05 | |||||||||
| Tedd Teh | xxo | xxx | 4.90 | ||||||||||
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