2016 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Men's Pole Vault | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 13 - Final | |||
 |  BRABrazil | Thiago Braz da Silva | 6.03 |
 |  FRAFrance | Renaud Lavillenie | 5.98 |
 |  USAUnited States | Sam Kendricks | 5.85 |
| 4 |  CZECzechia | Jan Kudlicka | 5.75 |
| 4 |  POLPoland | Piotr Lisek | 5.75 |
| 6 |  CHNChina | Xue Changrui | 5.65 |
| 7 | CZECzechia | Michal Balner | 5.50 |
| 7 |  GREGreece | Konstadínos Filippídis | 5.50 |
| 7 |  JPNJapan | Daichi Sawano | 5.50 |
| 10 |  CANCanada | Shawnacy Barber | 5.50 |
| 11 |  ARGArgentina | Germán Chiaraviglio | 5.50 |
| 12 |  LATLatvia | Pauls Pujats | NoM |
| 13 | POLPoland | Robert Sobera | 5.60 |
| 14 | CHNChina | Yao Jie | 5.60 |
| 15 |  AUSAustralia | Kurtis Marschall | 5.60 |
| 16 | CHNChina | Huang Bokai | 5.45 |
| 16 | FRAFrance | Kévin Menaldo | 5.45 |
| 16 | FRAFrance | Stanley Joseph | 5.45 |
| 16 | LATLatvia | Mareks Arents | 5.45 |
| 16 | POLPoland | Pawel Wojciechowski | 5.45 |
| 21 | JPNJapan | Hiroki Ogita | 5.45 |
| 22 | BRABrazil | Augusto Dutra | 5.45 |
| 22 |  GBRGreat Britain | Luke Cutts | 5.45 |
| 22 |  SLOSlovenia | Robert Renner | 5.45 |
| 25 |  GERGermany | Tobias Scherbarth | 5.45 |
| 26 | GERGermany | Raphael Holzdeppe | 5.45 |
| 27 |  CROCroatia | Ivan Horvat | 5.30 |
| 28 | GERGermany | Karsten Dilla | 5.30 |
| 28 | USAUnited States | Logan Cunningham | 5.30 |
| 28 | USAUnited States | Cale Simmons | 5.30 |
| JPNJapan | Seito Yamamoto | NoM | |
 SWESweden | Melker Svärd Jacobsson | DNS | |
| Men's Pole Vault, Qualification, Group B | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 13 - Final | |||
| 1 | GREGreece | Konstadínos Filippídis | 5.70 5.30:o/5.45:o/5.60:xo/:o |
| 2 | BRABrazil | Thiago Braz da Silva | 5.70 5.30:-/5.45:xx-/5.60:o/:o |
| 3 | CANCanada | Shawnacy Barber | 5.70 5.30:-/5.45:xxo/5.60:o/:xo |
| 4 | CZECzechia | Michal Balner | 5.60 5.30:o/5.45:o/:o/5.70:xxx |
| 5 | CHNChina | Yao Jie | 5.60 5.30:-/5.45:xo/:xo/5.70:xxx |
| 6 | CHNChina | Huang Bokai | 5.45 5.30:o/:o/5.60:xxx |
| 6 | FRAFrance | Kévin Menaldo | 5.45 5.30:-/:o/5.60:xr |
| 6 | FRAFrance | Stanley Joseph | 5.45 5.30:o/:o/5.60:xxx |
| 6 | LATLatvia | Mareks Arents | 5.45 5.30:o/:o/5.60:xxx |
| 6 | POLPoland | Pawel Wojciechowski | 5.45 5.30:o/:o/5.60:xxx |
| 11 | SLOSlovenia | Robert Renner | 5.45 5.30:o/:xo/5.60:xxx |
| 12 | CROCroatia | Ivan Horvat | 5.30 :o/5.45:xxx |
| 13 | GERGermany | Karsten Dilla | 5.30 :xxo/5.45:xxx |
| 13 | USAUnited States | Cale Simmons | 5.30 :xxo/5.45:xxx |
| 13 | USAUnited States | Logan Cunningham | 5.30 :xxo/5.45:xxx |
| JPNJapan | Seito Yamamoto | NoM 5.30:-/5.45:xxx | |
| Men's Pole Vault, Qualification, Group A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 13 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Sam Kendricks | 5.70 5.30:o/5.45:o/5.60:o/:o/5.75:r |
| 2 | CHNChina | Xue Changrui | 5.70 5.30:-/5.45:o/5.60:o/:xo |
| 2 | FRAFrance | Renaud Lavillenie | 5.70 5.30:-/5.45:-/5.60:-/:xo |
| 4 | POLPoland | Piotr Lisek | 5.70 5.30:-/5.45:o/5.60:xo/:xo |
| 5 | ARGArgentina | Germán Chiaraviglio | 5.70 5.30:o/5.45:o/5.60:xxo/:xo |
| 5 | CZECzechia | Jan Kudlicka | 5.70 5.30:o/5.45:o/5.60:xxo/:xo |
| 7 | JPNJapan | Daichi Sawano | 5.60 5.30:-/5.45:o/:o/5.70:xxx |
| 7 | LATLatvia | Pauls Pujats | 5.60 5.30:o/5.45:o/:o/5.70:xxx |
| 9 | POLPoland | Robert Sobera | 5.60 5.30:o/5.45:x-/:o/5.70:xxx |
| 10 | AUSAustralia | Kurtis Marschall | 5.60 5.30:o/5.45:o/:xxo/5.70:xxx |
| 11 | JPNJapan | Hiroki Ogita | 5.45 5.30:xo/:o/5.60:xxx |
| 12 | BRABrazil | Augusto Dutra | 5.45 5.30:o/:xo/5.60:xxx |
| 12 | GBRGreat Britain | Luke Cutts | 5.45 5.30:o/:xo/5.60:xxx |
| 14 | GERGermany | Tobias Scherbarth | 5.45 5.30:xo/:xo/5.60:xxx |
| 15 | GERGermany | Raphael Holzdeppe | 5.45 5.30:-/:xxo/5.60:xxx |
| SWESweden | Melker Svärd Jacobsson | DNS | |
| Men's Pole Vault, Qualification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 13 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Sam Kendricks | 5.70 q |
| 2 | GREGreece | Konstadínos Filippídis | 5.70 q |
| 3 | BRABrazil | Thiago Braz da Silva | 5.70 q |
| 4 | CHNChina | Xue Changrui | 5.70 q |
| 4 | FRAFrance | Renaud Lavillenie | 5.70 q |
| 6 | POLPoland | Piotr Lisek | 5.70 q |
| 7 | ARGArgentina | Germán Chiaraviglio | 5.70 q |
| 7 | CANCanada | Shawnacy Barber | 5.70 q |
| 7 | CZECzechia | Jan Kudlicka | 5.70 q |
| 10 | CZECzechia | Michal Balner | 5.60 q |
| 10 | JPNJapan | Daichi Sawano | 5.60 q |
| 10 | LATLatvia | Pauls Pujats | 5.60 q |
| 13 | POLPoland | Robert Sobera | 5.60 |
| 14 | CHNChina | Yao Jie | 5.60 |
| 15 | AUSAustralia | Kurtis Marschall | 5.60 |
| 16 | CHNChina | Huang Bokai | 5.45 |
| 16 | FRAFrance | Stanley Joseph | 5.45 |
| 16 | FRAFrance | Kévin Menaldo | 5.45 |
| 16 | LATLatvia | Mareks Arents | 5.45 |
| 16 | POLPoland | Pawel Wojciechowski | 5.45 |
| 21 | JPNJapan | Hiroki Ogita | 5.45 |
| 22 | BRABrazil | Augusto Dutra | 5.45 |
| 22 | GBRGreat Britain | Luke Cutts | 5.45 |
| 22 | SLOSlovenia | Robert Renner | 5.45 |
| 25 | GERGermany | Tobias Scherbarth | 5.45 |
| 26 | GERGermany | Raphael Holzdeppe | 5.45 |
| 27 | CROCroatia | Ivan Horvat | 5.30 |
| 28 | GERGermany | Karsten Dilla | 5.30 |
| 28 | USAUnited States | Logan Cunningham | 5.30 |
| 28 | USAUnited States | Cale Simmons | 5.30 |
| JPNJapan | Seito Yamamoto | NoM | |
| SWESweden | Melker Svärd Jacobsson | DNS | |
| Men's Pole Vault, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 16 - Final | |||
| 1 | BRABrazil | Thiago Braz da Silva | 6.03 |
| 2 | FRAFrance | Renaud Lavillenie | 5.98 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Sam Kendricks | 5.85 |
| 4 | CZECzechia | Jan Kudlicka | 5.75 |
| 4 | POLPoland | Piotr Lisek | 5.75 |
| 6 | CHNChina | Xue Changrui | 5.65 |
| 7 | CZECzechia | Michal Balner | 5.50 |
| 7 | GREGreece | Konstadínos Filippídis | 5.50 |
| 7 | JPNJapan | Daichi Sawano | 5.50 |
| 10 | CANCanada | Shawnacy Barber | 5.50 |
| 11 | ARGArgentina | Germán Chiaraviglio | 5.50 |
| LATLatvia | Pauls Pujats | NoM | |
Medal Tracker
Overall Medal Leaders
- 126
USA - 91
CHN - 65
GBR
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 40 |
 CHN | 40 |
 JPN | 20 |
Silver
| USA | 44 |
| CHN | 27 |
 FRA | 26 |
Bronze
| USA | 42 |
 GBR | 29 |
| CHN | 24 |
Overall Medal Leaders
- 6Yufei
- 5
Marchand - 5Huske
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Marchand | 4 |
| Huske | 3 |
 O'Callaghan | 3 |
Silver
| Smith | 3 |
| Huske | 2 |
| Walsh | 2 |
Bronze
| Yufei | 5 |
| Junxuan | 3 |
| McKeown | 2 |
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