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Boys' pole vault at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Venue	Stadium Lille Métropole
Dates	8 July (qualification) 10 July (final)
Competitors	28
Winning height	5.25 PB
Medalists
Robert Renner    Slovenia   Melker Svärd Jacobsson    Sweden   Jacob Blankenship    United States
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2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	boys	girls
200 m	boys	girls
400 m	boys	girls
800 m	boys	girls
1500 m	boys	girls
3000 m	boys	girls
100 m hurdles		girls
110 m hurdles	boys
400 m hurdles	boys	girls
2000 m steeplechase	boys	girls
Medley relay	boys	girls
5000 m walk		girls
10,000 m walk	boys
Field events
Long jump	boys	girls
Triple jump	boys	girls
High jump	boys	girls
Pole vault	boys	girls
Shot put	boys	girls
Discus throw	boys	girls
Javelin throw	boys	girls
Hammer throw	boys	girls
Combined events
Heptathlon		girls
Octathlon	boys
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The boys' pole vault at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 8 and 10 July.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Robert Renner  Slovenia	Melker Svärd Jacobsson  Sweden	Jacob Blankenship  United States

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best	Germán Chiaraviglio (ARG)	5.51	Porto Alegre, Brazil	1 May 2004
Championship Record	Nico Weiler (GER)	5.26	Ostrava, Czech Republic	15 July 2007
World Youth Leading	Heorhiy Bykov (UKR)	5.35	Kyiv, Ukraine	18 June 2011

Qualification

Qualification rule: qualification standard 4.85 m or at least best 12 qualified.

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	4.35	4.50	4.60	4.70	4.80	4.85	Result	Notes
1	Robert Renner	Slovenia	–	–	o	–	o		4.80	q
1	Daniel Gardner	Great Britain	–	o	o	o	o		4.80	q, PB
3	Lukas Hallanzy	Germany	–	–	o	xo	o		4.80	q
4	Nicholas Southgate	New Zealand	–	xo	–	xo	o		4.80	q
5	Brodie Cross	Australia	–	–	o	o	xxo		4.80	q
6	Heorhiy Bykov	Ukraine	–	–	–	o	–		4.70	q
7	Ryohei Noda	Japan	–	–	–	o	xxx		4.70	q
8	Mateusz Jerzy	Poland	–	xo	–	o	xxx		4.70
9	Alessandro Sinno	Italy	–	o	xxo	xo	xxx		4.70
10	Etamar Bhastekar	Israel	o	xxo	xxx				4.50	PB
11	Apostolos Kousinas	Greece	xo	xxx					4.35
	Shota Enoki	Japan	–	–	xxx				NM
	Pascal Kethers	New Zealand	xxx						NM
	Karol Pawlik	Poland	–	xxx					NM

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	4.35	4.50	4.60	4.70	4.80	4.85	Result	Notes
1	Jacob Blankenship	United States	–	–	o	o	o		4.80	q
1	Oleg Zernikel	Germany	–	–	o	o	o		4.80	q
3	Melker Svärd Jacobsson	Sweden	–	–	–	–	xo		4.80	q
3	Lukas Wirth	Austria	–	–	o	o	xo		4.80	q, PB
5	Medhi Amar Rouana	France	–	o	–	o	–		4.70	q
6	Viktor Östman	Finland	o	xo	xo	o	xxx		4.70
7	Anders Andréasson	Sweden	–	–	o	xxo	xxx		4.70	SB
7	Marc Vela	Spain	–	o	–	xxo	xxx		4.70
9	Rowan May	Great Britain	xo	o	xxx				4.50
10	Kristjan Rosenberg	Estonia	xxo	o	xxx				4.50
11	Javier Alcácer	Spain	o	xo	xxx				4.50
	Benjamin Bertrand	France	xxx						NM
	Eirik Greibrokk Dolve	Denmark	xxx						NM
	Matthias Freinberger	Austria	xxx						NM

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	4.65	4.80	4.95	5.05	5.15	5.20	5.25	5.31	Result	Notes
	Robert Renner	Slovenia	o	xo	o	o	xo	o	o	xxx	5.25	PB
	Melker Svärd Jacobsson	Sweden	–	–	–	o	xo	–	xxx		5.15
	Jacob Blankenship	United States	–	o	o	o	xxx				5.05
4	Nicholas Southgate	New Zealand	o	o	xxx						4.80
4	Heorhiy Bykov	Ukraine	–	o	–	xxx					4.80
4	Oleg Zernikel	Germany	o	o	xxx						4.80
7	Lukas Hallanzy	Germany	xo	o	xxx						4.80
8	Daniel Gardner	Great Britain	xxo	o	xxx						4.80	PB
9	Brodie Cross	Australia	o	xo	xxx						4.80
9	Lukas Wirth	Austria	o	xo	xxx						4.80	PB
9	Ryohei Noda	Japan	o	xo	xxx						4.80
12	Medhi Amar Rouana	France	xxo	–	xxx						4.65

References

1. "Pole Vault Boys - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics. 8 July 2011.
2. "Pole Vault Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 10 July 2011.

• 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
• Pole vault at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics