2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
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The men's pole vault at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March 2010.
The winning margin was 31 cm which as of July 2024 remains the only time the men's pole vault was won by more than 25 cm at these championships.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
Steven Hooker Australia |
Malte Mohr Germany |
Alexander Straub Germany |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Sergey Bubka (UKR) |
6.15 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 21 February 1993 |
| Championship record |  Sergey Bubka (URS) |
6.00 | Seville, Spain | 9 March 1991 |
 Jean Galfione (FRA) |
Maebashi, Japan | 6 March 1999 | ||
| World Leading | Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) |
5.85 | Paris, France | 28 February 2010 |
| African record |  Okkert Brits (RSA) |
5.90 | Liévin, France | 16 February 1997 |
| Toronto, Canada | 1 June 1997 | |||
| Asian record |  Igor Potapovich (KAZ) |
5.92 | Stockholm, Sweden | 19 February 1998 |
| European record | Sergey Bubka (UKR) |
6.15 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 21 February 1993 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record |
 Jeff Hartwig (USA) |
6.02 | Sindelfingen, Germany | 10 March 2002 |
| Oceanian Record | Steven Hooker (AUS) |
6.06 | Boston, United States | 7 February 2009 |
| South American record |  Fábio Gomes da Silva (BRA) |
5.61 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 16 February 2008 |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 21 February 2008 | |||
Qualification standards
| Indoor |
|---|
| 5.70 m |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| March 12, 2010 | 9:15 | Qualification |
| March 13, 2010 | 16:15 | Final |
Results
Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 5.30 | 5.45 | 5.60 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steven Hooker | Australia | - | - | o | 5.60 | q |
| 1 | Michal Balner |  Czech Republic | - | o | o | 5.60 | q |
| 1 | Konstadinos Filippidis |  Greece | o | o | o | 5.60 | q |
| 1 | Derek Miles |  United States | - | o | o | 5.60 | q |
| 5 | Malte Mohr | Germany | - | xo | o | 5.60 | q |
| 6 | Dmitry Starodubtsev |  Russia | o | - | xo | 5.60 | q |
| 7 | Alexander Straub | Germany | - | xo | xo | 5.60 | q |
| 8 | Łukasz Michalski |  Poland | xxo | - | xo | 5.60 | q |
| 9 | Steven Lewis |  Great Britain | xo | xxo | xxo | 5.60 | q |
| 10 | Renaud Lavillenie | France | - | o | xxx | 5.45 | |
| 10 | Giuseppe Gibilisco |  Italy | - | o | xxx | 5.45 | |
| 10 | Kim Yoo-Suk |  South Korea | o | o | xxx | 5.45 | |
| 13 | Aleksandr Gripich | Russia | xo | o | xxx | 5.45 | |
| DQ | Kevin Rans |  Belgium | - | xo | xxx | Doping | |
| 14 | Maksym Mazuryk | Ukraine | o | xo | xxx | 5.45 | |
| 14 | Timothy Mack | United States | - | xo | xxx | 5.45 | |
| 16 | Yang Yansheng |  China | o | xxx | 5.30 | ||
| 17 | Spas Bukhalov |  Bulgaria | xxo | xxx | 5.30 | SB | |
| 17 | Damiel Dossévi | France | xxo | xxx | 5.30 |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 5.45 | 5.55 | 5.65 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | 6.01 | 6.16 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Steven Hooker | Australia | - | - | - | o | - | o | - | xxo | xxx | 6.01 | CR, WL |
 | Malte Mohr | Germany | - | o | - | xo | - | - | xxx | 5.70 | |||
 | Alexander Straub | Germany | o | - | o | xxx | 5.65 | ||||||
| 4 | Konstadinos Filippidis | Greece | o | o | xxo | xxx | 5.65 | ||||||
| 4 | Derek Miles | United States | o | - | xxo | xxx | 5.65 | ||||||
| 6 | Michal Balner | Czech Republic | o | - | xxx | 5.45 | |||||||
| 6 | Dmitry Starodubtsev | Russia | o | - | xxx | 5.45 | |||||||
| 6 | Steven Lewis | Great Britain | o | - | xxx | 5.45 | |||||||
| 9 | Łukasz Michalski | Poland | xo | - | xxx | 5.45 |