Pole Vault Schedule:
Day 6, Aug 8th – Qualifying (4:00am CT) – qualifying procedure TBA
Day 3, Aug 5th – Final (1:00pm CT)
Pole Vault Records:
World Record – 6.14m – Sergey Bubka (UKR) 31 July 1994
Olympic Record – 5.96m – Steve Hooker (AUS) 22 August 2008
American Record – 6.04m – Brad Walker 8 June 2008
The Favorites: (personal best/season best)
1. Renaud Lavillenie, France (6.03m/5.95m) -The Frenchman is ranked #1 in the world, has a gold medal from 2012 Indoor Champs, and was 3rd at WC in 2011.
2. Bjorn Otto, Germany (5.92m/5.92m) – The runner up at this years World Indoor Champs and current #2 in the world.
3. Brad Walker, United States of America (6.04m/5.90m) – Currently ranked #4 in the world, we’ll give the American Record Holder and outside shot at a medal.
The Americans:
1. Brad Walker (6.04m/5.90m) – American Record Holder, took first place in 2007 WC at Osaka.
2. Jeremy Scott (5.72m/5.60m) – 9th place in 2011 World Champs in Daegu.
3. Derek Miles (5.82m/5.60m) – 4th place in 2008 at Beijing Olympics.
by: Ryan Sterner
from: http://www.flotrack.org/article/13828-Mens-Pole-Vault-Updates-2012-London-Olympics
