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 GoldSilverBronze Robert Renner Melker Svärd Jacobsson Jacob Blankenship

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

World Youth Best5.51Porto Alegre, Brazil 1 May 2004Championship Record5.26Ostrava, Czech Republic15 July 2007World Youth Leading5.35 Kyiv, Ukraine18 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 – – o – o 4.80 q 1 Daniel Gardner – o o o o 4.80 q, PB 3 Lukas Hallanzy – – o xo o 4.80 q 4 Nicholas Southgate – xo – xo o 4.80 q 5 Brodie Cross – – o o xxo 4.80 q 6 Heorhiy Bykov – – – o – 4.70 q 7 Ryohei Noda – – – o xxx 4.70 q 8 Mateusz Jerzy – xo – o xxx 4.70 9 Alessandro Sinno – o xxo xo xxx 4.70 10 Etamar Bhastekar o xxo xxx 4.50 PB 11 Apostolos Kousinas xo xxx 4.35 Shota Enoki – – xxx NM Pascal Kethers xxx NM Karol Pawlik – xxx NM

Group B Rank Name Nationality 4.35 4.50 4.60 4.70 4.80 4.85 Result Notes 1 Jacob Blankenship – – o o o 4.80 q 1 Oleg Zernikel – – o o o 4.80 q 3 Melker Svärd Jacobsson – – – – xo 4.80 q 3 Lukas Wirth – – o o xo 4.80 q, PB 5 Medhi Amar Rouana – o – o – 4.70 q 6 Viktor Östman o xo xo o xxx 4.70 7 Anders Andréasson – – o xxo xxx 4.70 SB 7 Marc Vela – o – xxo xxx 4.70 9 Rowan May xo o xxx 4.50 10 Kristjan Rosenberg xxo o xxx 4.50 11 Javier Alcácer o xo xxx 4.50 Benjamin Bertrand xxx NM Eirik Greibrokk Dolve xxx NM Matthias Freinberger 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 o xo o o xo o o xxx 5.25 PB Melker Svärd Jacobsson – – – o xo – xxx 5.15 Jacob Blankenship – o o o xxx 5.05 4 Nicholas Southgate o o xxx 4.80 4 Heorhiy Bykov – o – xxx 4.80 4 Oleg Zernikel o o xxx 4.80 7 Lukas Hallanzy xo o xxx 4.80 8 Daniel Gardner xxo o xxx 4.80 PB 9 Brodie Cross o xo xxx 4.80 9 Lukas Wirth o xo xxx 4.80 PB 9 Ryohei Noda o xo xxx 4.80 12 Medhi Amar Rouana xxo – xxx 4.65

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