The men's pole vault at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 7 and 9 March 2025. This was the 15th time the event is contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
The qualifying round was scheduled for 7 March during the evening session. The final was scheduled for 9 March during the evening session.
Background The men's pole vault was contested 37 times before 2025, held every time since the first edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1970–2023).András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics. Retrieved 21 November 2024. The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships will be held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024.
Armand Duplantis is the world and European record holder, with a height of 6.27 m, set in 2025. Duplantis also holds the championship record of 6.05 m, set at the 2021 championships.
+Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation) (m)LocationDateWorld record"All time Top lists – Senior – pole vault men", World Athletics. Retrieved 13 January 2025.6.27Clermont-Ferrand, France28 February 2025European recordChampionship record6.05Toruń, Poland7 March 2021World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – Pole vault men", World Athletics, 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.6.27Clermont-Ferrand, France28 February 2025European leading
Qualification For the men's pole vault, the qualification period runs from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025."Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024. Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standards of 5.85 m or by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event. There is a target number of 18 athletes.
Rounds Qualification The qualifying round was held on 7 March, starting at 19:05 (UTC+1) in the evening."Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics, 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024. +Results of the qualification roundRankAthleteNation5.255.455.655.75ResultNotes1Thibaut Collet–ooo5.755.951Emmanouil Karalis––oo5.756.021Menno Vloon–ooo5.755.964David Holýooxoo5.75, 5.715Valters Kreišs–ooxo5.755.825Baptiste Thiery–ooxo5.755.807Oleg Zernikel–oxxoxxo5.75, 5.878Ben Broeders–ooxxr5.655.858Sondre Guttormsen–ooxxx5.656.008Renaud Lavillenie–ooxxx5.656.168Bo Kanda Lita Baehre–ooxxx5.655.9012Torben Blech–oxoxxx5.655.8613Piotr Lisek–oxxoxxx5.656.0214Matěj Ščerbaxxooxxx5.455.6715Robert Soberaoxoxxx5.455.8115Ioannis Rizosoxoxxx5.455.6217Urho Kujanpääxoxxx5.255.70Ersu Şaşma–xxx5.90
Final The final was held on 9 March, starting at 16:42 (UTC+1) in the afternoon. +Result of the finalRankAthleteNation5.455.605.705.805.855.905.956.00ResultNotesEmmanouil Karalis–o–oxxooxxx5.90Menno Vloonooxxooooxxx5.90Sondre Guttormseno–xxo–xx–o–xxr5.904Thibaut Collet–ooxoox–xx5.855Ben Broederso–o–xxx5.706Valters Kreišsoxooxx–x5.707Bo Kanda Lita Baehreoxx–oxxx5.708David Holýooxoxxx5.709Oleg Zernikelxooxx–x5.609Baptiste Thieryxooxxx5.6011Renaud Lavillenie–xo–xxx5.60
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