The men's pole vault at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China, on 22 March 2025. This was the 21st time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
The final was scheduled for 22 March during the evening session.
Background The men's pole vault was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships. +Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation)Height (m)LocationDateWorld record 6.27 Clermont-Ferrand, France 28 February 2025Championship record6.20 Belgrade, Serbia 20 March 2022World leading6.27 Clermont-Ferrand, France 28 February 2025
Qualification For the men's pole vault, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standards of 5.85 m. Athletes could also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. There was a target number of 12 athletes.
Final The final was held on 22 March, starting at 18:34 (UTC+8).
Place Athlete Nation 5.50 5.70 5.80 5.90 5.95 6.00 6.05 6.10 6.15 Result Notes Armand Duplantis – o – o – o o xo o 6.15 Emmanouil Karalis – o o o o – o xx– x 6.05 Sam Kendricks o o o o xx– x 5.90= 4 Menno Vloon o xo o x– xx 5.80 5 Kurtis Marschall o o xxo x– xx 5.80 6 Ersu Şaşma o xo xxo x– xx 5.80 7 Sondre Guttormsen o xo xxx 5.70 8 Valters Kreišs o xxx 5.50 8 Li Chenyang o xxx 5.50 8 Bo Kanda Lita Baehre o xxx 5.50 11Thibaut Collet xo xxx 5.50 — Baptiste Thiery xxx
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