2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
World record Renaud Lavillenie ( FRA ) 6.16 Donetsk , Ukraine 15 February 2014
Championship record Dmitri Markov ( AUS ) 6.05 Edmonton , Canada 9 August 2001
World Leading Renaud Lavillenie ( FRA ) 6.05 Eugene , OR , United States 30 May 2015
African record Okkert Brits ( RSA ) 6.03 Cologne , Germany 18 August 1995
Asian record Grigoriy Yegorov ( KAZ ) 5.90 Stuttgart , Germany 19 August 1993
North , Central American and Caribbean record Brad Walker ( USA ) 6.04 Eugene , OR , United States 8 June 2008
South American record Thiago Braz da Silva ( BRA ) 5.92 Baku , Azerbaijan 24 June 2014
European record Renaud Lavillenie ( FRA ) 6.16 Donetsk , Ukraine 15 February 2014
Oceanian record Dmitri Markov ( AUS ) 6.05 Edmonton , Canada 9 August 2001
Records
Prior to the competition , the records were as follows : [ 5 ]
The men's pole vault at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 and 24 August.