Events at the 2016 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's pole vault event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 21 and 23 July.

Gold	Deakin Volz  United States
Silver	Kurtis Marschall  Australia
Bronze	Armand Duplantis  Sweden

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record	Maksim Tarasov (URS)	5.80	Bryansk, Soviet Union	14 July 1989
	Raphael Holzdeppe (GER)		Biberach an der Riss, Germany	28 June 2008
Championship Record	Germán Chiaraviglio (ARG)	5.71	Beijing, China	19 August 2006
World Junior Leading	Kurtis Marschall (AUS)	5.70	Mannheim, Germany	26 June 2016

Qualification: 5.35 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	4.80	4.95	5.10	5.20	5.30	Result	Note
1	A	Kurtis Marschall	Australia	–	–	o	–	o	5.30	q
2	A	Muntadher Falih Abdulwahid	Iraq	–	–	o	o	–	5.20	q
2	A	Adam Hague	Great Britain	–	–	o	o	–	5.20	q
2	B	Armand Duplantis	Sweden	–	–	o	o	–	5.20	q
2	B	Christopher Nilsen	United States	–	o	o	o	–	5.20	q
6	A	Vladyslav Malykhin	Ukraine	–	xo	o	o	–	5.20	q
6	A	Koen van der Wijst	Netherlands	o	xo	o	o	–	5.20	q
8	B	Masaki Ejima	Japan	–	o	xxo	o	–	5.20	q
9	A	Matteo Cristoforo Capello	Italy	–	o	o	xo	–	5.20	q
10	A	Deakin Volz	United States	–	o	xo	xo	–	5.20	q
10	B	Tommi Holttinen	Finland	–	–	xo	xo	–	5.20	q
12	A	Urho Kujanpää	Finland	–	xxo	o	xo	–	5.20	q
12	B	Sander Moldau	Estonia	xo	o	xo	xo	–	5.20	q, PB
14	B	Emmanouil Karalis	Greece	–	–	o	xxo	–	5.20	q
15	A	Nikolaos Nerantzis	Greece	–	o	o	xxx		5.10
15	B	Hussain Asim Al-Hizam	Saudi Arabia	–	o	o	xxx		5.10
15	B	Angus Armstrong	Australia	–	–	o	xxx		5.10
16	A	Robin Nool	Estonia	xo	o	o	xxx		5.10
16	B	Charlie Myers	Great Britain	–	xo	o	xxx		5.10
18	A	Keisuke Okubo	Japan	xxo	xxo	xo	xxx		5.10
19	A	Pierre Cottin	France	–	o	–	xxx		4.95
19	B	Patsapong Amsam-Ang	Thailand	o	o	–	xxx		4.95
21	B	Danijel Buhin	Croatia	o	xxo	–	xxx		4.95
22	A	Tristan Slater	Canada	xo	xxx				4.80
22	B	Ali Moshin Alateej	Iraq	xo	xxx				4.80
22	B	Gauvain Guillon-Romarin	France	xo	xxx				4.80
	A	Matěj Ščerba	Czech Republic	xxx					NM
	B	Francesco Lama	Italy	xxx					NM

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	5.00	5.10	5.20	5.30	5.35	5.40	5.45	5.50	5.55	5.60	5.65	Result	Note
	Deakin Volz	United States	o	xo	–	o	–	o	–	xo	x–	xo	o	5.65
	Kurtis Marschall	Australia	–	o	–	xo	–	–	o	–	o	xxx		5.55
	Armand Duplantis	Sweden	–	–	o	–	o	–	xxo	xx–	x			5.45
4	Emmanouil Karalis	Greece	–	o	–	xxo	–	o	–	xx–	x			5.40
5	Adam Hague	Great Britain	–	o	xo	o	o	xo	xxx					5.40
6	Masaki Ejima	Japan	xxo	xo	xo	xo	o	–	xx–	x				5.35
7	Christopher Nilsen	United States	–	xo	o	–	xo	–	xxx					5.35
8	Muntadher Falih Abdulwahid	Iraq	–	o	–	o	–	xx–	x					5.30
8	Vladyslav Malykhin	Ukraine	–	o	–	o	–	xxx						5.30
10	Matteo Cristoforo Capello	Italy	o	–	xo	o	–	xxx						5.30	PB
11	Tommi Holttinen	Finland	o	–	xo	xo	–	xxx						5.30	PB
12	Sander Moldau	Estonia	o	o	o	xxx								5.20	PB
13	Koen van der Wijst	Netherlands	o	xxo	xo	xxx								5.20
14	Urho Kujanpää	Finland	xo	xxx										5.00