Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
| Men's pole vault at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 13–15 August 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 17 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning height | 6.03 m OR, AR | ||||||||||||
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Thiago Braz da Silva |
 Brazil
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Renaud Lavillenie |
 France
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Sam Kendricks |
 United States
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The men's pole vault competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium between 13–15 August.Thiago Braz da Silva of Brazil won the gold medal.
The world record holder, Renaud Lavillenie of France, entered as the reigning Olympic champion from 2012 and held the best vaults indoors and out before the competition. The 2015 World Champion Shawnacy Barber of Canada ranked just behind, having had his first six-metre clearance that season. One of Brazil's best athletics medal hopes was Thiago Braz da Silva, who had the third best mark of the year. The American champion Sam Kendricks was also highly ranked and had won silver at the 2016 World Indoor Championships behind Lavillenie.
In the qualifying round, nine men reached 5.70 m with three others progressing on 5.60 m. An injury-affected Raphael Holzdeppe, a former world champion and Olympic medallist, exited at this stage, as did 2011 world champion Paweł Wojciechowski. Both Barber and Braz required three attempts at their opening height but managed to progress. Braz, Kendricks and Greece's Konstadínos Filippídis showed form as the only athletes to clear 5.70 m in one attempt.
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