Men's Top Pole Vault Countries--2005

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Men's Pole Vault 2005--Tilastopaja
Countries in the World Top 100: (100th mark 5.45m, total 105)

Left to right: number of vaulters in top 100, country, rank of highest-ranked vaulter, name, season's best height

27 United States (2) Brad Walker 5.96
14 France (22) Jean Galfione 5.75
9 Russia (13) Igor Pavlov 5.80
8 Germany (3) Tim Lobinger 5.93
5 Ukraine (10) Oleksandr Korchmyd 5.81
4 Australia (1) Paul Burgess 6.00
3 China (29) Liu Feiliang 5.70
3 Finland (48) Mikko Latvala 5.60
3 Netherlands (11) Rens Blom 5.80
2 Bulgaria (34) Ilian Efremov 5.70
2 Czech Republic (50) Adam Ptácek 5.60
2 Israel (40) Alex Averbukh 5.65
2 Italy (8) Giuseppe Gibilisco 5.83
2 Mexico (37) Giovanni Lanaro 5.65
2 Poland (43) Przemyslaw Czerwinski 5.63
2 South Africa (44) Okkert Brits 5.65
2 Sweden (29) Patrik Kristiansson 5.73

This partial summary from Mirko Jalava's World Deep List is reprinted with his permission. The complete summary can be found at the end of his 509-vaulter list (to 5.00m) in the Members' Section at <tilastopaja.net>.

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27 Vaulters in top 100. Yes!