With the world championships just six weeks away, here's a look at the athletes who presently have met the entry standards, bearing in mind that a country is limited to three entries, and that in order to enter more than one, all must have accomplished the "A" standard since 1 January 2000. (Maxim Tarasov can be a wild card entry for Russia, as the defending champion.) Data are abstracted from the world lists of Mirko Jalava's web-site <http://www.tilastopaja.net/>. Where the athlete has accomplished the standard in more than one indoor or outdoor season, I've listed only his best mark. When the athlete has that mark more than once, I've shown only the most recent. The U.S. trials have already selected their three vaulters (Johnson, Mack, and Hysong). Other countries may have, as well. Still, I've listed all qualifiers, for general interest. I'll be posting the women's vault qualifiers in a day or so. If someone is interested in summarizing qualifiers for other events (I hope so!), I'd be glad to correspond, off-list, about what approaches worked for me. Cheers, Roger 5.85 A Dmitri Markov AUS 2000o 5.80 A Viktor Chistiakov AUS 2000o 5.71 B Paul Burgess AUS 2001o 5.70 B Thibault Duval BEL 2000o 5.70 B Ilian Efremov BUL 2000o 5.63 B Zhang Hongwei CHN 2000o 5.75 A Stepan Janácek CZE 2001i 5.65 B Petr Spacek CZE 2000i 5.61 B Adam Ptácek CZE 2000o 5.61 B Piotr Buciarski DEN 2001o 5.60 B Martin Voss DEN 2000o 5.81 A Montxu Miranda ESP 2000o 5.61 B Javier García ESP 2000o 5.60 B José Manuel Arcos ESP 2000o 5.60 B Vesa Rantanen FIN 2000o 5.86 A Romain Mesnil FRA 2001i 5.81 A Jean Galfione FRA 2000i 5.65 B Taoufik Lachheb FRA 2000o 5.65 B Khalid Lachheb FRA 2000o 5.60 B Gérald Baudouin FRA 2000o 5.60 B Alain Andji FRA 2001i 5.75 A Nick Buckfield GBR 2001o 6.00 A Danny Ecker GER 2001i 5.95 A Michael Stolle GER 2000o 5.85 A Tim Lobinger GER 2000o 5.80 A Lars Börgeling GER 2001i 5.75 A Richard Spiegelburg GER 2001o 5.72 B Andrei Tivontschik GER 2001i 5.65 B Björn Otto GER 2000o 5.61 B Stavros Tsítouras GRE 2000o 5.86 A Aleksandr Averbukh ISR 2001i 5.70 B Dennis Kholev ISR 2000o 5.70 B Maurilio Mariani ITA 2000i 5.70 B Giuseppe Gibilisco ITA 2000o 5.60 B Massimo Allevi ITA 2000o 5.70 B Manabu Yokoyama JPN 2000o 5.70 B Grigoriy Yegorov KAZ 2001i 5.70 B Dominic Johnson LCA 2000o 5.60 B Robbie Pratt MEX 2000o 5.75 A Rens Blom NED 2000o 5.65 B Christian Tamminga NED 2000o 5.60 B Laurens Looije NED 2000o 5.60 B Trond Barthel NOR 2000o 5.60 B Joao André POR 2000o 5.60 B Nuño Fernandes POR 2000o 5.61 B Tiberiu Agoston ROM 2001i 5.85 A Okkert Brits RSA 2000o 5.60 B Riaan Botha RSA 2000o 5.90 A Pavel Gerasimov RUS 2000o 5.90 A Maksim Tarasov RUS 2000o 5.86 A Pavel Barlachenko RUS 2001o 5.85 A Yevgeniy Smiryagin RUS 2000o 5.75 A Vadim Strogalyov RUS 2000o 5.75 A Dmitri Markov RUS 2001o 5.70 B Vasily Gorshkov RUS 2001i 5.70 B Radion Gataullin RUS 2001i 5.70 B Pyotr Bochkaryov RUS 2000o 5.65 B Yvgeniy Mikhaylichenko RUS 2000o 5.60 B Igor Pavolv RUS 2001i 5.60 B Yuriy Yeliseyev RUS 2001i 5.80 A Martin Eriksson SWE 2000o 5.83 A Patrik Kristiansson SWE 2001o 5.70 B Ruhan Isim TUR 2000o 5.72 B Denis Yurchenko UKR 2000o 5.67 B Ruslan Yeremenko UKR 2001i 5.60 B Sergey Bubka UKR 2000i 6.03 A Jeff Hartwig USA 2000o 5.96 A Lawrence Johnson USA 2001i 5.93 A Tye Harvey USA 2001i 5.90 A Nick Hysong USA 2000o 5.81 A Tim Mack USA 2001o 5.81 A Russ Buller USA 2001o 5.80 A Jim Davis USA 2000o 5.80 A Chad Harting USA 2000o 5.75 A Scott Henning USA 2000o 5.75 A Kurt Hanna USA 2001o 5.74 B Derek Miles USA 2001o 5.73 B Toby Stevenson USA 2000o 5.70 B Daren McConough USA 2000o 5.69 B Brian Hunter USA 2001o 5.68 B Jake Pauli USA 2001i 5.68 B Adam Keul USA 2001i 5.65 B Scott Slover USA 2000o 5.65 B Jacob Davis USA 2000i 5.65 B Dean Starkey USA 2000o 5.63 B Pat Manson USA 2000o 5.60 B Mike NcNamara USA 2000o 5.60 B Jon Nance USA 2001o 5.60 B Brent Burns USA 2000o 5.60 B Bill Payne USA 2000o
