1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

Medalists

Gold	Sergey Bubka Ukraine (UKR)
Silver	Maksim Tarasov Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Dean Starkey United States (USA)

Schedule

• All times are
  UTC+2
  )

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	6.14 m	July 31, 1994	Sestriere, Italy
Event Record	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	6.00 m	August 19, 1993	Stuttgart, Germany
Broken records during the 1997 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	6.01 m	August 10, 1997	Athens, Greece

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Group A

Rank	Name	5.30	5.45	5.60	5.70	Result	Notes
1	Tim Lobinger (GER)	-	o	o	o	5.70	q
1	Maksim Tarasov (RUS)	-	-	-	o	5.70	q
3	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	-	-	-	xo	5.70	q
3	Nick Buckfield (GBR)	o	o	o	xo	5.70	q
5	Trond Barthel (NOR)	-	xo	xo	xo	5.70	q
6	Pat Manson (USA)	-	o	o	xxo	5.70	q
7	Danny Krasnov (ISR)	-	xo	o	xxo	5.70	q
8	Juan Gabriel Concepción (ESP)	xxo	xxo	o	xxx	5.60
9	Alain Andji (FRA)	-	o	xxo	xxx	5.60
9	Andrei Tivontschik  (GER)	-	-	xxo	xxx	5.60
11	Peter Widen  (SWE)	-	o	xxx		5.45
12	Ilian Efremov  (BUL)	xxo	o	xxx		5.45
13	Vesa Rantanen (FIN)	o	xo	xxx		5.45
14	Andrea Giannini (ITA)	xo	xo	xxx		5.45
15	Edgardo Díaz  (PUR)	o	xxo	xxx		5.45
16	Ruhan Işim  (TUR)	xxo	xxx			5.30
–	Okkert Brits (RSA)	-	-	xx-	x	NM
–	Lawrence Johnson (USA)	-	-	xxx		NM
–	Aleksandr Korchagin (KAZ)	xxx				NM
–	Montxu Miranda (ESP)	-				DNF

Group B

Rank	Name	5.30	5.45	5.60	5.70	Result	Notes
1	Martin Eriksson (SWE)	-	o	xo	o	5.70	q
2	Yevgeniy Smiryagin  (RUS)	xo	o	xxo	o	5.70	q
3	Jean Galfione (FRA)	-	xo	-	xo	5.70	q
4	Vadim Strogalyov  (RUS)	-	xxo	-	xo	5.70	q
5	Riaan Botha (RSA)	-	-	o	xxo	5.70	q
6	Dean Starkey (USA)	-	xo	xo	xxo	5.70	q
7	Igor Potapovich (KAZ)	-	-	o	xxx	5.60
8	Khalid Lachheb (FRA)	xo	o	xo	xxx	5.60
9	Michael Stolle (GER)	o	o	xxo	xxx	5.60
10	Fabio Pizzolato (ITA)	xxo	o	xxo	xxx	5.60
11	Paul Gibbons (NZL)	o	xo	xxx		5.45
12	Laurens Looije (NED)	o	xxx			5.30
12	Vyacheslav Shuteyev (UKR)	o	xxx			5.30
–	Heikki Vaaraniemi  (FIN)	-	xxx			NM
–	Javier García  (ESP)	-	xxx			NM
–	Stavros Tsitouras (GRE)	-	xxx			NM
–	Martin Voss (DEN)	xxx				NM
–	Jurij Rovan (SLO)	xxx				NM
–	Dmitriy Markov  (BLR)					DNS

Final

Rank	Name	5.50	5.70	5.80	5.86	5.91	5.96	6.01	6.06	6.15	Result	Notes
	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	-	xo	-	-	xo	-	o	-	DNF	6.01	CR
	Maksim Tarasov (RUS)	-	xo	-	o	xxo	o	x-	xx		5.96
	Dean Starkey (USA)	xo	o	o	xxo	xxo	x-	xx			5.91	SB
4	Tim Lobinger (GER)	o	o	o	xxx						5.80
5	Nick Buckfield (GBR)	o	o	xxx							5.70
6	Pat Manson (USA)	xo	o	xxx							5.70
7	Vadim Strogalyov  (RUS)	o	xxo	xxx							5.70
8	Yevgeniy Smiryagin  (RUS)	xo	xxo	xxx							5.70
9	Martin Eriksson (SWE)	o	xxx								5.50
9	Danny Krasnov (ISR)	o	xxx								5.50
11	Trond Barthel (NOR)	xo	xxx								5.50
—	Riaan Botha (RSA)	-	xxx								NM
—	Jean Galfione (FRA)	-	xxx								NM