1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

These are the official results of the men's pole vault event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Thursday August 29, 1991.

Medalists

Gold	Sergey Bubka Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	István Bagyula Hungary (HUN)
Bronze	Maksim Tarasov Soviet Union (URS)

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
27.08.1991 – 16:40h	27.08.1991 – 16:40h
Final Round
29.08.1991 – 16:00h

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	4.90	5.00	5.10	5.20	5.30	5.40	5.45	5.50	Result	Notes
1	A	Sergey Bubka	Soviet Union	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	5.50	q
1	A	Maksim Tarasov	Soviet Union	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	5.50	q
1	A	Peter Widén	Sweden									5.50	q
4	A	Thierry Vigneron	France	–	–	–	–	o	–	–	xo	5.50	q
5	A	Galin Nikov	Bulgaria									5.50	q
5	A	Tim Bright	United States	–	–	–	–	–	xo	–	xo	5.50	q
5	A	Jean Galfione	France	–	–	–	–	xo	–	–	xo	5.50	q
8	A	Mike Edwards	Great Britain	–	–	–	o	o	o	–	xxx	5.40
9	A	Mirosław Chmara	Poland									5.40
10	A	Simon Arkell	Australia									5.40
11	A	Nikolay Nikolov	Bulgaria									5.30
12	A	Kim Chul-kyun	South Korea									5.30
13	A	Sazan Fisheku	Albania									5.30
14	A	Alberto Ruiz	Spain									5.20
	A	Petri Peltoniemi	Finland									NM
1	B	Radion Gataullin	Soviet Union	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	5.50	q
2	B	Bernhard Zintl	Germany	–	–	–	–	o	–	x		5.50	q
3	B	István Bagyula	Hungary	–	–	–	–	xo	xo	–		5.50	q
4	B	Philippe Collet	France	–	–	–	–	–	xxo	–		5.50	q
5	B	Hermann Fehringer	Austria									5.50	q
5	B	Doug Wood	Canada									5.50	q
7	B	Hideyuki Takei	Japan									5.45
8	B	Joe Dial	United States									5.40
8	B	Jani Lehtonen	Finland									5.40
10	B	Paul Gibbons	New Zealand									5.40
11	B	Zdeněk Lubenský	Czechoslovakia	–	–	–	o	–	xo			5.40
12	B	Kelly Riley	United States									5.30
13	B	Javier García	Spain									5.30
13	B	Delko Lesev	Bulgaria									5.30
15	B	Edgar Díaz	Puerto Rico									5.20
16	B	Martin Voss	Denmark									5.20

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	5.20	5.30	5.40	5.50	5.55	5.60	5.65	5.70	5.75	5.80	5.85	5.90	5.95	Result	Notes
	Sergey Bubka	Soviet Union	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	–	–	x–	xo	5.95	CR
	István Bagyula	Hungary	–	–	o	xo	–	o	–	o	–	xo	xo	o	xxx	5.90
	Maksim Tarasov	Soviet Union	–	–	–	o	–	–	–	o	–	o	o	xxx		5.85
4	Radion Gataullin	Soviet Union	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	xo	–	x–	xo	xx–	x	5.85
5	Peter Widén	Sweden	–	–	o	o	–	o	–	xxo	o	xxx				5.75	NR
6	Tim Bright	United States	–	–	–	xxo	–	–	xo	–	xxo	–	xxx			5.75
7	Hermann Fehringer	Austria	–	–	o	–	–	o	–	xxx						5.60
8	Thierry Vigneron	France	–	–	xo	–	–	o	–	xxx						5.60
9	Bernhard Zintl	Germany	–	o	–	o	–	xxx								5.50
10	Jean Galfione	France	–	–	o	–	–	xxx								5.40
11	Doug Wood	Canada	xxo	–	xo	xxx										5.40
12	Galin Nikov	Bulgaria	–	xo	–	xxx										5.30
	Philippe Collet	France	–	–	–	xxx										NM

References

Results
L'Athletisme (September 1991, p41)