Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria, with the final on 2 September 1961.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Dimitar Khlebarov Bulgaria	Gérard Barras Switzerland	Ihor Petrenko Soviet Union

Results

Qualifications

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Risto Ankio	Finland	4.10	q
	Gérard Barras	Switzerland	4.10	q
	Dimitar Khlebarov	Bulgaria	4.10	q
	Khristo Khristov	Bulgaria	4.10	q
	Ihor Petrenko	Soviet Union	4.10	q
	Rudolf Tomášek	Czechoslovakia	4.10	q
	Janusz Gronowski	Poland	4.10	q
	Dragan Arapović	Yugoslavia	4.10	q
	Friedbert Volk	West Germany	4.10	q
	István Török	Hungary	4.10	q
	Helmut Schmidt	West Germany	4.10	q
	Yasushi Yamada	Japan	4.10	q
	Jonathan Hugon	Great Britain	4.00
	Sinan Özisik	Turkey	3.80
	Dimitriyas Vicarapalo	Turkey	3.60

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Dimitar Khlebarov	Bulgaria	4.52
	Gérard Barras	Switzerland	4.52
	Ihor Petrenko	Soviet Union	4.52
4	Risto Ankio	Finland	4.46
5	Khristo Khristov	Bulgaria	4.40
6	Janusz Gronowski	Poland	4.40
7	Rudolf Tomášek	Czechoslovakia	4.30
8	István Török	Hungary	4.30
9	Yasushi Yamada	Japan	4.20
10	Helmut Schmidt	West Germany	4.10
11	Friedbert Volk	West Germany	4.00
12	Dragan Arapović	Yugoslavia	4.00