1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 24 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday September 5, 1987.
Medalists[]
| Gold |  Sergey BubkaSoviet Union (URS) |
| Silver |  Thierry VigneronFrance (FRA) |
| Bronze | Radion Gataullin Soviet Union (URS) |
Schedule[]
- All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
| Qualification Round | |
|---|---|
| Group A | Group B |
| 03.09.1987 – ??:??h | 03.09.1987 – ??:??h |
| Final Round | |
| 05.09.1987 – 15:30h | |
Abbreviations[]
- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records[]
| Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Sergey Bubka (URS) |
6.03 m | June 23, 1987 |  Prague, Czechoslovakia
|
| Event Record | Sergey Bubka (URS) |
5.70 m | August 14, 1983 |  Helsinki, Finland
|
| Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships | ||||
| Event Record | Sergey Bubka (URS) |
5.85 m | September 5, 1987 |  Rome, Italy
|
Results[]
Qualifying round[]
- Held on Thursday 1987-09-03
| RANK | GROUP A | HEIGHT |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Marian Kolasa (POL)
|
5.55 m |
| Sergey Bubka (URS)
| ||
| 3. |  Atanas Tarev (BUL)
|
5.50 m |
| 4. |  Hermann Fehringer (AUT)
|
5.40 m |
| Zdenek Lubenský (TCH)
| ||
| Radion Gataullin (URS)
| ||
| 7. |  Bernhard Zintl (FRG)
|
5.30 m |
| 8. | Timo Kuusisto (FIN)
|
5.20 m |
| 9. |  (CHN)
|
5.10 m |
| 10. |  István Bagyula (HUN)
|
5.00 m |
| — |  Billy Olson (USA)
|
NM |
| Philippe Collet (FRA)
|
| RANK | GROUP B | HEIGHT |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Earl Bell (USA)
|
5.55 m |
| Ferenc Salbert (FRA)
| ||
| Aleksandrs Obizajevs (URS)
| ||
| 4. | Nikolay Nikolov (BUL)
|
5.50 m |
| Delko Lesev (BUL)
| ||
| Thierry Vigneron (FRA)
| ||
| 7. | Gianni Stecchi (ITA)
|
5.40 m |
 Miro Zalar (SWE)
| ||
| 9. | Mirosław Chmara (POL)
|
5.20 m |
| — | Joe Dial (USA)
|
NM |
 (CAN)
| ||
| (FIN)
|
Final[]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.30 | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.60 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | 6.05 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union |
– | – | – | – | o | – | – | o | xx | 5.85 | CR |
 |
Thierry Vigneron | France |
- | - | o | - | o | - | xo | xxx | 5.80 | ||
 |
Radion Gataullin | Soviet Union |
o | xo | xo | xxx | 5.80 | ||||||
| 4 | Marian Kolasa | Poland |
– | – | o | xo | xxo | – | xxo | xxx | 5.80 | ||
| 5 | Earl Bell | United States |
- | o | - | o | o | xxx | 5.70 | ||||
| 5 | Nikolay Nikolov | Bulgaria |
- | o | - | o | o | xx- | x | 5.70 | =PB | ||
| 7 | Delko Lesev | Bulgaria |
- | o | - | o | xxx | 5.60 | |||||
| 8 | Atanas Tarev | Bulgaria |
- | o | - | xo | x- | xx | 5.60 | ||||
| 9 | Aleksandrs Obižajevs | Soviet Union |
5.50 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Ferenc Salbert | France |
5.50 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Gianni Stecchi | Italy |
5.40 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Miro Zalar | Sweden |
5.30 | ||||||||||
| Hermann Fehringer | Austria |
NM | |||||||||||
| Zdeněk Lubenský | Czechoslovakia |
NM |
See also[]
- 1983 Men's World Championships Pole Vault (Helsinki)
- 1984 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Los Angeles)
- 1986 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Stuttgart)
- 1988 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Seoul)
- 1990 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Split)
- 1991 Men's World Championships Pole Vault (Tokyo)
- 1992 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Barcelona)
References[]
Categories:
- Events at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics
- Pole vault at the World Athletics Championships