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. | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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. |  Liang Xueren (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 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Bob Ferguson (CAN) | ||
| Kimmo Kuusela (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
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