1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 17 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Igor Potapovich   Soviet Union
Silver	Delko Lesev   Bulgaria
Bronze	Michael Thiede   East Germany

Results

Final

17 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Igor Potapovich	Soviet Union	5.50
	Delko Lesev	Bulgaria	5.40
	Michael Thiede	East Germany	5.30
4	Karsten Wichert	East Germany	5.30
5	Grigoriy Yegorov	Soviet Union	5.20
6	Tim McMichael	United States	5.10
7	Jani Lehtonen	Finland	5.10
8	Philippe D'Encausse	France	5.00
	Patrik Johansson	Sweden	5.00
10	Wojciech Dakiniewicz	Poland	5.00
11	Vijay Pal Singh	India	5.00
	Martin Voss	Denmark	NH
	Peter Widén	Sweden	NH
	Pat Manson	United States	NH

Qualifications

16 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Delko Lesev	Bulgaria	5.00	Q
	Jani Lehtonen	Finland	5.00	Q
	Philippe D'Encausse	France	5.00	Q
	Karsten Wichert	East Germany	5.00	Q
	Michael Thiede	East Germany	5.00	Q
	Wojciech Dakiniewicz	Poland	5.00	Q
	Grigoriy Yegorov	Soviet Union	5.00	Q
	Igor Potapovich	Soviet Union	5.00	Q
	Tim McMichael	United States	5.00	Q
	Pat Manson	United States	5.00	Q
11	Steve Wilson	Australia	4.90
	István Bagyula	Hungary	NH

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Martin Voss	Denmark	5.00	Q
	Vijay Pal Singh	India	5.00	Q
	Peter Widén	Sweden	5.00	Q
	Patrik Johansson	Sweden	5.00	Q
5	Kevin Rankin	Canada	4.80
	Gianfranco Beda	Italy	4.80
7	Juan Miguel Saldarriaga	Colombia	4.70
8	Samir Agsous	Algeria	4.40
	Efrain Meléndez	Puerto Rico	4.40
	Martin Bossio	Argentina	NH
	Stuart Love	Canada	NH
	Hiroyuki Sano	Japan	NH
	Nasser Mohamed Al-Wahibi	Saudi Arabia	NH

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

•   Algeria (1)
•   Argentina (1)
•   Australia (1)
•   Bulgaria (1)
•   Canada (2)
•   Colombia (1)
•   Denmark (1)
•   East Germany (2)
•   Finland (1)
•   France (1)
•   Hungary (1)
•   India (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Japan (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Puerto Rico (1)
•   Saudi Arabia (1)
•   Soviet Union (2)
•   Sweden (2)
•   United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1986 Athens GRE Jul 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 26 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015