| 1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Track events | ||
| 60 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | men | women |
| 60 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m walk | women | |
| 5000 m walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
The men's pole vault event at the 1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 22 February. [1] [2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.00 | 5.15 | 5.30 | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.55 | 5.60 | 5.65 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | 5.90 | 5.97 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Thierry Vigneron |  France | – | – | – | – | o | – | – | o | – | o | – | o | xx– | x | 5.85 | =CR, =NR |
 | Ferenc Salbert | France | – | – | – | – | o | – | – | – | – | xxo | – | xo | xxx | 5.85 | =NR | |
 | Marian Kolasa |  Poland | – | – | – | – | o | – | – | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 5.80 | |||
| 4 | Philippe Collet | France | – | – | – | – | o | – | – | o | – | xxo | xxx | 5.75 | ||||
| 5 | Rodion Gataullin |  Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | xo | – | – | – | x– | xx | 5.60 | |||
| 6 | Nikolay Nikolov |  Bulgaria | – | – | xxo | – | o | – | xo | – | xxx | 5.60 | ||||||
| 7 | Atanas Tarev | Bulgaria | – | – | – | o | – | – | xxo | – | xxx | 5.60 | ||||||
| 8 | Asko Peltoniemi |  Finland | – | – | o | – | xo | – | xxx | 5.50 | ||||||||
| 9 | Stanimir Penchev | Bulgaria | – | – | – | o | – | xxx | 5.40 | |||||||||
| 10 | Hermann Fehringer |  Austria | – | – | o | xxo | xxx | 5.40 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Gianni Stecchi |  Italy | o | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | 5.40 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Miro Zalar |  Sweden | – | – | o | – | r | 5.30 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Arto Peltoniemi | Finland | – | xo | o | xr | 5.30 | |||||||||||
| 14 | Kimmo Pallonen | Finland | – | – | xo | xxx | 5.30 | |||||||||||
| 14 | Bernhard Zintl |  West Germany | – | – | xo | – | xxx | 5.30 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Javier García |  Spain | – | xxo | xxo | xxx | 5.30 |
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