1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

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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.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Sergey Bubka
Soviet Union (URS)
Silver Flag of France.svg Thierry Vigneron
France (FRA)
Bronze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Radion Gataullin
Soviet Union (URS)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
03.09.1987  ??:??h03.09.1987  ??:??h
Final Round
05.09.1987 15:30h

Abbreviations

Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships
World Record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergey Bubka  (URS)6.03 mJune 23, 1987 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague, Czechoslovakia
Event Record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergey Bubka  (URS)5.70 mAugust 14, 1983 Flag of Finland.svg Helsinki, Finland
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
Event Record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergey Bubka  (URS)5.85 mSeptember 5, 1987 Flag of Italy.svg Rome, Italy

Results

Qualifying round

RANKGROUP AHEIGHT
1.Flag of Poland.svg  Marian Kolasa  (POL)5.55 m
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergey Bubka  (URS)
3.Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Atanas Tarev  (BUL)5.50 m
4.Flag of Austria.svg  Hermann Fehringer  (AUT)5.40 m
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Zdenek Lubenský  (TCH)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Radion Gataullin  (URS)
7.Flag of Germany.svg  Bernhard Zintl  (FRG)5.30 m
8.Flag of Finland.svg  Timo Kuusisto  (FIN)5.20 m
9.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liang Xueren  (CHN)5.10 m
10.Flag of Hungary.svg  István Bagyula  (HUN)5.00 m
Flag of the United States.svg  Billy Olson  (USA)NM
Flag of France.svg  Philippe Collet  (FRA)


RANKGROUP BHEIGHT
1.Flag of the United States.svg  Earl Bell  (USA)5.55 m
Flag of France.svg  Ferenc Salbert  (FRA)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandrs Obizajevs  (URS)
4.Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Nikolay Nikolov  (BUL)5.50 m
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Delko Lesev  (BUL)
Flag of France.svg  Thierry Vigneron  (FRA)
7.Flag of Italy.svg  Gianni Stecchi  (ITA)5.40 m
Flag of Sweden.svg  Miro Zalar  (SWE)
9.Flag of Poland.svg  Mirosław Chmara  (POL)5.20 m
Flag of the United States.svg  Joe Dial  (USA)NM
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Bob Ferguson  (CAN)
Flag of Finland.svg  Kimmo Kuusela  (FIN)

Final

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RankNameNationality5.305.405.505.605.705.755.805.856.05ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Sergey Bubka Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union ooxx5.85 CR
Silver medal icon.svg Thierry Vigneron Flag of France.svg  France ooxoxxx5.80
Bronze medal icon.svg Radion Gataullin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union oxoxoxxx5.80
4 Marian Kolasa Flag of Poland.svg  Poland oxoxxoxxoxxx5.80
5 Earl Bell Flag of the United States.svg  United States oooxxx5.70
5 Nikolay Nikolov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria oooxx–x5.70=PB
7 Delko Lesev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria ooxxx5.60
8 Atanas Tarev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria oxox–xx5.60
9 Aleksandrs Obižajevs Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union oxxx5.50
10 Ferenc Salbert Flag of France.svg  France xoxxx5.50
11 Gianni Stecchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy oxoxx–x5.40
12 Miro Zalar Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden xoxxx5.30
Hermann Fehringer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria xxxNM
Zdeněk Lubenský Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia xxxNM

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References

  1. L'Athletisme (September 1987, p40)