| 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| 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 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6 March. [1] [2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.10 | 5.20 | 5.30 | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.55 | 5.60 | 5.65 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.90 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Rodion Gataullin |  Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | xxo | xxx | 5.75 | |
 | Nikolay Nikolov |  Bulgaria | – | – | – | xo | – | – | o | – | o | xxx | 5.70 | ||
 | Atanas Tarev | Bulgaria | – | – | – | o | – | – | o | – | xo | xxx | 5.70 | ||
| 4 | Mirosław Chmara |  Poland | – | – | – | – | xo | – | o | – | xo | xxx | 5.70 | ||
| 5 | Philippe Collet |  France | – | – | – | – | – | – | xxo | – | xx– | x | 5.60 | ||
| 6 | Jean-Marc Tailhardat | France | – | xo | – | xo | – | o | – | xxx | 5.55 | ||||
| 7 | Hermann Fehringer |  Austria | – | – | o | o | o | – | xxx | 5.50 | |||||
| 7 | Bernhard Zintl |  West Germany | – | o | – | o | o | xxx | 5.50 | ||||||
| 9 | Philippe d'Encausse | France | – | – | xxo | – | o | – | xxx | 5.50 | |||||
| 10 | Miro Zalar |  Sweden | – | – | – | – | xxo | – | xxx | 5.50 | |||||
| 11 | Marco Andreini |  Italy | o | – | o | o | x– | xx | 5.40 | ||||||
| 12 | Harri Palola |  Finland | – | – | xo | o | xxx | 5.40 | |||||||
| 13 | Gábor Molnár |  Hungary | – | xo | – | xo | xxx | 5.40 | |||||||
| 14 | István Bagyula | Hungary | xxo | – | o | xo | xxx | 5.40 | |||||||
| 15 | Enzo Brichese | Italy | – | o | – | xxo | – | xxx | 5.40 | ||||||
| 15 | Delko Lesev | Bulgaria | 5.40 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Dirk Ledegen |  Belgium | – | xxo | xxo | xxx | 5.30 | ||||||||
| 18 | Giorgio Grassi | Italy | – | o | – | xxx | 5.20 | ||||||||
| Valeriy Ishutin | Soviet Union | – | – | – | xxx | NM | |||||||||
| Dezső Szabó | Hungary | xxx | NM |
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