1991 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 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Thursday August 29, 1991.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Sergey Bubka
Soviet Union (URS)
Silver Flag of Hungary.svg István Bagyula
Hungary (HUN)
Bronze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Maksim Tarasov
Soviet Union (URS)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
27.08.1991 16:40h27.08.1991 16:40h
Final Round
29.08.1991 16:00h

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

RankGroupNameNationality4.905.005.105.205.305.405.455.50ResultNotes
1A Sergey Bubka Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union o5.50q
1A Maksim Tarasov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union o5.50q
1A Peter Widén Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5.50q
4A Thierry Vigneron Flag of France.svg  France oxo5.50q
5A Galin Nikov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 5.50q
5A Tim Bright Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States xoxo5.50q
5A Jean Galfione Flag of France.svg  France xoxo5.50q
8A Mike Edwards Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain oooxxx5.40
9A Mirosław Chmara Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 5.40
10A Simon Arkell Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5.40
11A Nikolay Nikolov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 5.30
12A Kim Chul-kyun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 5.30
13A Sazan Fisheku Flag of Albania (1946-1992).svg  Albania 5.30
14A Alberto Ruiz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 5.20
A Petri Peltoniemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland NM
1B Radion Gataullin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union o5.50q
2B Bernhard Zintl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany ox5.50q
3B István Bagyula Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary xoxo5.50q
4B Philippe Collet Flag of France.svg  France xxo5.50q
5B Hermann Fehringer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 5.50q
5B Doug Wood Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5.50q
7B Hideyuki Takei Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5.45
8B Joe Dial Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 5.40
8B Jani Lehtonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 5.40
10B Paul Gibbons Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 5.40
11B Zdeněk Lubenský Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia oxo5.40
12B Kelly Riley Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 5.30
13B Javier García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 5.30
13B Delko Lesev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 5.30
15B Edgar Díaz Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 5.20
16B Martin Voss Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 5.20

Final

RankNameNationality5.205.305.405.505.555.605.655.705.755.805.855.905.95ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Sergey Bubka Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union ox–xo5.95 CR
Silver medal icon.svg István Bagyula Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary oxoooxoxooxxx5.90
Bronze medal icon.svg Maksim Tarasov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union ooooxxx5.85
4 Radion Gataullin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union xox–xoxx–x5.85
5 Peter Widén Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden oooxxooxxx5.75 NR
6 Tim Bright Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States xxoxoxxoxxx5.75
7 Hermann Fehringer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria ooxxx5.60
8 Thierry Vigneron Flag of France.svg  France xooxxx5.60
9 Bernhard Zintl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany ooxxx5.50
10 Jean Galfione Flag of France.svg  France oxxx5.40
11 Doug Wood Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada xxoxoxxx5.40
12 Galin Nikov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria xoxxx5.30
Philippe Collet Flag of France.svg  France xxxNM

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