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.

Medalists Gold Sergey BubkaSoviet Union (URS)Silver Thierry VigneronFrance (FRA)Bronze Radion GataullinSoviet Union (URS)

Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B03.09.1987 – ??:??h03.09.1987 – ??:??hFinal Round05.09.1987 – 15:30h

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships World Record 6.03 m June 23, 1987 Prague, Czechoslovakia Event Record 5.70 m August 14, 1983 Helsinki, Finland Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships Event Record 5.85 m September 5, 1987 Rome, Italy

Results Qualifying round Held on Thursday 1987-09-03 RANKGROUP AHEIGHT1.5.55 m3.5.50 m4.5.40 m7.5.30 m8.5.20 m9.5.10 m10.5.00 m—NM

RANKGROUP BHEIGHT1.5.55 m4.5.50 m7.5.40 m9.5.20 m—NM

Final L'Athletisme (September 1987, p40) Rank Name Nationality 5.30 5.40 5.50 5.60 5.70 5.75 5.80 5.85 6.05 Result Notes Sergey Bubka – – – – o – – o xx 5.85 CR Thierry Vigneron – – o – o – xo xxx 5.80 Radion Gataullin – – – o xo xo xxx 5.80 Marian Kolasa – – o xo xxo – xxo xxx 5.80 Earl Bell – o – o o xxx 5.70 Nikolay Nikolov – o – o o xx– x 5.70 =PB Delko Lesev – o – o xxx 5.60 Atanas Tarev – o – xo x– xx 5.60 Aleksandrs Obižajevs – – o – xxx 5.50 10 Ferenc Salbert – – xo – – xxx 5.50 11 Gianni Stecchi o xo xx– x 5.40 12 Miro Zalar xo – xxx 5.30 Hermann Fehringer – xxx Zdeněk Lubenský xxx

See also 1983 Men's World Championships Pole Vault (Helsinki) 1984 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Los Angeles) 1986 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Stuttgart) 1988 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Seoul) 1990 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Split) 1991 Men's World Championships Pole Vault (Tokyo) 1992 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Barcelona)

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