The men's pole vault at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, United States on 6 and 9 August 2026.
Records U20 standing records prior to the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows: Record Athlete & Nationality Mark Location Date World U20 Record 6.05 m Berlin, Germany 12 August 2018Championship Record 5.82 m Tampere, Finland 14 July 2018 World U20 Leading 5.82 m Pierre-Bénite, France 13 June 2026
Results Qualification Qualification took place in the afternoon session on 6 August 2026.
Group A Place Athlete Nation 4.60 4.80 4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 Results Notes 1 Axel Rogö - - o o xo 5.25 m 2 Kaito Taniguchi - - o xo xo 5.25 m 3 Alois Gellens - xo xo o xxo 5.25 m 4 Christoforos Litsardopoulos o o o o xxx 5.10 m 5 Gabriel Genest - - - xo x- xx 5.10 m 5 Lukas Brauc - o o xo xxx 5.10 m 5 Leonardo Scalon - - - xo xxx 5.10 m 8 Abdulla Saad Al-Abdulla o o o xxx 4.95 m 8 Bohdan Holovko - o o xxx 4.95 m 10 Enzo Martinez - xo xxo xxx 4.95 m
Group B Place Athlete Nation 4.60 4.80 4.95 5.10 5.25 5.35 Results Notes 1 Zackaria Dia - - - o o 5.25 m 2 Naoya Inoue - - xo xxo o 5.25 m 3 Jaxon Jerabek - - - o xo 5.25 m 3 Isaiah Whitaker - - - - xo 5.25 m 5 Zeng Liang - - - xxo xo 5.25 m 6 Henri Apri - - - - xxo 5.25 m 6 Marco Rodriguez - - o o xxo 5.25 m 8 Topias Mustonen - - - o xxx 5.10 m 9 Mathias Urbanczyk - - o xo xxx 5.10 m 10 Martin Plakk - o o xxx 4.95 m 10 Liam Wikerd o o o xxx 4.95 m 12 Ben Silas Kribelbauer - xo xo xxx 4.95 m
Final The final took place in the morning session on 9 August 2026.
Place Athlete Nation 5.00 5.20 5.35 5.45 5.50 5.55 5.60 5.65 5.70 5.75 5.80 5.85 Results Notes Zackaria Dia - - o - xo - x- o o o o xxx 5.80 m Henri Apri - xxo o xo - xxo - o x- o - xxx 5.75 m Isaiah Whitaker - o xo xo xx- - x 5.45 m 4 Naoya Inoue o xxo xxo xo xxx 5.45 m 5 Marco Rodriguez - xxo o xxx 5.35 m 6 Topias Mustonen o xo xo xxx 5.35 m 7 Axel Rogö - xo - xxx 5.20 m 8 Alois Gellens o xxo xxx 5.20 m 9 Kaito Taniguchi xo xxo xxx 5.20 m 10 Christoforos Litsardopoulos o xxx 5.00 m Zeng Liang - xxx Jaxon Jerabek - o xo o o - o x- xx
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