The men's pole vault at the 2026 European Athletics Championships took place over two rounds at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 14 and 16 August 2026."European Athletics Championships Birmingham 2026", European Athletics, 21 April 2026. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
Background
+ Records before the 2026 European Athletics Championships Record Athlete (nation) Location Date World record"All time Top lists – Senior Pole Vault men – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2026. 6.31 m Uppsala, Sweden 12 March 2026 European record"All time Top lists – Senior Pole Vault men – Europe", World Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2026. World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2026 Pole Vault men – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2026. European leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2026 Pole Vault men – Europe", World Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2026. Championship record"European Athletics Championships Best Performances", European Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2026. 6.10 m Rome, Italy 12 June 2024
Qualification For the men's pole vault, the qualification period was from 27 July 2025 to 26 July 2026. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard of 5.82 m or better, by wildcard for the 2024 European Athletics Champion, or by their position on the World Athletics Rankings for the event. The target number was 30 athletes."Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 14 November 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
+ Qualification standings per 31 July 2026 QP CP Country Athlete Status Details 1 1 Armand Duplantis Qualified by Wild Card Defending European Champion 2 1 Emmanouil Karalis Qualified by Entry Standard 6.17 - Olympic Sports Complex of Paiania, Athina (GRE) (i) - 28 FEB 2026 3 1 Sondre Guttormsen Qualified by Entry Standard 6.06 - Complexe Kindarena, Rouen (FRA) (i) - 07 MAR 2026 4 1 Baptiste Thiery Qualified by Entry Standard 5.93 - Stade Charléty, Paris (FRA) - 28 JUN 2026 5 1 Ersu Şaşma Qualified by Entry Standard 5.92 - Olympiastadion, Berlin (GER) - 27 JUL 2025 6 1 Menno Vloon Qualified by Entry Standard 5.92 - Olympiastadion, Berlin (GER) - 27 JUL 2025 7 2 Robin Emig Qualified by Entry Standard 5.92 - Piazza Zanardelli, Chiari (ITA) - 01 SEP 2025 8 3 Thibaut Collet Qualified by Entry Standard 5.91 - Pl. Panathinaikou Stadiou, Athina (GRE) - 05 JUL 2026 9 1 Bo Kanda Lita Baehre Qualified by Entry Standard 5.90 - Estadio Vallehermoso, Madrid (ESP) - 16 JUL 2026 10 1 Pedro Buaró Qualified by Entry Standard 5.85 - Estadio Vallehermoso, Madrid (ESP) - 16 JUL 2026 reserve 4 Mathieu Collet Qualified by Entry Standard 5.82 - Stadium Municipal, Albi (FRA) - 26 JUL 2026 11 1 Ben Broeders Qualified by World Rankings 10th - 1266 points 12 1 Piotr Lisek Qualified by World Rankings 12th - 1255 points 13 1 David Holý Qualified by World Rankings 18th - 1226 points 14 1 Valters Kreišs Qualified by World Rankings 19th - 1226 points 15 1 Owen Heard Qualified by World Rankings 21st - 1213 points 16 2 Ioannis Rizos Qualified by World Rankings 22nd - 1212 points 17 1 Matteo Oliveri Qualified by World Rankings 25th - 1207 points 18 1 Juho Alasaari Qualified by World Rankings 27th - 1206 points 19 1 Oleksandr Onufriyev Qualified by World Rankings 28th - 1204 points 20 2 Ylio Philtjens Qualified by World Rankings 29th - 1199 points 21 2 William Asker Qualified by World Rankings 34th - 1191 points 22 1 Ivan Geronimo Šerić Qualified by World Rankings 37th - 1189 points 23 2 Gillian Ladwig Qualified by World Rankings 38th - 1188 points 24 2 Vladislav Malykhin Qualified by World Rankings 40th - 1187 points 25 2 Simone Bertelli Qualified by World Rankings 41st - 1187 points 26 3 Oliver Sandberg Qualified by World Rankings 44th - 1177 points 27 2 Dan Bárta Qualified by World Rankings 47th - 1168 points 28 1 Robert Kompus Qualified by World Rankings 48th - 1167 points 29 2 Henri Apri Qualified by World Rankings 49th - 1160 points 30 1 Justin Fournier Qualified by World Rankings 52nd - 1151 points reserve 1 Riccardo Klotz Next best by World Rankings 58th - 1141 points reserve 2 Pål Haugen Lillefosse Next best by World Rankings 60th - 1137 points reserve 1 Dimitris Christofi Next best by World Rankings 89th - 1098 points reserve 2 Christos Tamanis Next best by World Rankings 98th - 1088 points
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Schedule Date Time Round14 August 2026 11:05 Qualification.16 August 2026 19:30 Final
Results Qualification The qualification round was held on 14 August 2026, at 11:05 in the morning. All athletes meeting the Qualification Standard (Q) of 5.80 m or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final. Group A Place Athlete Nation 5.25 5.45 5.60 5.70 Result Notes 1 Armand Duplantis - - o 5.60 m 1 Emmanouil Karalis - - o 5.60 m 1 Bo Kanda Lita Baehre - - o 5.60 m 4 Baptiste Thiery - xxo o 5.60 m 5 Sondre Guttormsen - o xo 5.60 m 6 Pedro Buaró - xo xo 5.60 m 7 Juho Alasaari o o xxo 5.60 m 8 Ben Broeders - xxo xxo 5.60 m 9 Gillian Ladwig o o xxx 5.45 m 10 Valters Kreišs - xxo xxx 5.45 m 11 David Holý o xxx 5.20 m — xxx — Thibaut Collet - - xxx
Group B Place Athlete Nation 5.25 5.45 5.60 5.70 Result Notes 1 Ylio Philtjens o o o 5.60 m 2 Mathieu Collet - o xxo 5.60 m 3 Matteo Oliveri xo xo xxo 5.60 m 4 Owen Heard o o xxx 5.45 m 4 Oleksandr Onufriyev o o xxx 5.45 m 6 o xo xxx 5.45 m 7 xxo xo xxx 5.45 m 8 Justin Fournier xo xxo xxx 5.45 m 9 o xxx 5.20 m 10 Vladislav Malykhin xo xxx 5.20 m — Ioannis Rizos xxx — Ersu Şaşma - xxx — xxx — Menno Vloon - x- - xr
Final The final was held on 16 August 2026, at 19:30 in the evening.
Place Athlete Nation 5.55 5.70 5.85 5.95 6.00 6.05 6.10 6.15 6.20 6.25 Result NotesArmand Duplantis o -o -xo -oo -r6.15 mEmmanouil Karalis o -ooxo -x-x-x6.00 m Baptiste Thiery oooxxx 5.85 m 4Mathieu Collet ooxxx 5.70 m 5Oleksandr Onufriyev xooxxx5.70 m=6Pedro Buaró oxoxxx 5.70 m6Sondre Guttormsen oxoxx-x 5.70 m8Ben Broeders xoxoxxx 5.70 m9Bo Kanda Lita Baehre oxxox-xx5.70 m10Ylio Philtjens xxoxxoxxx5.70 m=11Owen Heard oxxx5.55 m11Gillian Ladwig oxxx5.55 m13 Juho Alasaari xoxxx5.55 m13Matteo Oliveri xoxxx5.55 m
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