1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes. The qualification round was stopped and later canceled due to heavy rain and strong winds and eventually a straight final was held on 14 August, the last day of the championships.

Medalists

Gold Sergey Bubka
Soviet Union (URS)
Silver Konstantin Volkov
Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze Atanas Tarev
Bulgaria (BUL)

Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record Vladimir Polyakov (URS)5.81 mJune 26, 1981 Tbilisi, Georgia
Event RecordNew event

Results

Final

RankNameNationality5.105.255.405.505.555.605.655.705.755.82ResultNotes
Sergey Bubka Soviet Unionooxxooxxx5.70
Konstantin Volkov Soviet Unionoox–xx5.60
Atanas Tarev Bulgariaxxoooxxx5.60
4Tadeusz Ślusarski Polandxooxxx5.55
5Tom Hintnaus Brazilxooxx–x5.50
6Patrick Abada Francexoxxx5.50
7Miro Zalar Swedenxoxoxxx5.50
8Władysław Kozakiewicz Polandox–xx5.40
8Thierry Vigneron Franceooxxx5.40
10Felix Böhni  Switzerland5.40
10František Jansa Czechoslovakia5.40
10Vladimir Polyakov Soviet Union5.40
13Jeff Buckingham United States5.40
14Veijo Vannesluoma Finland5.40
15Günther Lohre West Germany5.25
15Liang Weiqiang China5.25
17Jürgen Winkler West Germany5.25
18Timo Kuusisto Finland5.25
19Tomomi Takahashi Japan5.25
20Alberto Ruiz Spain5.10
Pierre Quinon FrancexxxNM
Hermann Fehringer AustriaNM
Ivo Yanchev BulgariaNM
Tapani Haapakoski FinlandNM
Billy Olson United StatesNM
Mike Tully United StatesNM
George Barber CanadaNM

See also

References

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