1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

None 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 GoldURS Sergey BubkaSoviet Union (URS)SilverURS Konstantin VolkovSoviet Union (URS)BronzeBUL 1971 Atanas TarevBulgaria (BUL) Records Serguei Bubka in Helsinki, 1983. 180px Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships World Record Vladimir Polyakov URS 5.81 m June 26, 1981 URS Tbilisi, Georgia Event Record New event Results Final Rank Name Nationality 5.10 5.25 5.40 5.50 5.55 5.60 5.65 5.70 5.75 5.82 Result Notes Sergey Bubka – – o o – xxo – o – xxx 5.70 Konstantin Volkov – – o – – o – x– xx 5.60 Atanas Tarev Bulgaria 1971 – – xxo o – o xxx 5.60 04 4 Tadeusz Ślusarski – – xo – o – xxx 5.55 05 5 Tom Hintnaus Brazil 1968 – – xo o – xx– x 5.50 06 6 Patrick Abada – – – xo – xxx 5.50 07 7 Miro Zalar – – xo xo – xxx 5.50 08 8 Władysław Kozakiewicz – – o x– xx 5.40 08 8 Thierry Vigneron – o o xxx 5.40 10 Felix Böhni – – xo – xxx 5.40 10 František Jansa – o xo xxx 5.40 10 Vladimir Polyakov – – xo – – xx– x 5.40 13 Jeff Buckingham – – xxo xxx 5.40 14 Veijo Vannesluoma – xo xxo xxx 5.40 15 Günther Lohre – o – xxx 5.25 15 Liang Weiqiang o o xxr 5.25 17 Jürgen Winkler – xo xxx 5.25 18 Timo Kuusisto xo xo xxx 5.25 19 Tomomi Takahashi o xxo xxx 5.25 20 Alberto Ruiz xo xxx 5.10 21 Pierre Quinon – – xxx 0.00 NM 21 Hermann Fehringer xxx 0.00 NM 21 Ivo Yanchev Bulgaria 1971 – – xxx 0.00 NM 21 Tapani Haapakoski – xxx 0.00 NM 21 Billy Olson – – xxx 0.00 NM 21 Mike Tully – – xxx 0.00 NM 21 George Barber xxx 0.00 NM See also 1980 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Moscow) 1982 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Athens) 1984 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Los Angeles) 1984 Men's Friendship Games Pole Vault (Moscow) 1986 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Stuttgart) 1987 Men's World Championships Pole Vault (Rome) 1988 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Seoul) References Results L'Athletisme (September 1983, p52) P Category:Pole vault at the World Athletics Championships