1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

None 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 GoldURS Sergey BubkaSoviet Union (URS)SilverFRA Thierry VigneronFrance (FRA)BronzeURS 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 Sergey Bubka URS 6.03 m June 23, 1987 TCH Prague, Czechoslovakia Event Record Sergey Bubka URS 5.70 m August 14, 1983 FIN Helsinki, Finland Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships Event Record Sergey Bubka URS 5.85 m September 5, 1987 ITA Rome, Italy Results Qualifying round Held on Thursday 1987-09-03 RANKGROUP AHEIGHT1.Marian Kolasa POL5.55 mSergey Bubka URS3.Atanas Tarev BUL 19715.50 m4.Hermann Fehringer AUT5.40 mZdenek Lubenský TCHRadion Gataullin URS7.Bernhard Zintl FRG5.30 m8.Timo Kuusisto FIN5.20 m9.Liang Xueren CHN5.10 m10.István Bagyula HUN5.00 m—Billy Olson USANMPhilippe Collet FRA RANKGROUP BHEIGHT1.Earl Bell USA5.55 mFerenc Salbert FRAAleksandrs Obizajevs URS4.Nikolay Nikolov BUL 19715.50 mDelko Lesev BUL 1971Thierry Vigneron FRA7.Gianni Stecchi ITA5.40 mMiro Zalar SWE9.Mirosław Chmara POL5.20 m—Joe Dial USANMBob Ferguson CANKimmo Kuusela FIN 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 04 4 Marian Kolasa – – o xo xxo – xxo xxx 5.80 05 5 Earl Bell – o – o o xxx 5.70 05 5 Nikolay Nikolov Bulgaria 1971 – o – o o xx– x 5.70 =PB 07 7 Delko Lesev Bulgaria 1971 – o – o xxx 5.60 08 8 Atanas Tarev Bulgaria 1971 – o – xo x– xx 5.60 09 9 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 13 Hermann Fehringer – xxx 0.00 NM 13 Zdeněk Lubenský xxx 0.00 NM 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) References Results P Category:Pole vault at the World Athletics Championships