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

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

Records

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Serguei Bubka in Helsinki, 1983.  

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

Results

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Final

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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   Soviet Union o o xxo o xxx 5.70
  Konstantin Volkov   Soviet Union o o x– xx 5.60
  Atanas Tarev   Bulgaria xxo o o xxx 5.60
4 Tadeusz Ślusarski   Poland xo o xxx 5.55
5 Tom Hintnaus   Brazil xo o xx– x 5.50
6 Patrick Abada   France xo xxx 5.50
7 Miro Zalar   Sweden xo xo xxx 5.50
8 Władysław Kozakiewicz   Poland o x– xx 5.40
8 Thierry Vigneron   France o o xxx 5.40
10 Felix Böhni   Switzerland xo xxx 5.40
10 František Jansa   Czechoslovakia o xo xxx 5.40
10 Vladimir Polyakov   Soviet Union xo xx– x 5.40
13 Jeff Buckingham   United States xxo xxx 5.40
14 Veijo Vannesluoma   Finland xo xxo xxx 5.40
15 Günther Lohre   West Germany o xxx 5.25
15 Liang Weiqiang   China o o xxr 5.25
17 Jürgen Winkler   West Germany xo xxx 5.25
18 Timo Kuusisto   Finland xo xo xxx 5.25
19 Tomomi Takahashi   Japan o xxo xxx 5.25
20 Alberto Ruiz   Spain xo xxx 5.10
Pierre Quinon   France xxx NM
Hermann Fehringer   Austria xxx NM
Ivo Yanchev   Bulgaria xxx NM
Tapani Haapakoski   Finland xxx NM
Billy Olson   United States xxx NM
Mike Tully   United States xxx NM
George Barber   Canada xxx NM

See also

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References

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