The men's pole vault event at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on 8 March.
Results edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.30 | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.60 | 5.65 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Sergey Bubka |  Soviet Union |
– | – | – | – | o | – | – | – | xo | 5.85 | xxx CR |
 |
Earl Bell |  United States |
x | 5.80 | |||||||||
 |
Thierry Vigneron |  France |
xxo | o | xo | 5.80 | |||||||
| 4 | Ferenc Salbert | France |
5.80 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Marian Kolasa |  Poland |
5.75 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Atanas Tarev |  Bulgaria |
5.70 | =PB | |||||||||
| 7 | Nikolay Nikolov | Bulgaria |
5.60 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Doug Lytle | United States |
5.60 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Radion Gataullin | Soviet Union |
5.60 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Gianni Stecchi |  Italy |
5.50 | NR | |||||||||
| 11 | Javier García |  Spain |
5.40 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Liang Xueren |  China |
5.40 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Hermann Fehringer |  Austria |
5.30 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Asko Peltoniemi |  Finland |
5.30 | ||||||||||
| Antonio Montepeque |  Guatemala |
NM |