1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23 and 25 August, 1996.

Medalists

Gold	Paul Burgess Australia
Silver	Patrik Kristiansson Sweden
Bronze	Danny Ecker Germany

Results

Final

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Paul Burgess	Australia	5.35
	Patrik Kristiansson	Sweden	5.30
	Danny Ecker	Germany	5.30
4	Xu Gang	China	5.25
5	Timo Makkonen	Finland	5.10
6	Ferenc László	Hungary	5.10
7	Viktor von Bothmer	Sweden	5.10
8	Jonne Willman	Finland	5.00
8	Lars Börgeling	Germany	5.00
8	Sergey Porokhin	Russia	5.00
11	Christian Linskey	United Kingdom	5.00
	Roman Morozov	Russia	NH

Qualifications

23 Aug

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Jonne Willman	Finland	5.15	Q
2	Patrik Kristiansson	Sweden	5.15	Q
3	Danny Ecker	Germany	5.15	Q
3	Sergey Porokhin	Russia	5.15	Q
5	Christian Linskey	United Kingdom	5.15	Q
6	Štěpán Janáček	Czech Republic	5.00
7	Rafik Mefti	Algeria	5.00
8	Matt Filsell	Australia	4.90
9	Gabriel Martínez	Spain	4.90
10	Satoru Suzuki	Japan	4.90
11	Jan Žalud	Czech Republic	4.80
	Nicolas Jolivet	France	NH
	Shane Stewart	United States	NH

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Timo Makkonen	Finland	5.15	Q
1	Roman Morozov	Russia	5.15	Q
3	Paul Burgess	Australia	5.15	Q
3	Ferenc László	Hungary	5.15	Q
5	Lars Börgeling	Germany	5.15	Q
6	Viktor von Bothmer	Sweden	5.15	Q
7	Xu Gang	China	5.15	Q
8	Romain Mesnil	France	5.10
9	Kazuma Ogura	Japan	5.10
10	Kostas Kouklis	Greece	4.80
11	Mark Davis	United Kingdom	4.60
	Jim Davis	United States	NH

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

• Algeria (1)
• Australia (2)
• China (1)
• Czech Republic (2)
• Finland (2)
• France (2)
• Germany (2)
• Greece (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Japan (2)
• Russia (2)
• Spain (1)
• Sweden (2)
• United Kingdom (2)
• United States (2)