The men's pole vault event at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 6.
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 5.50 | 5.70 | 5.80 | 5.85 | 5.90 | 5.95 | 6.00 | 6.05 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Jean Galfione |  France |
o | o | – | xxo | xxo | x– | xo | xxx | 6.00 | CR |
 |
Jeff Hartwig |  United States |
xo | o | o | xxo | o | o | xxx | 5.95 | AR | |
 |
Danny Ecker |  Germany |
o | o | o | o | xxx | 5.85 | ||||
| 4 | José Manuel Arcos |  Spain |
o | o | xxx | 5.70 | ||||||
| 4 | Igor Potapovich |  Kazakhstan |
– | o | – | – | xx– | x | 5.70 | SB | ||
| 6 | Romain Mesnil | France |
xo | o | xxx | 5.70 | ||||||
| 6 | Andrei Tivontchik | Germany |
xo | o | xxx | 5.70 | ||||||
| 8 | Nick Hysong | United States |
xxo | xxx | 5.50 | |||||||
| Nick Buckfield |  Great Britain |
xxx | NM | |||||||||
| Fumiaki Kobayashi |  Japan |
xxx | NM |