The men's pole vault event at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10.
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 5.30 | 5.45 | 5.60 | 5.70 | 5.80 | 5.85 | 5.90 | 5.95 | 6.01 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Lawrence Johnson |  United States |
– | – | – | o | – | o | – | xxo | xxx | 5.95 | |
 |
Tye Harvey | United States |
– | o | o | o | o | xx– | o | xxx | 5.90 | ||
 |
Romain Mesnil |  France |
– | o | – | o | o | o | x– | xx | 5.85 | ||
| 4 | Aleksandr Averbukh |  Israel |
– | o | – | xo | xx– | x | 5.70 | ||||
| 5 | Pavel Gerasimov |  Russia |
– | o | xxo | xo | x | 5.70 | PB | ||||
| 6 | Montxu Miranda |  Spain |
– | o | – | xxo | xx– | x | 5.70 | SB | |||
| 7 | Okkert Brits |  South Africa |
– | – | o | xxx | 5.60 | ||||||
| 8 | Štěpán Janáček |  Czech Republic |
o | o | xo | xxx | 5.60 | ||||||
| 9 | Nuno Fernandes |  Portugal |
o | o | xxx | 5.45 | |||||||
| 9 | Michael Stolle |  Germany |
– | o | – | xxx | 5.45 | ||||||