The men's pole vault event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–15, 2003.
Medalists edit
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Tim Lobinger Germany
|
Michael Stolle Germany
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Rens Blom Netherlands
|
Results edit
Qualification edit
To qualify for the final, vaulters had to clear at least 5.65 m or be among the eight best performers.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | 5.40 | 5.55 | 5.60 | 5.65 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Romain Mesnil |  France |
o | – | – | o | 5.65 | Q |
| 1 | B | Tim Lobinger | Germany |
– | o | – | o | 5.65 | Q |
| 1 | B | Vasiliy Gorshkov |  Russia |
o | o | – | o | 5.65 | Q |
| 1 | B | Rens Blom | Netherlands |
o | – | o | o | 5.65 | Q |
| 5 | B | Derek Miles |  United States |
– | xo | – | xo | 5.65 | Q |
| 5 | B | Giuseppe Gibilisco |  Italy |
o | – | xo | xo | 5.65 | Q |
| 7 | B | Michael Stolle | Germany |
o | – | o | xxo | 5.65 | Q |
| 8 | A | Viktor Chistiakov |  Australia |
o | – | o | xxx | 5.60 | q, =AR |
| 9 | A | Patrik Kristiansson |  Sweden |
– | – | xo | xxx | 5.60 | |
| 10 | B | Adam Ptácek |  Czech Republic |
o | o | – | xxx | 5.55 | |
| 11 | B | Štěpán Janáček | Czech Republic |
o | xo | – | xxx | 5.55 | |
| 11 | B | Jeremy Scott | United States |
o | xo | – | xxx | 5.55 | |
| 13 | B | Piotr Buciarski |  Denmark |
o | xxx | 5.40 | |||
| 14 | A | Aleksandr Averbukh |  Israel |
xo | – | xxx | 5.40 | ||
| A | Paul Burgess | Australia |
xxx | NM | |||||
| A | Okkert Brits |  South Africa |
– | xxx | NM | ||||
| A | Oscar Janson | Sweden |
xxx | NM | |||||
| A | Dmitriy Kuptsov | Russia |
xxx | NM | |||||
Final edit
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 5.40 | 5.60 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Tim Lobinger | Germany |
– | o | – | o | o | xxx | 5.80 | |
 |
Michael Stolle | Germany |
o | o | xo | o | x– | x | 5.75 | SB |
 |
Rens Blom | Netherlands |
o | xo | x– | xo | xx | 5.75 | NR | |
| 4 | Vasiliy Gorshkov | Russia |
o | xo | o | xx– | x | 5.70 | ||
| 5 | Derek Miles | United States |
o | xxo | o | xxx | 5.70 | |||
| 6 | Viktor Chistiakov | Australia |
o | o | xxx | 5.60 | =AR | |||
| 7 | Romain Mesnil | France |
– | xo | – | xx– | x | 5.60 | ||
| 8 | Giuseppe Gibilisco | Italy |
o | xx– | x | 5.40 | ||||