# 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

These are the results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris, France.

## Medalists

| Gold | Giuseppe Gibilisco Italy (ITA) |
| Silver | Okkert Brits South Africa (RSA) |
| Bronze | Patrik Kristiansson Sweden (SWE) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 26.08.2003 – 18:45h | 26.08.2003 – 18:45h |
| Final Round ||
| 28.08.2003 – 18:30h ||

## Abbreviations

* All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

| World Record | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 6.14 | Sestriere, Italy | 31 July 1994 |
| Championship Record | Dmitri Markov (AUS) | 6.05 | Edmonton, Canada | 9 August 2001 |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 5.20 | 5.35 | 5.50 | 5.60 | 5.70 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Giuseppe Gibilisco | Italy | - | - | o | - | o | 5.70 | q |
| 2 | B | Tim Lobinger | Germany | - | - | o | xo | o | 5.70 | q |
| 2 | B | Viktor Chistiakov | Australia | - | - | xo | o | o | 5.70 | q |
| 4 | A | Dmitri Markov | Australia | - | - | - | xxo | o | 5.70 | q |
| 4 | A | Derek Miles | United States | - | - | xo | xo | o | 5.70 | q |
| 6 | B | Okkert Brits | South Africa | - | - | o | o | xo | 5.70 | q |
| 6 | B | Patrik Kristiansson | Sweden | - | - | - | o | xo | 5.70 | q |
| 8 | A | Timothy Mack | United States | - | xo | xo | o | xxo | 5.70 | q |
| 8 | A | Denys Yurchenko | Ukraine | - | - | xxo | - | xxo | 5.70 | q, SB |
| 10 | A | Adam Kolasa | Poland | - | o | o | o | xxx | 5.60 | q |
| 10 | B | Daichi Sawano | Japan | - | o | o | o | xxx | 5.60 | q |
| 10 | B | Vadim Strogalev | Russia | - | o | - | o | xxx | 5.60 | q |
| 13 | A | Lars Börgeling | Germany | - | - | - | xo | xxx | 5.60 | |
| 14 | A | Rens Blom | Netherlands | - | - | xxo | xo | xxx | 5.60 | |
| 15 | B | Spas Bukhalov | Bulgaria | - | o | o | xxo | xxx | 5.60 | |
| 16 | A | Iliyan Efremov | Bulgaria | - | xo | o | xxo | xxx | 5.60 | |
| 17 | A | Pavel Gerasimov | Russia | - | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | 5.60 | SB |
| 18 | B | Jeff Hartwig | United States | - | - | o | xxx | | 5.50 | |
| 19 | A | Adam Ptácek | Czech Republic | - | o | xo | xxx | | 5.50 | |
| 20 | B | Matti Mononen | Finland | - | xxo | xo | xxx | | 5.50 | |
| 21 | A | Nick Buckfield | Great Britain | - | - | xxo | xxx | | 5.50 | |
| 22 | A | Thibaut Duval | Belgium | - | o | xxx | | | 5.35 | |
| 23 | B | Christian Tamminga | Netherlands | - | xo | xxx | | | 5.35 | |
| 23 | B | Piotr Buciarski | Denmark | - | xo | - | xxx | | 5.35 | |
| 25 | B | Dominic Johnson | Saint Lucia | - | xxo | xxx | | | 5.35 | |
| 26 | A | Pierre-Charles Peuf | France | o | - | xxx | | | 5.20 | |
| 26 | A | Alexandre Barbaud | France | o | - | xx- | x | | 5.20 | |
| 26 | B | Štěpán Janáček | Czech Republic | o | xxx | | | | 5.20 | |
| 29 | A | Fumiaki Kobayashi | Japan | xo | xxx | | | | 5.20 | |
| | A | Aleksandr Averbukh | Israel | - | - | - | xxx | | NM | |
| | B | Richard Spiegelburg | Germany | - | xxx | | | | NM | |
| | B | Romain Mesnil | France | - | - | - | - | xxx | NM | |

### Final

28 August
| Rank | Name | 5.30 | 5.50 | 5.60 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | 5.90 | 5.95 | Result | Notes |
| | Giuseppe Gibilisco (ITA) | - | - | o | - | xx- | o | o | o | - | 5.90 | NR |
| | Okkert Brits (RSA) | - | - | xo | - | xo | - | xo | x- | xx | 5.85 | SB |
| | Patrik Kristiansson (SWE) | - | - | xo | - | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 5.85 | PB |
| 4 | Dmitri Markov (AUS) | - | - | xo | - | xo | - | xxo | xx- | x | 5.85 | |
| 5 | Tim Lobinger (GER) | - | - | o | o | xo | o | xxx | | | 5.80 | |
| 6 | Timothy Mack (USA) | - | xo | o | o | xxx | | | | | 5.70 | |
| 6 | Derek Miles (USA) | - | xo | o | o | xxx | | | | | 5.70 | |
| 8 | Denys Yurchenko (UKR) | - | xo | - | o | - | xx- | x | | | 5.70 | SB |
| 9 | Adam Kolasa (POL) | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 5.70 | SB |
| 9 | Vadim Strogalev (RUS) | - | o | o | xo | - | xxx | | | | 5.70 | |
| 11 | Viktor Chistiakov (AUS) | - | - | o | - | xxx | | | | | 5.60 | |
| — | Daichi Sawano (JPN) | | | | | | | | | | DNS | |