# 2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 8 July.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) | 6.16 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 15 February 2014 |
| European record | Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) | 6.16 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 15 February 2014 |
| Championship record | Rodion Gataullin (RUS) | 6.00 | Helsinki, Finland | 11 August 1994 |
| World Leading | Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) | 5.95 | Angers, France | 26 June 2016 |
| European Leading | Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) | 5.95 | Angers, France | 26 June 2016 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 6 July 2016 | 17:50 | Qualification |
| 8 July 2016 | 19:10 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: 5.65 m (Q) or best 12 performances (q)
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 5.15 | 5.35 | 5.50 | 5.60 | Result | Note |
| 1 | A | Renaud Lavillenie | France | – | – | – | o | 5.60 | q |
| 2 | A | Mareks Ārents | Latvia | o | o | o | | 5.50 | q |
| 2 | A | Konstadinos Filippidis | Greece | – | o | o | | 5.50 | q |
| 2 | A | Stanley Joseph | France | – | o | o | | 5.50 | q |
| 2 | A | Robert Sobera | Poland | – | o | o | | 5.50 | q |
| 6 | B | Ivan Horvat | Croatia | – | o | xo | | 5.50 | q |
| 6 | A | Robert Renner | Slovenia | – | o | xo | | 5.50 | q |
| 6 | B | Adrián Valles | Spain | o | o | xo | | 5.50 | q, SB |
| 9 | B | Kévin Menaldo | France | – | xo | xo | | 5.50 | q |
| 9 | B | Melker Svärd Jacobsson | Sweden | – | xo | xo | x | 5.50 | q |
| 11 | B | Arnaud Art | Belgium | – | o | xxo | | 5.50 | q |
| 12 | A | Ben Broeders | Belgium | – | o | xxx | | 5.35 | q |
| 12 | B | Karsten Dilla | Germany | – | o | xxx | | 5.35 | q |
| 12 | B | Piotr Lisek | Poland | – | o | xxx | | 5.35 | q |
| 12 | B | Paweł Wojciechowski | Poland | – | o | xxx | | 5.35 | q |
| 12 | B | Jan Kudlička | Czech Republic | – | o | – | x | 5.35 | q |
| 17 | B | Luke Cutts | Great Britain | xxo | o | xxx | | 5.35 | |
| 17 | B | Menno Vloon | Netherlands | xxo | o | xxx | | 5.35 | |
| 19 | A | Michal Balner | Czech Republic | – | xo | xxx | | 5.35 | |
| 19 | B | Diogo Ferreira | Portugal | o | xo | xxx | | 5.35 | |
| 19 | A | Rasmus Wejnold Jørgensen | Denmark | o | xo | xxx | | 5.35 | |
| 19 | B | Dimitrios Patsoukakis | Greece | – | xo | xxx | | 5.35 | |
| 19 | A | Tobias Scherbarth | Germany | – | xo | xxx | | 5.35 | |
| 24 | A | Dominik Alberto | Switzerland | o | xxx | | | 5.15 | |
| 24 | A | Lukáš Posekaný | Czech Republic | o | xxx | | | 5.15 | |
| 24 | B | Eirik Greibrokk Dolve | Norway | o | xxx | | | 5.15 | |
| 27 | A | Didac Salas | Spain | xo | xxx | | | 5.15 | |
| | A | Raphael Holzdeppe | Germany | | | | | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.30 | 5.50 | 5.60 | 5.70 | 5.75 | Result |
| | Robert Sobera | Poland | o | o | o | xxx | | 5.60 |
| | Jan Kudlička | Czech Republic | o | o | xo | xxx | | 5.60 |
| | Robert Renner | Slovenia | o | o | xxx | | | 5.50 |
| 4 | Ben Broeders | Belgium | xo | o | xxx | | | 5.50 |
| 4 | Piotr Lisek | Poland | xo | o | xxx | | | 5.50 |
| 6 | Mareks Ārents | Latvia | o | xxo | xxx | | | 5.50 |
| 7 | Karsten Dilla | Germany | o | xxx | | | | 5.30 |
| 7 | Konstadinos Filippidis | Greece | o | xxx | | | | 5.30 |
| 7 | Ivan Horvat | Croatia | o | xxx | | | | 5.30 |
| 7 | Paweł Wojciechowski | Poland | o | xxx | | | | 5.30 |
| 11 | Arnaud Art | Belgium | xo | xxx | | | | 5.30 |
| 11 | Adrian Vallés | Spain | xo | xxx | | | | 5.30 |
| 13 | Stanley Joseph | France | xxo | xxx | | | | 5.30 |
| | Kévin Menaldo | France | – | xxx | | | | NM |
| | Renaud Lavillenie | France | – | – | – | – | xxx | NM |
| | Melker Svärd Jacobsson | Sweden | | | | | | DNS |