# 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 11 and 14 July.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics :
| World U20 Record | Armand Duplantis (SWE) | 5.93 | Baton Rouge, United States | 5 May 2018 |
| Championship Record | Germán Chiaraviglio (ARG) | 5.71 | Beijing, China | 19 August 2006 |
| World U20 Leading | Armand Duplantis (SWE) | 5.93 | Baton Rouge, United States | 5 May 2018 |

## Results
### Qualification

The qualification round took place on 11 July, in two groups, both starting at 17:00. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 5.35 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 4.80 | 4.95 | 5.10 | 5.20 | 5.30 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Armand Duplantis | Sweden | – | – | – | – | o | 5.30 | q |
| 2 | B | Sondre Guttormsen | Norway | – | – | o | o | | 5.20 | q |
| 2 | A | Zachery Bradford | United States | – | – | – | o | | 5.20 | q |
| 4 | B | Shunto Ozaki | Japan | xo | o | xxo | o | | 5.20 | q, PB |
| 5 | B | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre | Germany | – | – | o | xo | | 5.20 | q |
| 5 | A | Ethan Cormont | France | – | o | o | xo | | 5.20 | q |
| 5 | A | Masaki Ejima | Japan | – | – | – | xo | | 5.20 | q |
| 8 | B | Cole Riddle | United States | – | – | xxo | xo | | 5.20 | q |
| 8 | B | Thibaut Collet | France | – | – | xxo | xo | | 5.20 | q |
| 10 | A | Valko van Wyk [es] | South Africa | o | xxo | xxo | xxo | | 5.20 | q |
| 11 | B | Illya Kravchenko | Ukraine | – | o | o | xxx | | 5.10 | q |
| 11 | A | José Antonio Maldonado | Spain | o | o | o | xxx | | 5.10 | q |
| 13 | B | Ersu Şaşma | Turkey | – | o | xo | xxx | | 5.10 | |
| 13 | A | Riccardo Klotz | Austria | – | o | xo | xxx | | 5.10 | |
| 13 | A | Taras Shevtsov | Ukraine | o | o | xo | xxx | | 5.10 | PB |
| 16 | B | Santtu Koskiaho | Finland | xo | xo | xo | xxx | | 5.10 | PB |
| 17 | A | Matteo Madrassi | Italy | xxo | xo | xxo | xxx | | 5.10 | PB |
| 18 | B | Andrea Marin | Italy | o | xxx | | | | 4.80 | |
| 18 | A | Pablo Zaffaroni | Argentina | o | xxx | | | | 4.80 | |
| 20 | B | Csanád Simonváros | Hungary | xo | xxx | | | | 4.80 | |
| 20 | B | Javier Fernández | Spain | xo | xxx | | | | 4.80 | |
| | A | Maxim Goldovsky | Israel | xxx | | | | | NH | |

### Final

The final was held on 14 July at 13:49.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.85 | 5.05 | 5.20 | 5.30 | 5.40 | 5.45 | 5.50 | 5.55 | 5.60 | 5.82 | 6.01 | Mark | Notes |
| | Armand Duplantis | Sweden | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | o | xxx | 5.82 | CR |
| | Zachery Bradford | United States | – | – | o | o | o | – | o | xxo | xxx | | | 5.55 | PB |
| | Masaki Ejima | Japan | – | – | o | – | xxo | – | o | xxo | xxx | | | 5.55 | SB |
| 4 | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre | Germany | – | – | – | o | o | – | o | – | xxx | | | 5.50 | |
| 5 | Thibaut Collet | France | – | – | o | – | o | – | x- | xx | | | | 5.40 | |
| 6 | Sondre Guttormsen | Norway | – | – | o | – | xo | – | x- | x- | x | | | 5.40 | |
| 7 | Cole Riddle | United States | – | – | xo | xo | xxx | | | | | | | 5.30 | |
| 8 | Ethan Cormont | France | – | xxo | xo | xo | xxx | | | | | | | 5.30 | PB |
| 9 | Valko van Wyk [es] | South Africa | o | xo | xxo | xo | xxx | | | | | | | 5.30 | |
| 10 | Shunto Ozaki | Japan | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | | | | | | 5.20 | PB |
| 11 | Illya Kravchenko | Ukraine | – | o | xxx | | | | | | | | | 5.05 | |
| 12 | José Antonio Maldonado | Spain | xo | o | xxx | | | | | | | | | 5.05 | |