# 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' pole vault

The boys' pole vault at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12 and 14 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Harry Coppell Great Britain | Huang Bokai China | Lev Skorish Israel |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Germán Chiaraviglio (ARG) | 5.51 | Porto Alegre, Brazil | 1 May 2004 |
| Championship Record | Nico Weiler (GER) | 5.26 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 15 July 2007 |
| World Youth Leading | Hussain Al-Hizam (KSA) | 5.27 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 8 May 2013 |

## Qualification

Qualification rule: 4.85 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 4.35 | 4.50 | 4.60 | 4.70 | 4.80 | 4.85 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Adam Hague | Great Britain | – | o | – | o | o | o | 4.85 | Q |
| 1 | A | Aleix Pi | Spain | – | – | o | o | o | o | 4.85 | Q |
| 1 | A | Huang Bokai | China | – | – | – | o | – | o | 4.85 | Q |
| 1 | B | Devin King | United States | – | – | o | o | o | o | 4.85 | Q |
| 1 | A | Harry Coppell | Great Britain | – | – | – | – | – | o | 4.85 | Q |
| 6 | A | Tim Jäger | Germany | – | xo | – | o | o | o | 4.85 | Q |
| 7 | A | Paulo Benavides | United States | – | – | o | o | xxo | o | 4.85 | Q |
| 8 | B | Lev Skorish | Israel | – | – | o | xo | o | xo | 4.85 | Q |
| 9 | B | Luigi Colella | Italy | – | – | xo | o | xxo | xo | 4.85 | Q |
| 10 | B | Tomas Weckstén | Finland | o | xo | o | xo | xxo | xxo | 4.85 | Q, PB |
| 11 | B | Takumi Okamoto | Japan | – | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | 4.80 | q |
| 12 | A | Baptiste Maurin | France | – | xo | xo | xxo | xo | xxx | 4.80 | q |
| 13 | B | Henri Brown | Australia | xo | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 4.80 | |
| 14 | A | Niko Koskinen | Finland | o | o | o | o | – | xxx | 4.70 | |
| 15 | B | José Pacho | Ecuador | – | xxo | xo | o | xxx | | 4.70 | |
| 16 | A | Petros Chatziou | Greece | – | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | 4.70 | |
| 17 | A | Ryo Takagi | Japan | o | – | o | xxx | | | 4.60 | |
| 18 | B | Zhang Yifan | China | xo | xo | o | xxx | | | 4.60 | |
| 19 | B | Alioune Sene | France | – | o | xxx | | | | 4.50 | |
| 19 | A | Kyrylo Kiru | Ukraine | – | o | xxx | | | | 4.50 | |
| 21 | B | Carl Ivarsson | Sweden | xxo | xo | xxx | | | | 4.50 | |
| 21 | B | Luka Jereb | Slovenia | xxo | xo | xxx | | | | 4.50 | |
| 23 | A | Sheng Yao Chan | Singapore | o | xxx | | | | | 4.35 | |
| | A | Daniele Zobbi | Italy | xxx | | | | | | NM | |
| | B | Park Tae-won | South Korea | – | xxx | | | | | NM | |
| | A | Zachary Kerr | Canada | xxx | | | | | | NM | |

## Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.60 | 4.75 | 4.90 | 5.00 | 5.10 | 5.15 | 5.20 | 5.25 | 5.30 | Result | Notes |
| | Harry Coppell | Great Britain | – | – | o | o | xxo | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | 5.25 | PB |
| | Huang Bokai | China | – | – | xo | o | xo | xxo | xxo | xxx | | 5.20 | PB |
| | Lev Skorish | Israel | – | o | o | xxo | xo | xxx | | | | 5.10 | PB |
| 4 | Paulo Benavides | United States | – | xo | o | o | xxx | | | | | 5.00 | PB |
| 5 | Takumi Okamoto | Japan | o | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | | 5.00 | PB |
| 6 | Devin King | United States | – | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 4.90 | |
| 6 | Adam Hague | Great Britain | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 4.90 | |
| 8 | Luigi Colella | Italy | o | xxo | o | xxx | | | | | | 4.90 | |
| 8 | Aleix Pi | Spain | xo | xo | o | xxx | | | | | | 4.90 | |
| 10 | Tim Jäger | Germany | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | | | | 4.90 | |
| 11 | Tomas Weckstén | Finland | xo | xxxx | | | | | | | | 4.60 | |
| | Baptiste Maurin | France | xxx | | | | | | | | | NM | |