# 2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault at the 2006 European Athletics Championships was held at the Ullevi on August 10 and August 13. Lobinger and Mesnil both claimed 2nd place, and therefore both received silver medals.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Silver |
| Aleksandr Averbukh Israel | Tim Lobinger Germany | Romain Mesnil France |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 10, 2006 | 10:10 | Qualification |
| August 13, 2006 | 12:45 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.65 (Q) or at least 18 best performers (q) advance to the final. Competition was abandoned due to heavy rain. 20 athletes advanced to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 5.35 | 5.45 | 5.55 | 5.60 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Lars Börgeling | Germany | - | o | - | o | 5.60 | q |
| 2 | B | Przemysław Czerwiński | Poland | o | - | xo | o | 5.60 | q |
| 2 | B | Romain Mesnil | France | xo | - | o | o | 5.60 | q |
| 4 | B | Alhaji Jeng | Sweden | - | xxo | xo | o | 5.60 | q |
| 5 | A | Spas Bukhalov | Bulgaria | - | o | - | xo | 5.60 | q |
| 5 | A | Oleksandr Korchmid | Ukraine | - | o | - | xo | 5.60 | q |
| 7 | B | Maksym Mazuryk | Ukraine | o | o | o | xx- | 5.55 | q |
| 8 | A | Damiel Dossévi | France | xo | - | o | xx | 5.55 | q |
| 8 | A | Laurens Looije | Netherlands | o | xo | o | xx | 5.55 | q, SB |
| 10 | B | Igor Alekseev | Belarus | o | xxo | o | xx- | 5.55 | q, SB |
| 11 | A | Gustaf Hultgren | Sweden | o | o | xo | x | 5.55 | q |
| 11 | A | Tim Lobinger | Germany | - | o | xo | - | 5.55 | q |
| 13 | A | Vincent Favretto | France | o | xo | xxo | xx | 5.55 | q |
| 13 | B | Matti Mononen | Finland | - | xo | xxo | xx | 5.55 | q |
| 15 | A | Aleksandr Averbukh | Israel | - | o | - | xx | 5.45 | q |
| 15 | A | Richard Spiegelburg | Germany | - | o | - | xx | 5.45 | q |
| 15 | B | Christian Tamminga | Netherlands | o | o | xxx | | 5.45 | q |
| 18 | A | Sergey Kucheryanu | Russia | xo | o | xxx | | 5.45 | q |
| 19 | A | Giuseppe Gibilisco | Italy | - | xo | xxx | | 5.45 | q |
| 19 | B | Iliyan Efremov | Bulgaria | - | xo | - | xx | 5.45 | q |
| 21 | B | Jesper Fritz | Sweden | xo | xo | xxx | | 5.45 | |
| 21 | B | Dmitry Starodubtsev | Russia | xo | xo | xxx | | 5.45 | |
| 23 | A | Kevin Rans | Belgium | o | - | xxx | | 5.35 | |
| 24 | A | Adam Ptáček | Czech Republic | xo | xxx | | | 5.35 | |
| 24 | B | Štěpán Janáček | Czech Republic | xo | - | xxx | | 5.35 | |
| 26 | B | Konstadinos Filippidis | Greece | xxo | xxx | | | 5.35 | |
| | B | Denys Yurchenko | Ukraine | - | xx- | | | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.60 | 5.65 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | Result |
| | Aleksandr Averbukh | Israel | - | o | - | - | o | - | xxx | 5.70 |
| | Tim Lobinger | Germany | - | o | - | o | - | xxx | | 5.65 |
| | Romain Mesnil | France | - | o | - | o | x- | xx | | 5.65 |
| 4 | Matti Mononen | Finland | - | xo | - | o | x- | xx | | 5.65 |
| 5 | Przemysław Czerwiński | Poland | o | xo | xo | o | xx- | x | | 5.65 |
| 6 | Oleksandr Korchmid | Ukraine | - | xo | xxo | - | xxx | | | 5.60 |
| 7 | Giuseppe Gibilisco | Italy | - | o | - | x- | x- | x | | 5.50 |
| 8 | Laurens Looije | Netherlands | xo | o | xxx | | | | | 5.50 |
| 8 | Maksym Mazuryk | Ukraine | xo | o | xxx | | | | | 5.50 |
| 10 | Vincent Favretto | France | xo | xo | xxx | | | | | 5.50 |
| 10 | Gustaf Hultgren | Sweden | xo | xo | xxx | | | | | 5.50 |
| 10 | Sergey Kucheryanu | Russia | xo | xo | xxx | | | | | 5.50 |
| 13 | Iliyan Efremov | Bulgaria | o | xxx | | | | | | 5.40 |
| 13 | Richard Spiegelburg | Germany | o | - | xxx | | | | | 5.40 |
| 15 | Christian Tamminga | Netherlands | xo | xxx | | | | | | 5.40 |
| 15 | Damiel Dossévi | France | xo | - | xxx | | | | | 5.40 |
| 17 | Igor Alekseev | Belarus | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 5.40 |
| | Lars Börgeling | Germany | - | xxx | | | | | | NM |
| | Spas Bukhalov | Bulgaria | xxx | | | | | | | NM |
| | Alhaji Jeng | Sweden | - | - | x | | | | | NM |