# 1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Thursday 26 August 1999 at 19:10h.

## Medalists

| Gold | Maksim Tarasov Russia (RUS) |
| Silver | Dmitriy Markov Australia (AUS) |
| Bronze | Aleksandr Averbukh Israel (ISR) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 24.08.1999 – 19:30h | 24.08.1999 – 19:30h |
| Final Round ||
| 26.08.1999 – 19:10h ||

## Records

| World Record | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 6.14 | Sestriere | 31 July 1994 |
| Championship Record | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 6.01 | Athens, Greece | 10 August 1997 |

## 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 |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | 5.40 | 5.55 | 5.65 | 5.70 | 5.75 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Maksim Tarasov (RUS) | - | - | - | o | - | 5.70 | q |
| 1 | A | Dmitri Markov (AUS) | - | o | - | o | - | 5.70 | q |
| 1 | A | Danny Ecker (GER) | o | o | o | o | - | 5.70 | q |
| 1 | B | Michael Stolle (GER) | - | o | - | o | x | 5.70 | q |
| 1 | B | Igor Potapovich (KAZ) | - | o | - | o | | 5.70 | q |
| 6 | B | Jean Galfione (FRA) | - | xo | - | o | x | 5.70 | q |
| 7 | A | Nick Hysong (USA) | - | - | xxo | xo | - | 5.70 | q |
| 8 | A | Romain Mesnil (FRA) | - | o | - | xxo | | 5.70 | q |
| 9 | A | Tim Lobinger (GER) | o | xxo | xo | xxo | - | 5.70 | q |
| 10 | B | Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR) | - | o | o | - | x | 5.65 | q |
| 11 | A | Montxu Miranda (ESP) | o | xxo | xo | xx- | | 5.65 | q |
| 12 | A | Okkert Brits (RSA) | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 5.65 | q |
| 12 | B | Danny Krasnov (ISR) | - | o | xxo | - | x | 5.65 | q |
| 14 | A | Pat Manson (USA) | - | o | xxx | | | 5.55 | |
| 14 | A | Martin Eriksson (SWE) | - | o | xxx | | | 5.55 | |
| 14 | B | Jeff Hartwig (USA) | - | o | - | xxx | | 5.55 | |
| 17 | B | José Manuel Arcos (ESP) | xo | o | xxx | | | 5.55 | |
| 18 | B | Dominic Johnson (LCA) | o | xo | xxx | | | 5.55 | |
| 19 | A | Heikki Vaaraniemi (FIN) | o | xxo | xxx | | | 5.55 | |
| 19 | A | Petr Špaček (CZE) | o | xxo | xxx | | | 5.55 | |
| 19 | B | Vadim Strogalyov (RUS) | - | xxo | xxx | | | 5.55 | |
| 19 | B | Jussi Autio (FIN) | o | xxo | xxx | | | 5.55 | |
| 23 | A | Thibaut Duval (BEL) | o | xxx | | | | 5.40 | |
| 23 | A | Martin Kysela (CZE) | o | xxx | | | | 5.40 | |
| 23 | B | Javier García (ESP) | o | xxx | | | | 5.40 | |
| 23 | B | Martin Voss (DEN) | o | xxx | | | | 5.40 | |
| 27 | A | Maurilio Mariani (ITA) | xo | xxx | | | | 5.40 | |
| 27 | B | Kevin Hughes (GBR) | xo | xxx | | | | 5.40 | |
| 29 | B | Stepan Janacek (CZE) | xxo | xxx | | | | 5.40 | |
| 29 | B | Patrik Kristiansson (SWE) | xxo | xxx | | | | 5.40 | |
| – | A | Fumiaki Kobayashi (JPN) | xxx | | | | | NM | |
| – | B | Trond Barthel (NOR) | xxx | | | | | NM | |
| – | A | Grigoriy Yegorov (KAZ) | | | | | | DNS | |
| – | B | Viktor Chistyakov (AUS) | | | | | | DNS | |

### Final

26 August
| Rank | Name | 5.50 | 5.70 | 5.80 | 5.90 | 5.96 | 6.02 | 6.07 | Result | Notes |
| | Maksim Tarasov (RUS) | - | o | - | o | xxo | o | - | 6.02 | CR |
| | Dmitri Markov (AUS) | - | o | - | o | - | x- | xx | 5.90 | |
| | Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR) | - | xo | xo | xxx | | | | 5.80 | NR |
| 4 | Danny Ecker (GER) | o | o | xxx | | | | | 5.70 | |
| 4 | Nick Hysong (USA) | o | o | xxx | | | | | 5.70 | |
| 6 | Tim Lobinger (GER) | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 5.70 | |
| 7 | Michael Stolle (GER) | o | xxo | - | xxx | | | | 5.70 | |
| 7 | Igor Potapovich (KAZ) | - | xxo | - | x- | xx | | | 5.70 | |
| 9 | Danny Krasnov (ISR) | o | xxx | | | | | | 5.50 | |
| 10 | Okkert Brits (RSA) | xo | - | xxx | | | | | 5.50 | |
| — | Jean Galfione (FRA) | - | xxx | | | | | | NM | |
| — | Romain Mesnil (FRA) | xxx | | | | | | | NM | |
| — | Montxu Miranda (ESP) | | | | | | | | DNS | |