# 1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

These are the official results of the men's pole vault event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Thursday August 29, 1991.

## Medalists

| Gold | Sergey Bubka Soviet Union (URS) |
| Silver | István Bagyula Hungary (HUN) |
| Bronze | Maksim Tarasov Soviet Union (URS) |

## Schedule

* All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 27.08.1991 – 16:40h | 27.08.1991 – 16:40h |
| Final Round ||
| 29.08.1991 – 16:00h ||

## Results
### Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 4.90 | 5.00 | 5.10 | 5.20 | 5.30 | 5.40 | 5.45 | 5.50 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | 5.50 | q |
| 1 | A | Maksim Tarasov | Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | 5.50 | q |
| 1 | A | Peter Widén | Sweden | | | | | | | | | 5.50 | q |
| 4 | A | Thierry Vigneron | France | – | – | – | – | o | – | – | xo | 5.50 | q |
| 5 | A | Galin Nikov | Bulgaria | | | | | | | | | 5.50 | q |
| 5 | A | Tim Bright | United States | – | – | – | – | – | xo | – | xo | 5.50 | q |
| 5 | A | Jean Galfione | France | – | – | – | – | xo | – | – | xo | 5.50 | q |
| 8 | A | Mike Edwards | Great Britain | – | – | – | o | o | o | – | xxx | 5.40 | |
| 9 | A | Mirosław Chmara | Poland | | | | | | | | | 5.40 | |
| 10 | A | Simon Arkell | Australia | | | | | | | | | 5.40 | |
| 11 | A | Nikolay Nikolov | Bulgaria | | | | | | | | | 5.30 | |
| 12 | A | Kim Chul-kyun | South Korea | | | | | | | | | 5.30 | |
| 13 | A | Sazan Fisheku | Albania | | | | | | | | | 5.30 | |
| 14 | A | Alberto Ruiz | Spain | | | | | | | | | 5.20 | |
| | A | Petri Peltoniemi | Finland | | | | | | | | | NM | |
| 1 | B | Radion Gataullin | Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | 5.50 | q |
| 2 | B | Bernhard Zintl | Germany | – | – | – | – | o | – | x | | 5.50 | q |
| 3 | B | István Bagyula | Hungary | – | – | – | – | xo | xo | – | | 5.50 | q |
| 4 | B | Philippe Collet | France | – | – | – | – | – | xxo | – | | 5.50 | q |
| 5 | B | Hermann Fehringer | Austria | | | | | | | | | 5.50 | q |
| 5 | B | Doug Wood | Canada | | | | | | | | | 5.50 | q |
| 7 | B | Hideyuki Takei | Japan | | | | | | | | | 5.45 | |
| 8 | B | Joe Dial | United States | | | | | | | | | 5.40 | |
| 8 | B | Jani Lehtonen | Finland | | | | | | | | | 5.40 | |
| 10 | B | Paul Gibbons | New Zealand | | | | | | | | | 5.40 | |
| 11 | B | Zdeněk Lubenský | Czechoslovakia | – | – | – | o | – | xo | | | 5.40 | |
| 12 | B | Kelly Riley | United States | | | | | | | | | 5.30 | |
| 13 | B | Javier García | Spain | | | | | | | | | 5.30 | |
| 13 | B | Delko Lesev | Bulgaria | | | | | | | | | 5.30 | |
| 15 | B | Edgar Díaz | Puerto Rico | | | | | | | | | 5.20 | |
| 16 | B | Martin Voss | Denmark | | | | | | | | | 5.20 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.20 | 5.30 | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.55 | 5.60 | 5.65 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | 5.90 | 5.95 | Result | Notes |
| | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | – | – | x– | xo | 5.95 | CR |
| | István Bagyula | Hungary | – | – | o | xo | – | o | – | o | – | xo | xo | o | xxx | 5.90 | |
| | Maksim Tarasov | Soviet Union | – | – | – | o | – | – | – | o | – | o | o | xxx | | 5.85 | |
| 4 | Radion Gataullin | Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | xo | – | x– | xo | xx– | x | 5.85 | |
| 5 | Peter Widén | Sweden | – | – | o | o | – | o | – | xxo | o | xxx | | | | 5.75 | NR |
| 6 | Tim Bright | United States | – | – | – | xxo | – | – | xo | – | xxo | – | xxx | | | 5.75 | |
| 7 | Hermann Fehringer | Austria | – | – | o | – | – | o | – | xxx | | | | | | 5.60 | |
| 8 | Thierry Vigneron | France | – | – | xo | – | – | o | – | xxx | | | | | | 5.60 | |
| 9 | Bernhard Zintl | Germany | – | o | – | o | – | xxx | | | | | | | | 5.50 | |
| 10 | Jean Galfione | France | – | – | o | – | – | xxx | | | | | | | | 5.40 | |
| 11 | Doug Wood | Canada | xxo | – | xo | xxx | | | | | | | | | | 5.40 | |
| 12 | Galin Nikov | Bulgaria | – | xo | – | xxx | | | | | | | | | | 5.30 | |
| | Philippe Collet | France | – | – | – | xxx | | | | | | | | | | NM | |