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 BubkaSoviet Union (URS)Silver István BagyulaHungary (HUN)Bronze Maksim TarasovSoviet Union (URS)

Schedule All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B27.08.1991 – 16:40h27.08.1991 – 16:40hFinal Round29.08.1991 – 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 – – – – – – – o 5.50 q 1 A Maksim Tarasov – – – – – – – o 5.50 q 1 A Peter Widén 5.50 q 4 A Thierry Vigneron – – – – o – – xo 5.50 q 5 A Galin Nikov 5.50 q 5 A Tim Bright – – – – – xo – xo 5.50 q 5 A Jean Galfione – – – – xo – – xo 5.50 q 8 A Mike Edwards – – – o o o – xxx 5.40 9 A Mirosław Chmara 5.40 10 A Simon Arkell 5.40 11 A Nikolay Nikolov 5.30 12 A Kim Chul-kyun 5.30 13 A Sazan Fisheku 5.30 14 A Alberto Ruiz 5.20 A Petri Peltoniemi 1 B Radion Gataullin – – – – – – – o 5.50 q 2 B Bernhard Zintl – – – – o – x 5.50 q 3 B István Bagyula – – – – xo xo – 5.50 q 4 B Philippe Collet – – – – – xxo – 5.50 q 5 B Hermann Fehringer 5.50 q 5 B Doug Wood 5.50 q 7 B Hideyuki Takei 5.45 8 B Joe Dial 5.40 8 B Jani Lehtonen 5.40 10 B Paul Gibbons 5.40 11 B Zdeněk Lubenský – – – o – xo 5.40 12 B Kelly Riley 5.30 13 B Javier García 5.30 13 B Delko Lesev 5.30 15 B Edgar Díaz 5.20 16 B Martin Voss 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 – – – – – – – o – – – x– xo 5.95 CR István Bagyula – – o xo – o – o – xo xo o xxx 5.90 Maksim Tarasov – – – o – – – o – o o xxx 5.85 Radion Gataullin – – – – – – – xo – x– xo xx– x 5.85 Peter Widén – – o o – o – xxo o xxx 5.75 NR Tim Bright – – – xxo – – xo – xxo – xxx 5.75 Hermann Fehringer – – o – – o – xxx 5.60 Thierry Vigneron – – xo – – o – xxx 5.60 Bernhard Zintl – o – o – xxx 5.50 10 Jean Galfione – – o – – xxx 5.40 11 Doug Wood xxo – xo xxx 5.40 12 Galin Nikov – xo – xxx 5.30 Philippe Collet – – – xxx

See also 1988 Summer Olympics (Seoul) 1990 European Championships (Split) 1992 Summer Olympics (Barcelona) 1994 European Championships (Helsinki)

References Results L'Athletisme (September 1991, p41)