These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes. The qualification round was stopped and later canceled due to heavy rain and strong winds and eventually a straight final was held on 14 August, the last day of the championships.
Medalists Gold Sergey BubkaSoviet Union (URS)Silver Konstantin VolkovSoviet Union (URS)Bronze Atanas TarevBulgaria (BUL)
Records Serguei Bubka in Helsinki, 1983.
Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships World Record 5.81 m June 26, 1981 Tbilisi, Georgia Event Record New event
Results Final Rank Name Nationality 5.10 5.25 5.40 5.50 5.55 5.60 5.65 5.70 5.75 5.82 Result Notes Sergey Bubka – – o o – xxo – o – xxx 5.70 Konstantin Volkov – – o – – o – x– xx 5.60 Atanas Tarev – – xxo o – o xxx 5.60 Tadeusz Ślusarski – – xo – o – xxx 5.55 Tom Hintnaus – – xo o – xx– x 5.50 Patrick Abada – – – xo – xxx 5.50 Miro Zalar – – xo xo – xxx 5.50 Władysław Kozakiewicz – – o x– xx 5.40 Thierry Vigneron – o o xxx 5.40 10 Felix Böhni – – xo – xxx 5.40 10 František Jansa – o xo xxx 5.40 10 Vladimir Polyakov – – xo – – xx– x 5.40 13 Jeff Buckingham – – xxo xxx 5.40 14 Veijo Vannesluoma – xo xxo xxx 5.40 15 Günther Lohre – o – xxx 5.25 15 Liang Weiqiang o o xxr 5.25 17 Jürgen Winkler – xo xxx 5.25 18 Timo Kuusisto xo xo xxx 5.25 19 Tomomi Takahashi o xxo xxx 5.25 20 Alberto Ruiz xo xxx 5.10 Pierre Quinon – – xxx Hermann Fehringer xxx Ivo Yanchev – – xxx Tapani Haapakoski – xxx Billy Olson – – xxx Mike Tully – – xxx George Barber xxx
See also 1980 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Moscow) 1982 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Athens) 1984 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Los Angeles) 1984 Men's Friendship Games Pole Vault (Moscow) 1986 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Stuttgart) 1987 Men's World Championships Pole Vault (Rome) 1988 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Seoul)
References Results L'Athletisme (September 1983, p52)