1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7–8.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeIgor PotapovichLawrence JohnsonMaksim Tarasov

Results Qualification Qualification: 5.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.Qualification results

Rank Group Athlete Nationality 5.30 5.45 5.55 5.65 5.70 Result Notes 1 A Riaan Botha – o – xo o 5.70 Q 2 A Tim Lobinger – – o xo xo 5.70 Q 3 A Igor Potapovich – – – o – 5.65 q 3 B Okkert Brits – – – o – 5.65 q 3 B Maksim Tarasov – – – o – 5.65 q 6 B Alain Andji xo – xo o – 5.65 q 7 A Trond Barthel xo – xo xo xxx 5.65 q 8 B William Deering – – o x– – 5.55 q 8 B Javier García – o o – – 5.55 q 8 B Lawrence Johnson – – o – x– 5.55 q 11 B Martin Eriksson xo – o – – 5.55 q 11 B Michael Stolle xo o o – – 5.55 q 13 A Vadim Strogalev – o xo xxx 5.55 14 A Mårten Ulvsbäck xo – xo xxx 5.55 15 A Martin Voss o o xxo xxx 5.55 16 B István Bagyula xo xo xxx 5.45 17 A Montxu Miranda o – xxx 5.30 18 A Sergey Fomenko xo xxx 5.30 18 A Andrea Giannini xo xxx 5.30 18 B Edgar Díaz xo – xxx 5.30 18 B Fabio Pizzolato xo xxx 5.30 A Konstantin Semyonov B Jean-Kersley Gardenne B Danny Krasnov A Christos Pallakis

Final Final results RankNameNationality5.405.555.655.755.805.855.905.956.00ResultNotes Igor Potapovich ––o––xx–o–xx– 5.90 AR Lawrence Johnson –o–o–xox–xx 5.85 Maksim Tarasov ––xo–xoxxx 5.80 Riaan Botha o–ooxxx 5.75 PB Tim Lobinger –oxoxoxxx 5.75 PB Okkert Brits ––xo–xx–x 5.65 Trond Barthel –xoxxox–xx 5.65 =NR Javier García – oxxx 5.55 Michael Stolle o o xxx 5.55 10 Martin Eriksson xo xxo xxx 5.55 11 Alain Andji xxo – xxx 5.40 William Deering

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