The men's pole vault event at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on 8 March.
Results Results Rank Name Nationality 5.30 5.40 5.50 5.60 5.65 5.70 5.75 5.80 5.85 Result Notes Sergey Bubka – – – – o – – – xo 5.85 xxx CR Earl Bell x 5.80 Thierry Vigneron xxo o xo 5.80 Ferenc Salbert 5.80 Marian Kolasa 5.75 Atanas Tarev 5.70 =PB Nikolay Nikolov 5.60 Doug Lytle 5.60 Radion Gataullin 5.60 10 Gianni Stecchi 5.50 NR 11 Javier García 5.40 12 Liang Xueren 5.40 13 Hermann Fehringer 5.30 13 Asko Peltoniemi 5.30 Antonio Montepeque
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