1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

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, with the final held on 14 August 1983.

Medalists

Gold	Sergey Bubka Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Konstantin Volkov Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Atanas Tarev Bulgaria (BUL)

Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Vladimir Polyakov (URS)	5.81 m	June 26, 1981	Tbilisi, Georgia
Event Record	New event

Final

RANK	FINAL	HEIGHT
	Sergey Bubka (URS)	5.70 m
	Konstantin Volkov (URS)	5.60 m
	Atanas Tarev (BUL)	5.60 m
4.	Tadeusz Ślusarski (POL)	5.55 m
5.	Tom Hintnaus (BRA)	5.50 m
6.	Patrick Abada (FRA)	5.50 m
7.	Miro Zalar (SWE)	5.50 m
8.	Thierry Vigneron (FRA)	5.40 m
	Władysław Kozakiewicz (POL)
10.	Felix Böhni (SUI)	5.40 m
	Frantisek Jansa (TCH)
	Vladimir Polyakov (URS)
13.	Jeff Buckingham (USA)	5.40 m
14.	Veijo Vannesluoma (FIN)	5.40 m
15.	Günther Lohre (FRG)	5.25 m
	Weiqiang Liang (CHN)
17.	Jürgen Winkler (FRG)	5.25 m
18.	Timo Kuusisto (FIN)	5.25 m
19.	Tomomi Takahashi (JPN)	5.25 m
20.	Alberto Ruiz (ESP)	5.10 m
—	Hermann Fehringer (AUT)	NM
	Ivo Yanchev (BUL)
	Tapani Haapakoski (FIN)
	Billy Olson (USA)
	Pierre Quinon (FRA)
	Mike Tully (USA)
	George Barber (CAN)

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)
• 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