1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 22 February.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Thierry Vigneron	France	5.70	=WR, CR
	Aleksandr Krupskiy	Soviet Union	5.65
	Jean-Michel Bellot	France	5.65
4	Patrick Desruelles	Belgium	5.60
5	Mariusz Klimczyk	Poland	5.55
6	Philippe Houvion	France	5.55
7	Vladimir Polyakov	Soviet Union	5.55
8	Atanas Tarev	Bulgaria	5.50
9	Brian Hooper	Great Britain	5.45
10	Aleksandr Chernyayev	Soviet Union	5.35
11	Günther Lohre	West Germany	5.35
12	Rauli Pudas	Finland	5.35
13	Ivo Yanchev	Bulgaria	5.35
14	Miro Zalar	Sweden	5.35
15	Tapani Haapakoski	Finland	5.25
16	Roger Oriol	Spain	5.25
17	Petr Habel	Czechoslovakia	5.15
	Ilkka Pekkala	Finland	NM
	Keith Stock	Great Britain	NM
	Zbigniew Matyka	Poland	NM