1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6 March.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	5.10	5.20	5.30	5.40	5.50	5.55	5.60	5.65	5.70	5.75	Result	Notes
	Rodion Gataullin	Soviet Union	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	o	-	xxo	5.75
	Nikolay Nikolov	Bulgaria											5.70
	Atanas Tarev	Bulgaria											5.70
4	Mirosław Chmara	Poland											5.70
5	Philippe Collet	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	o		xxx		5.60
6	Jean-Marc Tailhardat	France											5.55
7	Bernhard Zintl	West Germany	–	o	–	o	o	xxx					5.50
7	Hermann Fehringer	Austria											5.50
9	Philippe d'Encausse	France											5.50
10	Miro Zalar	Sweden											5.50
11	Marco Andreini	Italy											5.40
12	Harri Palola	Finland											5.40
13	Gábor Molnár	Hungary											5.40
14	István Bagyula	Hungary											5.40
15	Delko Lesev	Bulgaria											5.40
15	Enzo Brichese	Italy	–	o	–	xxo	–	xxx					5.40
17	Giorgio Grassi	Italy											5.20