1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
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These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 24 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday September 5, 1987.
Medalists
| Gold |  Sergey BubkaSoviet Union (URS) |
| Silver |  Thierry VigneronFrance (FRA) |
| Bronze | Radion Gataullin Soviet Union (URS) |
Schedule
- All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
| Qualification Round | |
|---|---|
| Group A | Group B |
| 03.09.1987 – ??:??h | 03.09.1987 – ??:??h |
| Final Round | |
| 05.09.1987 – 15:30h | |
Abbreviations
- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Sergey Bubka (URS) | 6.03 m | June 23, 1987 |  Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Event Record | Sergey Bubka (URS) | 5.70 m | August 14, 1983 |  Helsinki, Finland |
| Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships | ||||
| Event Record | Sergey Bubka (URS) | 5.85 m | September 5, 1987 |  Rome, Italy |
Results
Qualifying round
- Held on Thursday 1987-09-03
| RANK | GROUP A | HEIGHT |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Marian Kolasa (POL) | 5.55 m |
| Sergey Bubka (URS) | ||
| 3. |  Atanas Tarev (BUL) | 5.50 m |
| 4. |  Hermann Fehringer (AUT) | 5.40 m |
| Zdenek Lubenský (TCH) | ||
| Radion Gataullin (URS) | ||
| 7. |  Bernhard Zintl (FRG) | 5.30 m |
| 8. | Timo Kuusisto (FIN) | 5.20 m |
| 9. |  Liang Xueren (CHN) | 5.10 m |
| 10. |  István Bagyula (HUN) | 5.00 m |
| — |  Billy Olson (USA) | NM |
| Philippe Collet (FRA) |
| RANK | GROUP B | HEIGHT |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Earl Bell (USA) | 5.55 m |
| Ferenc Salbert (FRA) | ||
| Aleksandrs Obizajevs (URS) | ||
| 4. | Nikolay Nikolov (BUL) | 5.50 m |
| Delko Lesev (BUL) | ||
| Thierry Vigneron (FRA) | ||
| 7. | Gianni Stecchi (ITA) | 5.40 m |
 Miro Zalar (SWE) | ||
| 9. | Mirosław Chmara (POL) | 5.20 m |
| — | Joe Dial (USA) | NM |
 Bob Ferguson (CAN) | ||
| Kimmo Kuusela (FIN) |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.30 | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.60 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | 6.05 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | o | – | – | o | xx | 5.85 | CR |
 | Thierry Vigneron | France | – | – | o | – | o | – | xo | xxx | 5.80 | ||
 | Radion Gataullin | Soviet Union | – | – | – | o | xo | xo | xxx | 5.80 | |||
| 4 | Marian Kolasa | Poland | – | – | o | xo | xxo | – | xxo | xxx | 5.80 | ||
| 5 | Earl Bell |  United States | – | o | – | o | o | xxx | 5.70 | ||||
| 5 | Nikolay Nikolov | Bulgaria | – | o | – | o | o | xx– | x | 5.70 | =PB | ||
| 7 | Delko Lesev | Bulgaria | – | o | – | o | xxx | 5.60 | |||||
| 8 | Atanas Tarev | Bulgaria | – | o | – | xo | x– | xx | 5.60 | ||||
| 9 | Aleksandrs Obižajevs | Soviet Union | – | – | o | – | xxx | 5.50 | |||||
| 10 | Ferenc Salbert | France | – | – | xo | – | – | xxx | 5.50 | ||||
| 11 | Gianni Stecchi | Italy | o | xo | xx– | x | 5.40 | ||||||
| 12 | Miro Zalar | Sweden | xo | – | xxx | 5.30 | |||||||
| Hermann Fehringer | Austria | – | xxx | NM | |||||||||
| Zdeněk Lubenský | Czechoslovakia | xxx | NM |
See also
- 1983 Men's World Championships Pole Vault (Helsinki)
- 1984 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Los Angeles)
- 1986 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Stuttgart)
- 1988 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Seoul)
- 1990 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Split)
- 1991 Men's World Championships Pole Vault (Tokyo)
- 1992 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Barcelona)
References
- ^ L'Athletisme (September 1987, p40)
- Results
