1991 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 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Thursday August 29, 1991.
Medalists
| Gold |  Sergey BubkaSoviet Union (URS) |
| Silver |  István BagyulaHungary (HUN) |
| Bronze | Maksim Tarasov Soviet Union (URS) |
Schedule
- All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
| Qualification Round | |
|---|---|
| Group A | Group B |
| 27.08.1991 – 16:40h | 27.08.1991 – 16:40h |
| Final Round | |
| 29.08.1991 – 16:00h | |
Results
Qualifying round
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 4.90 | 5.00 | 5.10 | 5.20 | 5.30 | 5.40 | 5.45 | 5.50 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | 5.50 | q |
| 1 | A | Maksim Tarasov | Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | 5.50 | q |
| 1 | A | Peter Widén |  Sweden | 5.50 | q | ||||||||
| 4 | A | Thierry Vigneron |  France | – | – | – | – | o | – | – | xo | 5.50 | q |
| 5 | A | Galin Nikov |  Bulgaria | 5.50 | q | ||||||||
| 5 | A | Tim Bright |  United States | – | – | – | – | – | xo | – | xo | 5.50 | q |
| 5 | A | Jean Galfione | France | – | – | – | – | xo | – | – | xo | 5.50 | q |
| 8 | A | Mike Edwards |  Great Britain | – | – | – | o | o | o | – | xxx | 5.40 | |
| 9 | A | Mirosław Chmara |  Poland | 5.40 | |||||||||
| 10 | A | Simon Arkell |  Australia | 5.40 | |||||||||
| 11 | A | Nikolay Nikolov | Bulgaria | 5.30 | |||||||||
| 12 | A | Kim Chul-kyun |  South Korea | 5.30 | |||||||||
| 13 | A | Sazan Fisheku |  Albania | 5.30 | |||||||||
| 14 | A | Alberto Ruiz |  Spain | 5.20 | |||||||||
| A | Petri Peltoniemi |  Finland | NM | ||||||||||
| 1 | B | Radion Gataullin | Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | 5.50 | q |
| 2 | B | Bernhard Zintl |  Germany | – | – | – | – | o | – | x | 5.50 | q | |
| 3 | B | István Bagyula | Hungary | – | – | – | – | xo | xo | – | 5.50 | q | |
| 4 | B | Philippe Collet | France | – | – | – | – | – | xxo | – | 5.50 | q | |
| 5 | B | Hermann Fehringer |  Austria | 5.50 | q | ||||||||
| 5 | B | Doug Wood |  Canada | 5.50 | q | ||||||||
| 7 | B | Hideyuki Takei |  Japan | 5.45 | |||||||||
| 8 | B | Joe Dial | United States | 5.40 | |||||||||
| 8 | B | Jani Lehtonen | Finland | 5.40 | |||||||||
| 10 | B | Paul Gibbons |  New Zealand | 5.40 | |||||||||
| 11 | B | Zdeněk Lubenský |  Czechoslovakia | – | – | – | o | – | xo | 5.40 | |||
| 12 | B | Kelly Riley | United States | 5.30 | |||||||||
| 13 | B | Javier García | Spain | 5.30 | |||||||||
| 13 | B | Delko Lesev | Bulgaria | 5.30 | |||||||||
| 15 | B | Edgar Díaz |  Puerto Rico | 5.20 | |||||||||
| 16 | B | Martin Voss |  Denmark | 5.20 |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.20 | 5.30 | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.55 | 5.60 | 5.65 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | 5.90 | 5.95 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | – | – | x– | xo | 5.95 | CR |
 | István Bagyula | Hungary | – | – | o | xo | – | o | – | o | – | xo | xo | o | xxx | 5.90 | |
 | Maksim Tarasov | Soviet Union | – | – | – | o | – | – | – | o | – | o | o | xxx | 5.85 | ||
| 4 | Radion Gataullin | Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | xo | – | x– | xo | xx– | x | 5.85 | |
| 5 | Peter Widén | Sweden | – | – | o | o | – | o | – | xxo | o | xxx | 5.75 | NR | |||
| 6 | Tim Bright | United States | – | – | – | xxo | – | – | xo | – | xxo | – | xxx | 5.75 | |||
| 7 | Hermann Fehringer | Austria | – | – | o | – | – | o | – | xxx | 5.60 | ||||||
| 8 | Thierry Vigneron | France | – | – | xo | – | – | o | – | xxx | 5.60 | ||||||
| 9 | Bernhard Zintl | Germany | – | o | – | o | – | xxx | 5.50 | ||||||||
| 10 | Jean Galfione | France | – | – | o | – | – | xxx | 5.40 | ||||||||
| 11 | Doug Wood | Canada | xxo | – | xo | xxx | 5.40 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Galin Nikov | Bulgaria | – | xo | – | xxx | 5.30 | ||||||||||
| Philippe Collet | France | – | – | – | xxx | NM |
See also
- 1988 Summer Olympics (Seoul)
- 1990 European Championships (Split)
- 1992 Summer Olympics (Barcelona)
- 1994 European Championships (Helsinki)
References
- Results
- L'Athletisme (September 1991, p41)
