1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
# 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. The qualification round was stopped and later canceled due to heavy rain and strong winds and eventually a straight final was held on 14 August, the last day of the championships.

## Medalists

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

## Records

Serguei Bubka in Helsinki, 1983.

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships :

| World Record | Vladimir Polyakov (URS) | 5.81 m | June 26, 1981 | Tbilisi, Georgia |
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| Event Record | New event | New event | New event | New event |

## Results

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.10 | 5.25 | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.55 | 5.60 | 5.65 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.82 | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union | – | – | o | o | – | xxo | – | o | – | xxx | 5.70 |
| | Konstantin Volkov | Soviet Union | – | – | o | – | – | o | – | x– | xx | | 5.60 |
| | Atanas Tarev | Bulgaria | – | – | xxo | o | – | o | xxx | | | | 5.60 |
| 4 | Tadeusz Ślusarski | Poland | – | – | xo | – | o | – | xxx | | | | 5.55 |
| 5 | Tom Hintnaus | Brazil | – | – | xo | o | – | xx– | x | | | | 5.50 |
| 6 | Patrick Abada | France | – | – | – | xo | – | xxx | | | | | 5.50 |
| 7 | Miro Zalar | Sweden | – | – | xo | xo | – | xxx | | | | | 5.50 |
| 8 | Władysław Kozakiewicz | Poland | – | – | o | x– | xx | | | | | | 5.40 |
| 8 | Thierry Vigneron | France | – | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 5.40 |
| 10 | Felix Böhni | Switzerland | | | | | | | | | | | 5.40 |
| 10 | František Jansa | Czechoslovakia | | | | | | | | | | | 5.40 |
| 10 | Vladimir Polyakov | Soviet Union | | | | | | | | | | | 5.40 |
| 13 | Jeff Buckingham | United States | | | | | | | | | | | 5.40 |
| 14 | Veijo Vannesluoma | Finland | | | | | | | | | | | 5.40 |
| 15 | Günther Lohre | West Germany | | | | | | | | | | | 5.25 |
| 15 | Liang Weiqiang | China | | | | | | | | | | | 5.25 |
| 17 | Jürgen Winkler | West Germany | | | | | | | | | | | 5.25 |
| 18 | Timo Kuusisto | Finland | | | | | | | | | | | 5.25 |
| 19 | Tomomi Takahashi | Japan | | | | | | | | | | | 5.25 |
| 20 | Alberto Ruiz | Spain | | | | | | | | | | | 5.10 |
| | Pierre Quinon | France | – | – | xxx | | | | | | | | NM |
| | Hermann Fehringer | Austria | | | | | | | | | | | NM |
| | Ivo Yanchev | Bulgaria | | | | | | | | | | | NM |
| | Tapani Haapakoski | Finland | | | | | | | | | | | NM |
| | Billy Olson | United States | | | | | | | | | | | NM |
| | Mike Tully | United States | | | | | | | | | | | NM |
| | George Barber | Canada | | | | | | | | | | | NM |
