1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault
# 1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland, held at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 9 and 11 August 1994. There were 27 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups.

## Results

### Qualification

Held on 9 August 1994 Qualification: 5.65 metres (Q) or at least 12 best athletes advance to the final

| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Petri Peltoniemi | Finland | 5.60 | q |
| 1 | A | Denis Petushinskiy | Russia | 5.60 | q |
| 1 | A | Danny Krasnov | Israel | 5.60 | q |
| 1 | A | Gérald Baudouin | France | 5.60 | q |
| 5 | A | Rodion Gataullin | Russia | 5.60 | q |
| 6 | A | Gianni Iapichino | Italy | 5.60 | q |
| 7 | A | Valeri Bukrejev | Estonia | 5.60 | q |
| 8 | A | Peter Widén | Sweden | 5.50 | q |
| 9 | A | Trond Barthel | Norway | 5.50 | |
| 10 | A | Daniel Martí | Spain | 5.40 | |
| 10 | A | Heikki Vääräniemi | Finland | 5.40 | |
| 12 | A | Tim Lobinger | Germany | 5.40 | |
| | A | Martin Amann | Germany | NM | |
| 1 | B | Igor Trandenkov | Russia | 5.60 | q |
| 2 | B | István Bagyula | Hungary | 5.60 | q |
| 2 | B | Jean Galfione | France | 5.60 | q |
| 4 | B | Philippe Collet | France | 5.60 | q |
| 5 | B | Andrei Tivontchik | Germany | 5.50 | q |
| 6 | B | Jani Lehtonen | Finland | 5.50 | |
| 7 | B | Gennadiy Sidorov | Belarus | 5.40 | |
| 7 | B | Nuno Fernandes | Portugal | 5.40 | |
| 7 | B | Martin Voss | Denmark | 5.40 | |
| 10 | B | Javier García | Spain | 5.40 | |
| 11 | B | Patrik Stenlund | Sweden | 5.30 | |
| 12 | B | Mike Edwards | Great Britain | 5.20 | |
| 12 | B | Aleksandrs Matusevičs | Latvia | 5.20 | |
| | B | Photis Stephani | Cyprus | NM | |

### Final

Held on 11 August 1994

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 5.20 | 5.40 | 5.60 | 5.70 | 5.80 | 5.85 | 5.90 | 5.95 | 6.00 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Rodion Gataullin | Russia | – | – | – | xo | – | xo | xo | – | xo | 6.00 | |
| | Igor Trandenkov | Russia | – | – | o | – | xo | – | o | – | xxx | 5.90 | |
| | Jean Galfione | France | – | – | o | – | o | o | x– | xx | | 5.85 | |
| 4 | Philippe Collet | France | – | – | xo | o | o | xxx | | | | 5.80 | |
| 5 | Denis Petushinskiy | Russia | – | – | xo | o | xo | | | | | 5.80 | |
| 6 | Andrei Tivontchik | Germany | | | | | | | | | | 5.70 | |
| 7 | Danny Krasnov | Israel | – | – | xxo | o | x | | | | | 5.70 | NR |
| 8 | Valeri Bukrejev | Estonia | | | | | | | | | | 5.70 | |
| 8 | Gianni Iapichino | Italy | – | o | xo | xo | xx | | | | | 5.70 | NR= |
| 10 | István Bagyula | Hungary | | | | | | | | | | 5.60 | |
| 11 | Gérald Baudouin | France | – | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 5.60 | |
| 12 | Petri Peltoniemi | Finland | | | | | | | | | | 5.60 | |
| 13 | Peter Widén | Sweden | | | | | | | | | | 5.40 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

* Belarus (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* Denmark (1)
* Estonia (1)
* Finland (3)
* France (3)
* Germany (3)
* Hungary (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (1)
* Latvia (1)
* Norway (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Russia (3)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (2)
* United Kingdom (1)
