2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's pole vault
# 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 21 and 23 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Deakin Volz United States |
| - | - |
| Silver | Kurtis Marschall Australia |
| Bronze | Armand Duplantis Sweden |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics :

| World Junior Record | Maksim Tarasov (URS) | 5.80 | Bryansk, Soviet Union | 14 July 1989 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| World Junior Record | Raphael Holzdeppe (GER) | 5.80 | Biberach an der Riss, Germany | 28 June 2008 |
| Championship Record | Germán Chiaraviglio (ARG) | 5.71 | Beijing, China | 19 August 2006 |
| World Junior Leading | Kurtis Marschall (AUS) | 5.70 | Mannheim, Germany | 26 June 2016 |

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification: 5.35 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 4.80 | 4.95 | 5.10 | 5.20 | 5.30 | Result | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Kurtis Marschall | Australia | – | – | o | – | o | 5.30 | q |
| 2 | A | Muntadher Falih Abdulwahid | Iraq | – | – | o | o | – | 5.20 | q |
| 2 | A | Adam Hague | Great Britain | – | – | o | o | – | 5.20 | q |
| 2 | B | Armand Duplantis | Sweden | – | – | o | o | – | 5.20 | q |
| 2 | B | Christopher Nilsen | United States | – | o | o | o | – | 5.20 | q |
| 6 | A | Vladyslav Malykhin | Ukraine | – | xo | o | o | – | 5.20 | q |
| 6 | A | Koen van der Wijst | Netherlands | o | xo | o | o | – | 5.20 | q |
| 8 | B | Masaki Ejima | Japan | – | o | xxo | o | – | 5.20 | q |
| 9 | A | Matteo Cristoforo Capello | Italy | – | o | o | xo | – | 5.20 | q |
| 10 | A | Deakin Volz | United States | – | o | xo | xo | – | 5.20 | q |
| 10 | B | Tommi Holttinen | Finland | – | – | xo | xo | – | 5.20 | q |
| 12 | A | Urho Kujanpää | Finland | – | xxo | o | xo | – | 5.20 | q |
| 12 | B | Sander Moldau | Estonia | xo | o | xo | xo | – | 5.20 | q, PB |
| 14 | B | Emmanouil Karalis | Greece | – | – | o | xxo | – | 5.20 | q |
| 15 | A | Nikolaos Nerantzis | Greece | – | o | o | xxx | | 5.10 | |
| 15 | B | Hussain Asim Al-Hizam | Saudi Arabia | – | o | o | xxx | | 5.10 | |
| 15 | B | Angus Armstrong | Australia | – | – | o | xxx | | 5.10 | |
| 16 | A | Robin Nool | Estonia | xo | o | o | xxx | | 5.10 | |
| 16 | B | Charlie Myers | Great Britain | – | xo | o | xxx | | 5.10 | |
| 18 | A | Keisuke Okubo | Japan | xxo | xxo | xo | xxx | | 5.10 | |
| 19 | A | Pierre Cottin | France | – | o | – | xxx | | 4.95 | |
| 19 | B | Patsapong Amsam-Ang | Thailand | o | o | – | xxx | | 4.95 | |
| 21 | B | Danijel Buhin | Croatia | o | xxo | – | xxx | | 4.95 | |
| 22 | A | Tristan Slater | Canada | xo | xxx | | | | 4.80 | |
| 22 | B | Ali Moshin Alateej | Iraq | xo | xxx | | | | 4.80 | |
| 22 | B | Gauvain Guillon-Romarin | France | xo | xxx | | | | 4.80 | |
| | A | Matěj Ščerba | Czech Republic | xxx | | | | | NM | |
| | B | Francesco Lama | Italy | xxx | | | | | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.00 | 5.10 | 5.20 | 5.30 | 5.35 | 5.40 | 5.45 | 5.50 | 5.55 | 5.60 | 5.65 | Result | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Deakin Volz | United States | o | xo | – | o | – | o | – | xo | x– | xo | o | 5.65 | |
| | Kurtis Marschall | Australia | – | o | – | xo | – | – | o | – | o | xxx | | 5.55 | |
| | Armand Duplantis | Sweden | – | – | o | – | o | – | xxo | xx– | x | | | 5.45 | |
| 4 | Emmanouil Karalis | Greece | – | o | – | xxo | – | o | – | xx– | x | | | 5.40 | |
| 5 | Adam Hague | Great Britain | – | o | xo | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 5.40 | |
| 6 | Masaki Ejima | Japan | xxo | xo | xo | xo | o | – | xx– | x | | | | 5.35 | |
| 7 | Christopher Nilsen | United States | – | xo | o | – | xo | – | xxx | | | | | 5.35 | |
| 8 | Muntadher Falih Abdulwahid | Iraq | – | o | – | o | – | xx– | x | | | | | 5.30 | |
| 8 | Vladyslav Malykhin | Ukraine | – | o | – | o | – | xxx | | | | | | 5.30 | |
| 10 | Matteo Cristoforo Capello | Italy | o | – | xo | o | – | xxx | | | | | | 5.30 | PB |
| 11 | Tommi Holttinen | Finland | o | – | xo | xo | – | xxx | | | | | | 5.30 | PB |
| 12 | Sander Moldau | Estonia | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | | 5.20 | PB |
| 13 | Koen van der Wijst | Netherlands | o | xxo | xo | xxx | | | | | | | | 5.20 | |
| 14 | Urho Kujanpää | Finland | xo | xxx | | | | | | | | | | 5.00 | |
