1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault
# 1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 19 and 22 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Maksim Tarasov Russia |
| - | - |
| Silver | Tim Lobinger Germany |
| Bronze | Jean Galfione France |

## Results

| KEY: | q | Better non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
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### Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 5.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.

| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | 5.30 | 5.45 | 5.60 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Jean Galfione | France | | | | 5.60 | q |
| 1 | A | Tim Lobinger | Germany | | | | 5.60 | q |
| 1 | A | Vyacheslav Shuteyev | Ukraine | | | | 5.60 | q |
| 1 | B | Maksim Tarasov | Russia | | | | 5.60 | q |
| 1 | B | Danny Ecker | Germany | | | | 5.60 | q |
| 1 | B | Laurens Looije | Netherlands | | | | 5.60 | q |
| 1 | B | Andrei Tivontchik | Germany | | | | 5.60 | q |
| 1 | B | Khalid Lachheb | France | | | | 5.60 | q |
| 9 | A | Christian Tamminga | Netherlands | | | | 5.45 | q |
| 9 | B | Patrik Kristiansson | Sweden | | | | 5.45 | q |
| 9 | B | Heikki Vääräniemi | Finland | | | xxx | 5.45 | q |
| 9 | B | Jurij Rovan | Slovenia | o | xo | xxx | 5.45 | q |
| 9 | B | Pavel Burlachenko | Russia | – | xo | xxx | 5.45 | q |
| 14 | A | Krzysztof Kusiak | Poland | | | | 5.45 | |
| 14 | A | Trond Barthel | Norway | | | | 5.45 | |
| 14 | A | Patrik Stenlund | Sweden | | | | 5.45 | |
| 17 | A | Vesa Rantanen | Finland | | | | 5.30 | |
| 17 | A | Yevgeniy Smiryagin | Russia | | | | 5.30 | |
| 17 | A | Martin Voss | Denmark | | | | 5.30 | |
| 17 | A | Piotr Buciarski | Denmark | | | | 5.30 | |
| 17 | B | Nick Buckfield | Great Britain | | | | 5.30 | |
| 17 | B | Martin Eriksson | Sweden | | | | 5.30 | |
| | A | Romain Mesnil | France | | | | NM | |
| | A | Nuno Fernandes | Portugal | | | | NM | |
| | B | Danny Krasnov | Israel | | | | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.60 | 5.70 | 5.76 | 5.81 | 5.86 | 6.01 | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Maksim Tarasov | Russia | – | – | – | o | – | o | – | xxx | 5.81 |
| | Tim Lobinger | Germany | – | o | xo | o | xx– | o | xxx | | 5.81 |
| | Jean Galfione | France | – | – | o | – | o | – | xxx | | 5.76 |
| 4 | Danny Ecker | Germany | – | xo | – | o | xo | x– | xx | | 5.76 |
| 5 | Khalid Lachheb | France | xxo | – | o | xxx | | | | | 5.60 |
| 6 | Andrei Tivontchik | Germany | – | o | – | xxx | | | | | 5.50 |
| 7 | Pavel Burlachenko | Russia | xxo | o | xxx | | | | | | 5.50 |
| 8 | Heikki Vääräniemi | Finland | xo | xo | xxx | | | | | | 5.50 |
| 9 | Jurij Rovan | Slovenia | xo | xxo | | | | | | | 5.50 |
| 10 | Laurens Looije | Netherlands | o | – | xxx | | | | | | 5.40 |
| 11 | Christian Tamminga | Netherlands | xo | | xxx | | | | | | 5.40 |
| | Patrik Kristiansson | Sweden | xxx | | | | | | | | NM |
| | Vyacheslav Shuteyev | Ukraine | xxx | | | | | | | | NM |
