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

The men's pole vault event at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 27 February–1 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Tim Lobinger Germany | Michael Stolle Germany | Danny Ecker Germany |

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification Performance: 5.65 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.

| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | 5.00 | 5.20 | 5.40 | 5.55 | 5.65 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Gérald Baudouin | France | – | o | o | o | o | 5.65 | Q |
| 1 | A | Jean Galfione | France | – | – | – | o | o | 5.65 | Q |
| 3 | B | Tim Lobinger | Germany | – | – | o | xo | o | 5.65 | Q |
| 3 | B | Romain Mesnil | France | – | – | o | xo | o | 5.65 | Q |
| 3 | B | Pyotr Bochkaryov | Russia | – | – | xo | o | o | 5.65 | Q |
| 6 | A | Danny Ecker | Germany | – | – | xxo | xo | o | 5.65 | Q |
| 7 | B | Michael Stolle | Germany | – | – | o | xo | xo | 5.65 | Q |
| 8 | B | Vadim Strogalyov | Russia | – | – | o | o | xxo | 5.65 | Q |
| 9 | A | Montxu Miranda | Spain | – | – | o | xo | xxo | 5.65 | Q |
| 10 | A | Iliyan Efremov | Bulgaria | – | – | o | o | xxx | 5.55 | q |
| 10 | A | Martin Voss | Denmark | – | o | o | o | xxx | 5.55 | q |
| 10 | B | Javier García | Spain | – | – | o | o | xxx | 5.55 | q |
| 13 | A | Piotr Buciarski | Denmark | – | xo | o | o | xxx | 5.55 | |
| 13 | A | Igor Trandenkov | Russia | – | – | xo | o | xxx | 5.55 | |
| 15 | A | Isaac Molinero | Spain | – | o | o | xo | xxx | 5.55 | |
| 16 | B | Ruhan Işim | Turkey | – | – | xo | xo | xxx | 5.55 | |
| 17 | A | Trond Barthel | Norway | – | – | o | xxo | xxx | 5.55 | |
| 17 | B | Nick Buckfield | Great Britain | – | – | o | xxo | xxx | 5.55 | |
| 19 | A | Rens Blom | Netherlands | – | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | 5.55 | |
| 20 | B | Peter Widén | Sweden | – | – | o | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 20 | B | Fabio Pizzolato | Italy | – | – | o | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 22 | A | Martin Kysela | Czech Republic | o | xo | o | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 23 | B | Martin Eriksson | Sweden | – | – | xo | xxx | | 5.40 | |
| 24 | A | Aleksandrs Matusēvičs | Latvia | – | o | xxx | | | 5.20 | |
| 25 | A | Patrik Kristiansson | Sweden | – | xxo | xxx | | | 5.20 | |
| | B | Konstantin Semyonov | Israel | – | xxx | | | | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 5.30 | 5.50 | 5.60 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tim Lobinger | Germany | – | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 5.80 |
| | Michael Stolle | Germany | – | xo | – | o | – | xxo | xxx | 5.80 |
| | Danny Ecker | Germany | – | o | – | xo | xo | xxx | | 5.75 |
| 4 | Montxu Miranda | Spain | – | xxo | – | o | – | xxx | | 5.70 |
| 5 | Javier García | Spain | – | o | o | xxx | | | | 5.60 |
| 6 | Martin Voss | Denmark | o | xo | o | xxx | | | | 5.60 |
| 7 | Iliyan Efremov | Bulgaria | – | xo | xo | xx– | x | | | 5.60 |
| 8 | Jean Galfione | France | – | o | – | xxx | | | | 5.50 |
| 8 | Romain Mesnil | France | o | o | xxx | | | | | 5.50 |
| 10 | Vadim Strogalyov | Russia | – | xxo | – | – | xxx | | | 5.50 |
| 11 | Gérald Baudouin | France | o | xxx | | | | | | 5.30 |
| | Pyotr Bochkaryov | Russia | – | – | xxx | | | | | NM |
