1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
# 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 27 and 28 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | István Bagyula Hungary |
| - | - |
| Silver | Maksim Tarasov Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Andrey Grudinin Soviet Union |

## Results

### Final

28 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| | István Bagyula | Hungary | 5.65 |
| | Maksim Tarasov | Soviet Union | 5.60 |
| | Andrey Grudinin | Soviet Union | 5.30 |
| 4 | Gianni Iapichino | Italy | 5.20 |
| 4 | Gregory Fenza | United States | 5.20 |
| 6 | Carl Johan Alm | Sweden | 5.10 |
| 7 | Adam Steinhardt | Australia | 5.10 |
| 8 | Petri Peltoniemi | Finland | 5.10 |
| 9 | Kim Cheol-Gyun | South Korea | 5.00 |
| 10 | Ilian Efremov | Bulgaria | 4.80 |
| 10 | Marc Osenberg | West Germany | 4.80 |
| | Lin Xuetao | China | NH |
| | Ossi Helander | Finland | NH |
| | Patrick Frederick | United States | NH |

### Qualifications

27 Jul

**Group A**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Andrey Grudinin | Soviet Union | 5.15 | Q |
| 2 | Kim Cheol-Gyun | South Korea | 5.15 | Q |
| 3 | Adam Steinhardt | Australia | 5.15 | Q |
| 3 | Ilian Efremov | Bulgaria | 5.15 | Q |
| 5 | Petri Peltoniemi | Finland | 5.10 | q |
| 6 | Gianni Iapichino | Italy | 5.10 | q |
| 7 | Ossi Helander | Finland | 5.00 | q |
| 8 | Lin Xuetao | China | 5.00 | q |
| 9 | Patrick Frederick | United States | 5.00 | q |
| 10 | Martin Amann | West Germany | 4.80 | |

**Group B**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | István Bagyula | Hungary | 5.15 | Q |
| 1 | Maksim Tarasov | Soviet Union | 5.15 | Q |
| 3 | Gregory Fenza | United States | 5.15 | Q |
| 4 | Carl Johan Alm | Sweden | 5.10 | q |
| 5 | Marc Osenberg | West Germany | 5.00 | q |
| 6 | Jean-Michel Godard | France | 4.90 | |
| 7 | Tadeusz Tomaszewski | Poland | 4.90 | |
| | Hrístos Pallakis | Greece | NH | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

* Australia (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* China (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (1)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (1)
* Poland (1)
* South Korea (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Sweden (1)
* United States (2)
* West Germany (2)
