2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
# 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 12 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Raphael Holzdeppe Germany |
| - | - |
| Silver | Paweł Wojciechowski Poland |
| Bronze | Karsten Dilla Germany |

## Results

### Final

12 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Raphael Holzdeppe | Germany | 5.50 |
| | Paweł Wojciechowski | Poland | 5.40 |
| | Karsten Dilla | Germany | 5.30 |
| 4 | Dezső Szabó | Hungary | 5.30 |
| 5 | Andrew Marsh | United Kingdom | 5.20 |
| 6 | Rasmus Wejnold Jørgensen | Denmark | 5.20 |
| 7 | Hiroki Sasase | Japan | 5.10 |
| 7 | Joe Berry | United States | 5.10 |
| 9 | Anatoliy Bednyuk | Russia | 5.10 |
| 10 | Maston Wallace | United States | 5.00 |
| 11 | Cheyne Rahme | South Africa | 5.00 |
| 12 | Yuya Ariake | Japan | 4.85 |
| | Mickael Guillaume | France | NH |

### Qualifications

10 July

**Group A**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Anatoliy Bednyuk | Russia | 5.15 | q |
| 2 | Cheyne Rahme | South Africa | 5.10 | q |
| 2 | Maston Wallace | United States | 5.10 | q |
| 4 | Karsten Dilla | Germany | 5.10 | q |
| 5 | Dezső Szabó | Hungary | 5.10 | q |
| 6 | Hiroki Sasase | Japan | 5.00 | q |
| 7 | Noël Ost | France | 5.00 | |
| 8 | Scott Huggins | United Kingdom | 4.90 | |
| 9 | Sergey Tsybulka | Ukraine | 4.90 | |
| 10 | Manuel Concepción | Spain | 4.70 | |
| | Raphael Darquennes | Belgium | NH | |

**Group B**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Raphael Holzdeppe | Germany | 5.20 | Q |
| 2 | Joe Berry | United States | 5.10 | q |
| 3 | Rasmus Wejnold Jørgensen | Denmark | 5.10 | q |
| 4 | Yuya Ariake | Japan | 5.10 | q |
| 4 | Paweł Wojciechowski | Poland | 5.10 | q |
| 6 | Andrew Marsh | United Kingdom | 5.10 | q |
| 7 | Mickael Guillaume | France | 5.00 | q |
| 8 | Deryk Theodore | Canada | 5.00 | |
| 9 | Nikandros Stylianou | Cyprus | 4.90 | |
| 10 | Laurent Vanhees | Belgium | 4.70 | |
| 11 | Ivan Yeryomin | Ukraine | 4.70 | |
| 12 | Tomas Krajnák | Slovakia | 4.70 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

* Belgium (2)
* Canada (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* Denmark (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Hungary (1)
* Japan (2)
* Poland (1)
* Russia (1)
* Slovakia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (1)
* Ukraine (2)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
