1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
# 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Budapest Sportcsarnok in Budapest on 3 and 4 March.

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification: 5.45 metres (Q) or the best 12 (q) qualified for the final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Billy Olson | United States | 5.45 | Q |
| 1 | Radion Gataullin | Soviet Union | 5.45 | Q |
| 3 | Grigoriy Yegorov | Soviet Union | 5.45 | Q |
| 3 | Joe Dial | United States | 5.45 | Q |
| 5 | Javier García | Spain | 5.40 | q |
| 6 | Alberto Ruiz | Spain | 5.40 | q |
| 7 | Asko Peltoniemi | Finland | 5.30 | q |
| 7 | Delko Lesev | Bulgaria | 5.30 | q |
| 7 | Peter Widén | Sweden | 5.30 | q |
| 7 | István Bagyula | Hungary | 5.30 | q |
| 7 | Atanas Tarev | Bulgaria | 5.30 | q |
| 7 | Bernhard Zintl | West Germany | 5.30 | q |
| 13 | Hermann Fehringer | Austria | 5.30 | q |
| 13 | Mirosław Chmara | Poland | 5.30 | q |
| | Harri Palola | Finland | NM | |
| | Doug Wood | Canada | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.30 | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.60 | 5.65 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | 5.90 | 6.04 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Radion Gataullin | Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | – | xxo | – | xxx | 5.85 | =CR |
| | Grigoriy Yegorov | Soviet Union | – | – | o | – | – | o | – | xo | xx– | x | | 5.80 | PB |
| | Joe Dial | United States | – | – | xo | o | o | xxo | x | | | | | 5.70 | |
| 4 | Mirosław Chmara | Poland | – | o | – | o | – | xx | | | | | | 5.60 | |
| 5 | Bernhard Zintl | West Germany | o | – | o | xo | – | x | | | | | | 5.60 | =PB |
| 6 | István Bagyula | Hungary | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | | 5.50 | |
| 7 | Alberto Ruiz | Spain | o | – | xo | xxx | | | | | | | | 5.50 | |
| 8 | Javier García | Spain | | | | | | | | | | | | 5.50 | |
| 9 | Asko Peltoniemi | Finland | | | | | | | | | | | | 5.40 | |
| 10 | Peter Widén | Sweden | | | | | | | | | | | | 5.40 | |
| 11 | Atanas Tarev | Bulgaria | – | xxo | – | x | | | | | | | | 5.40 | |
| 12 | Delko Lesev | Bulgaria | | | | | | | | | | | | 5.30 | |
| | Hermann Fehringer | Austria | | | | | | | | | | | | NM | |
| | Billy Olson | United States | | | | | | | | | | | | NM | |
