1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
# 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23 and 25 August, 1996.

## Medalists

| Gold | Paul Burgess Australia |
| - | - |
| Silver | Patrik Kristiansson Sweden |
| Bronze | Danny Ecker Germany |

## Results

### Final

25 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Paul Burgess | Australia | 5.35 |
| | Patrik Kristiansson | Sweden | 5.30 |
| | Danny Ecker | Germany | 5.30 |
| 4 | Xu Gang | China | 5.25 |
| 5 | Timo Makkonen | Finland | 5.10 |
| 6 | Ferenc László | Hungary | 5.10 |
| 7 | Viktor von Bothmer | Sweden | 5.10 |
| 8 | Jonne Willman | Finland | 5.00 |
| 8 | Lars Börgeling | Germany | 5.00 |
| 8 | Sergey Porokhin | Russia | 5.00 |
| 11 | Christian Linskey | United Kingdom | 5.00 |
| | Roman Morozov | Russia | NH |

### Qualifications

23 Aug

**Group A**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jonne Willman | Finland | 5.15 | Q |
| 2 | Patrik Kristiansson | Sweden | 5.15 | Q |
| 3 | Danny Ecker | Germany | 5.15 | Q |
| 3 | Sergey Porokhin | Russia | 5.15 | Q |
| 5 | Christian Linskey | United Kingdom | 5.15 | Q |
| 6 | Štěpán Janáček | Czech Republic | 5.00 | |
| 7 | Rafik Mefti | Algeria | 5.00 | |
| 8 | Matt Filsell | Australia | 4.90 | |
| 9 | Gabriel Martínez | Spain | 4.90 | |
| 10 | Satoru Suzuki | Japan | 4.90 | |
| 11 | Jan Žalud | Czech Republic | 4.80 | |
| | Nicolas Jolivet | France | NH | |
| | Shane Stewart | United States | NH | |

**Group B**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Timo Makkonen | Finland | 5.15 | Q |
| 1 | Roman Morozov | Russia | 5.15 | Q |
| 3 | Paul Burgess | Australia | 5.15 | Q |
| 3 | Ferenc László | Hungary | 5.15 | Q |
| 5 | Lars Börgeling | Germany | 5.15 | Q |
| 6 | Viktor von Bothmer | Sweden | 5.15 | Q |
| 7 | Xu Gang | China | 5.15 | Q |
| 8 | Romain Mesnil | France | 5.10 | |
| 9 | Kazuma Ogura | Japan | 5.10 | |
| 10 | Kostas Kouklis | Greece | 4.80 | |
| 11 | Mark Davis | United Kingdom | 4.60 | |
| | Jim Davis | United States | NH | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

* Algeria (1)
* Australia (2)
* China (1)
* Czech Republic (2)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Japan (2)
* Russia (2)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (2)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
