1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes. The qualification round was stopped and later canceled due to heavy rain and strong winds and eventually a straight final was held on 14 August, the last day of the championships.
Medalists
| Gold |  Sergey BubkaSoviet Union (URS) |
| Silver | Konstantin Volkov Soviet Union (URS) |
| Bronze | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Atanas TarevBulgaria (BUL) |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Vladimir Polyakov (URS) | 5.81 m | June 26, 1981 | Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Event Record | New event | |||
Results
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.10 | 5.25 | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.55 | 5.60 | 5.65 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.82 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union | – | – | o | o | – | xxo | – | o | – | xxx | 5.70 | |
 | Konstantin Volkov | Soviet Union | – | – | o | – | – | o | – | x– | xx | 5.60 | ||
 | Atanas Tarev | Bulgaria | – | – | xxo | o | – | o | xxx | 5.60 | ||||
| 4 | Tadeusz Ślusarski |  Poland | – | – | xo | – | o | – | xxx | 5.55 | ||||
| 5 | Tom Hintnaus | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Brazil | – | – | xo | o | – | xx– | x | 5.50 | ||||
| 6 | Patrick Abada |  France | – | – | – | xo | – | xxx | 5.50 | |||||
| 7 | Miro Zalar |  Sweden | – | – | xo | xo | – | xxx | 5.50 | |||||
| 8 | Władysław Kozakiewicz | Poland | – | – | o | x– | xx | 5.40 | ||||||
| 8 | Thierry Vigneron | France | – | o | o | xxx | 5.40 | |||||||
| 10 | Felix Böhni |  Switzerland | 5.40 | |||||||||||
| 10 | František Jansa |  Czechoslovakia | 5.40 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Vladimir Polyakov | Soviet Union | 5.40 | |||||||||||
| 13 | Jeff Buckingham |  United States | 5.40 | |||||||||||
| 14 | Veijo Vannesluoma |  Finland | 5.40 | |||||||||||
| 15 | Günther Lohre |  West Germany | 5.25 | |||||||||||
| 15 | Liang Weiqiang |  China | 5.25 | |||||||||||
| 17 | Jürgen Winkler | West Germany | 5.25 | |||||||||||
| 18 | Timo Kuusisto | Finland | 5.25 | |||||||||||
| 19 | Tomomi Takahashi |  Japan | 5.25 | |||||||||||
| 20 | Alberto Ruiz |  Spain | 5.10 | |||||||||||
| Pierre Quinon | France | – | – | xxx | NM | |||||||||
| Hermann Fehringer |  Austria | NM | ||||||||||||
| Ivo Yanchev | Bulgaria | NM | ||||||||||||
| Tapani Haapakoski | Finland | NM | ||||||||||||
| Billy Olson | United States | NM | ||||||||||||
| Mike Tully | United States | NM | ||||||||||||
| George Barber | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | NM |
See also
- 1980 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Moscow)
- 1982 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Athens)
- 1984 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Los Angeles)
- 1984 Men's Friendship Games Pole Vault (Moscow)
- 1986 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Stuttgart)
- 1987 Men's World Championships Pole Vault (Rome)
- 1988 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Seoul)
References
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