1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault
| Men's pole vault at the European Athletics Championships |
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The men's pole vault at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 19 and 22 August.
Medalists
| Gold | Maksim Tarasov Russia |
| Silver | Tim Lobinger Germany |
| Bronze | Jean Galfione France |
Results
| KEY: | q | Better non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 5.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | 5.30 | 5.45 | 5.60 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Jean Galfione | France | 5.60 | q | |||
| 1 | A | Tim Lobinger | Germany | 5.60 | q | |||
| 1 | A | Vyacheslav Shuteyev | Ukraine | 5.60 | q | |||
| 1 | B | Maksim Tarasov | Russia | 5.60 | q | |||
| 1 | B | Danny Ecker | Germany | 5.60 | q | |||
| 1 | B | Laurens Looije | Netherlands | 5.60 | q | |||
| 1 | B | Andrei Tivontchik | Germany | 5.60 | q | |||
| 1 | B | Khalid Lachheb | France | 5.60 | q | |||
| 9 | A | Christian Tamminga | Netherlands | 5.45 | q | |||
| 9 | B | Patrik Kristiansson | Sweden | 5.45 | q | |||
| 9 | B | Heikki Vääräniemi | Finland | xxx | 5.45 | q | ||
| 9 | B | Jurij Rovan | Slovenia | o | xo | xxx | 5.45 | q |
| 9 | B | Pavel Burlachenko | Russia | – | xo | xxx | 5.45 | q |
| 14 | A | Krzysztof Kusiak | Poland | 5.45 | ||||
| 14 | A | Trond Barthel | Norway | 5.45 | ||||
| 14 | A | Patrik Stenlund | Sweden | 5.45 | ||||
| 17 | A | Vesa Rantanen | Finland | 5.30 | ||||
| 17 | A | Yevgeniy Smiryagin | Russia | 5.30 | ||||
| 17 | A | Martin Voss | Denmark | 5.30 | ||||
| 17 | A | Piotr Buciarski | Denmark | 5.30 | ||||
| 17 | B | Nick Buckfield | Great Britain | 5.30 | ||||
| 17 | B | Martin Eriksson | Sweden | 5.30 | ||||
| A | Romain Mesnil | France | NM | |||||
| A | Nuno Fernandes | Portugal | NM | |||||
| B | Danny Krasnov | Israel | NM |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.60 | 5.70 | 5.76 | 5.81 | 5.86 | 6.01 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maksim Tarasov | Russia | – | – | – | o | – | o | – | xxx | 5.81 | ||
| Tim Lobinger | Germany | – | o | xo | o | xx– | o | xxx | 5.81 | |||
| Jean Galfione | France | – | – | o | – | o | – | xxx | 5.76 | |||
| 4 | Danny Ecker | Germany | – | xo | – | o | xo | x– | xx | 5.76 | ||
| 5 | Khalid Lachheb | France | xxo | – | o | xxx | 5.60 | |||||
| 6 | Andrei Tivontchik | Germany | – | o | – | xxx | 5.50 | |||||
| 7 | Pavel Burlachenko | Russia | xxo | o | xxx | 5.50 | ||||||
| 8 | Heikki Vääräniemi | Finland | xo | xo | xxx | 5.50 | ||||||
| 9 | Jurij Rovan | Slovenia | xo | xxo | 5.50 | |||||||
| 10 | Laurens Looije | Netherlands | o | – | xxx | 5.40 | ||||||
| 11 | Christian Tamminga | Netherlands | xo | xxx | 5.40 | |||||||
| Patrik Kristiansson | Sweden | xxx | NM | |||||||||
| Vyacheslav Shuteyev | Ukraine | xxx | NM |