1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
Rank Group Name Nationality 4.90 5.00 5.10 5.20 5.30 5.40 5.45 Result Notes
1 A Sergey Bubka Soviet Union - - - - - - - 5.50 q
1 A Maksim Tarasov Soviet Union - - - - - - - 5.50 q
4 A Thierry Vigneron France - - - - o - - 5.50 q
5 A Tim Bright United States - - - - - xo - 5.50 q
5 A Jean Galfione France - - - - xo - - 5.50 q
8 A Mike Edwards Great Britain - - - o o o - 5.40
1 B Radion Gataullin Soviet Union - - - - - - - 5.50 q
2 B Bernhard Zintl Germany - - - - o - x 5.50 q
3 B István Bagyula Hungary - - - - xo xo - 5.50 q
4 B Philippe Collet France - - - - - xxo - 5.50 q
Results -- Qualifying round
Qualification : Qualifying Performance 5.60 ( Q ) or at least 12 best performers ( q ) advance to the final .
These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Thursday August 29, 1991.