1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

Events at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
2000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
Road events
20 km road run		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's pole vault event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 17 July.

Medalists

Gold	Igor Potapovich Soviet Union
Silver	Delko Lesev Bulgaria
Bronze	Michael Thiede East Germany

Results

Final

17 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Igor Potapovich	Soviet Union	5.50
	Delko Lesev	Bulgaria	5.40
	Michael Thiede	East Germany	5.30
4	Karsten Wichert	East Germany	5.30
5	Grigoriy Yegorov	Soviet Union	5.20
6	Tim McMichael	United States	5.10
7	Jani Lehtonen	Finland	5.10
8	Philippe D'Encausse	France	5.00
	Patrik Johansson	Sweden	5.00
10	Wojciech Dakiniewicz	Poland	5.00
11	Vijay Pal Singh	India	5.00
	Martin Voss	Denmark	NH
	Peter Widén	Sweden	NH
	Pat Manson	United States	NH

Qualifications

16 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Delko Lesev	Bulgaria	5.00	Q
	Jani Lehtonen	Finland	5.00	Q
	Philippe D'Encausse	France	5.00	Q
	Karsten Wichert	East Germany	5.00	Q
	Michael Thiede	East Germany	5.00	Q
	Wojciech Dakiniewicz	Poland	5.00	Q
	Grigoriy Yegorov	Soviet Union	5.00	Q
	Igor Potapovich	Soviet Union	5.00	Q
	Tim McMichael	United States	5.00	Q
	Pat Manson	United States	5.00	Q
11	Steve Wilson	Australia	4.90
	István Bagyula	Hungary	NH

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Martin Voss	Denmark	5.00	Q
	Vijay Pal Singh	India	5.00	Q
	Peter Widén	Sweden	5.00	Q
	Patrik Johansson	Sweden	5.00	Q
5	Kevin Rankin	Canada	4.80
	Gianfranco Beda	Italy	4.80
7	Juan Miguel Saldarriaga	Colombia	4.70
8	Samir Agsous	Algeria	4.40
	Efrain Meléndez	Puerto Rico	4.40
	Martin Bossio	Argentina	NH
	Stuart Love	Canada	NH
	Hiroyuki Sano	Japan	NH
	Nasser Mohamed Al-Wahibi	Saudi Arabia	NH

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

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