1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 22 February.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	5.00	5.15	5.25	5.35	5.45	5.50	5.55	5.60	5.65	5.70	5.75	Result	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Thierry Vigneron	France	−	−	−	xo	−	o	−	o	−	o	xxx	5.70	=WR, CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Aleksandr Krupskiy	Soviet Union	−	−	o	−	o	−	o	o	o	x−	xx	5.65
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Jean-Michel Bellot	France	−	−	−	o	−	xo	−	−	xo	xxx		5.65
4	Patrick Desruelles	Belgium	−	−	o	−	o	−	o	o	xxx			5.60
5	Mariusz Klimczyk	Poland	−	−	−	xxo	−	xo	o	−	xxx			5.55
6	Philippe Houvion	France	−	−	o	−	o	−	xo	−	xxx			5.55
7	Vladimir Polyakov	Soviet Union	−	−	o	−	o	−	xo	−	xxx			5.55
8	Atanas Tarev	Bulgaria	−	−	o	−	xxo	o	x−	x−	x			5.50
9	Brian Hooper	Great Britain	o	−	o	xo	xxo	xxx						5.45
10	Aleksandr Chernyayev	Soviet Union	−	o	−	o	−	xxx						5.35
11	Günther Lohre	West Germany	−	−	o	xo	xxx							5.35
12	Rauli Pudas	Finland	−	−	xo	xo	xxx							5.35
13	Ivo Yanchev	Bulgaria	−	o	xo	xo	−	xr						5.35
14	Miro Zalar	Sweden	−	−	xo	xxo	xx−	x						5.35
15	Tapani Haapakoski	Finland	−	o	o	xxx								5.25
16	Roger Oriol	Spain	−	xxo	o	xxx								5.25
17	Petr Habel	Czechoslovakia	xo	o	xxx									5.15
	Ilkka Pekkala	Finland	xxx											NM
	Keith Stock	Great Britain	−	xxx										NM
	Bernd Müller	West Germany	xxx											NM
	Zbigniew Matyka	Poland	xxx											NM