2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–15, 2003.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tim Lobinger Germany	Michael Stolle Germany	Rens Blom Netherlands

Results

Qualification

To qualify for the final, vaulters had to clear at least 5.65 m or be among the eight best performers.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	5.40	5.55	5.60	5.65	Result	Notes
1	B	Romain Mesnil	France	o	–	–	o	5.65	Q
1	B	Tim Lobinger	Germany	–	o	–	o	5.65	Q
1	B	Vasiliy Gorshkov	Russia	o	o	–	o	5.65	Q
1	B	Rens Blom	Netherlands	o	–	o	o	5.65	Q
5	B	Derek Miles	United States	–	xo	–	xo	5.65	Q
5	B	Giuseppe Gibilisco	Italy	o	–	xo	xo	5.65	Q
7	B	Michael Stolle	Germany	o	–	o	xxo	5.65	Q
8	A	Viktor Chistiakov	Australia	o	–	o	xxx	5.60	q, =AR
9	A	Patrik Kristiansson	Sweden	–	–	xo	xxx	5.60
10	B	Adam Ptácek	Czech Republic	o	o	–	xxx	5.55
11	B	Štěpán Janáček	Czech Republic	o	xo	–	xxx	5.55
11	B	Jeremy Scott	United States	o	xo	–	xxx	5.55
13	B	Piotr Buciarski	Denmark	o	xxx			5.40
14	A	Aleksandr Averbukh	Israel	xo	–	xxx		5.40
	A	Paul Burgess	Australia	xxx				NM
	A	Okkert Brits	South Africa	–	xxx			NM
	A	Oscar Janson	Sweden	xxx				NM
	A	Dmitriy Kuptsov	Russia	xxx				NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	5.40	5.60	5.70	5.75	5.80	5.85	Result	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Tim Lobinger	Germany	–	o	–	o	o	xxx	5.80
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Michael Stolle	Germany	o	o	xo	o	x–	x	5.75	SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Rens Blom	Netherlands	o	xo	x–	xo	xx		5.75	NR
4	Vasiliy Gorshkov	Russia	o	xo	o	xx–	x		5.70
5	Derek Miles	United States	o	xxo	o	xxx			5.70
6	Viktor Chistiakov	Australia	o	o	xxx				5.60	=AR
7	Romain Mesnil	France	–	xo	–	xx–	x		5.60
8	Giuseppe Gibilisco	Italy	o	xx–	x				5.40

References

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