// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy was the 1983 pole vault champ so high? He vaulted to new heights.

These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes. The qualification round was stopped and later canceled due to heavy rain and strong winds and eventually a straight final was held on 14 August, the last day of the championships.

Medalists

Gold	Sergey Bubka Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Konstantin Volkov Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Atanas Tarev Bulgaria (BUL)

Records

Serguei Bubka in Helsinki, 1983.

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Vladimir Polyakov (URS)	5.81 m	June 26, 1981	Tbilisi, Georgia
Event Record	New event

Results

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	5.10	5.25	5.40	5.50	5.55	5.60	5.65	5.70	5.75	5.82	Result	Notes
	Sergey Bubka	Soviet Union	–	–	o	o	–	xxo	–	o	–	xxx	5.70
	Konstantin Volkov	Soviet Union	–	–	o	–	–	o	–	x–	xx		5.60
	Atanas Tarev	Bulgaria	–	–	xxo	o	–	o	xxx				5.60
4	Tadeusz Ślusarski	Poland	–	–	xo	–	o	–	xxx				5.55
5	Tom Hintnaus	Brazil	–	–	xo	o	–	xx–	x				5.50
6	Patrick Abada	France	–	–	–	xo	–	xxx					5.50
7	Miro Zalar	Sweden	–	–	xo	xo	–	xxx					5.50
8	Władysław Kozakiewicz	Poland	–	–	o	x–	xx						5.40
8	Thierry Vigneron	France	–	o	o	xxx							5.40
10	Felix Böhni	Switzerland	–	–	xo	–	xxx						5.40
10	František Jansa	Czechoslovakia	–	o	xo	xxx							5.40
10	Vladimir Polyakov	Soviet Union	–	–	xo	–	–	xx–	x				5.40
13	Jeff Buckingham	United States	–	–	xxo	xxx							5.40
14	Veijo Vannesluoma	Finland	–	xo	xxo	xxx							5.40
15	Günther Lohre	West Germany	–	o	–	xxx							5.25
15	Liang Weiqiang	China	o	o	xxr								5.25
17	Jürgen Winkler	West Germany	–	xo	xxx								5.25
18	Timo Kuusisto	Finland	xo	xo	xxx								5.25
19	Tomomi Takahashi	Japan	o	xxo	xxx								5.25
20	Alberto Ruiz	Spain	xo	xxx									5.10
	Pierre Quinon	France	–	–	xxx								NM
	Hermann Fehringer	Austria	xxx										NM
	Ivo Yanchev	Bulgaria	–	–	xxx								NM
	Tapani Haapakoski	Finland	–	xxx									NM
	Billy Olson	United States	–	–	xxx								NM
	Mike Tully	United States	–	–	xxx								NM
	George Barber	Canada	xxx										NM

See also

• 1980 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Moscow)
• 1982 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Athens)
• 1984 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Los Angeles)
• 1984 Men's Friendship Games Pole Vault (Moscow)
• 1986 Men's European Championships Pole Vault (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships Pole Vault (Rome)
• 1988 Men's Olympic Pole Vault (Seoul)

References

• Results
• L'Athletisme (September 1983, p52)