1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

Events at the 1998 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's pole vault at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 19 and 22 August.

Medalists

Gold	Maksim Tarasov  Russia
Silver	Tim Lobinger  Germany
Bronze	Jean Galfione  France

Results

KEY:	q	Better non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 5.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	5.30	5.45	5.60	Result	Notes
1	A	Jean Galfione	France				5.60	q
1	A	Tim Lobinger	Germany				5.60	q
1	A	Vyacheslav Shuteyev	Ukraine				5.60	q
1	B	Maksim Tarasov	Russia				5.60	q
1	B	Danny Ecker	Germany				5.60	q
1	B	Laurens Looije	Netherlands				5.60	q
1	B	Andrei Tivontchik	Germany				5.60	q
1	B	Khalid Lachheb	France				5.60	q
9	A	Christian Tamminga	Netherlands				5.45	q
9	B	Patrik Kristiansson	Sweden				5.45	q
9	B	Heikki Vääräniemi	Finland			xxx	5.45	q
9	B	Jurij Rovan	Slovenia	o	xo	xxx	5.45	q
9	B	Pavel Burlachenko	Russia	–	xo	xxx	5.45	q
14	A	Krzysztof Kusiak	Poland				5.45
14	A	Trond Barthel	Norway				5.45
14	A	Patrik Stenlund	Sweden				5.45
17	A	Vesa Rantanen	Finland				5.30
17	A	Yevgeniy Smiryagin	Russia				5.30
17	A	Martin Voss	Denmark				5.30
17	A	Piotr Buciarski	Denmark				5.30
17	B	Nick Buckfield	Great Britain				5.30
17	B	Martin Eriksson	Sweden				5.30
23	A	Romain Mesnil	France				NM
23	A	Nuno Fernandes	Portugal				NM
23	B	Danny Krasnov	Israel				NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	5.40	5.50	5.60	5.70	5.76	5.81	5.86	6.01	Result	Notes
	Maksim Tarasov	Russia	–	–	–	o	–	o	–	xxx	5.81
	Tim Lobinger	Germany	–	o	xo	o	xx–	o	xxx		5.81
	Jean Galfione	France	–	–	o	–	o	–	xxx		5.76
4	Danny Ecker	Germany	–	xo	–	o	xo	x–	xx		5.76
5	Khalid Lachheb	France	xxo	–	o	xxx					5.60
6	Andrei Tivontchik	Germany	–	o	–	xxx					5.50
7	Pavel Burlachenko	Russia	xxo	o	xxx						5.50
8	Heikki Vääräniemi	Finland	xo	xo	xxx						5.50
9	Jurij Rovan	Slovenia	xo	xxo							5.50
10	Laurens Looije	Netherlands	o	–	xxx						5.40
11	Christian Tamminga	Netherlands	xo		xxx						5.40
12	Patrik Kristiansson	Sweden	xxx								NM
12	Vyacheslav Shuteyev	Ukraine	xxx								NM

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