1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 27 February–1 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tim Lobinger Germany	Michael Stolle Germany	Danny Ecker Germany

Results

Qualification

Qualification Performance: 5.65 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	5.00	5.20	5.40	5.55	5.65	Result	Notes
1	A	Gérald Baudouin	France	–	o	o	o	o	5.65	Q
1	A	Jean Galfione	France	–	–	–	o	o	5.65	Q
3	B	Tim Lobinger	Germany	–	–	o	xo	o	5.65	Q
3	B	Romain Mesnil	France	–	–	o	xo	o	5.65	Q
3	B	Pyotr Bochkaryov	Russia	–	–	xo	o	o	5.65	Q
6	A	Danny Ecker	Germany	–	–	xxo	xo	o	5.65	Q
7	B	Michael Stolle	Germany	–	–	o	xo	xo	5.65	Q
8	B	Vadim Strogalyov	Russia	–	–	o	o	xxo	5.65	Q
9	A	Montxu Miranda	Spain	–	–	o	xo	xxo	5.65	Q
10	A	Iliyan Efremov	Bulgaria	–	–	o	o	xxx	5.55	q
10	A	Martin Voss	Denmark	–	o	o	o	xxx	5.55	q
10	B	Javier García	Spain	–	–	o	o	xxx	5.55	q
13	A	Piotr Buciarski	Denmark	–	xo	o	o	xxx	5.55
13	A	Igor Trandenkov	Russia	–	–	xo	o	xxx	5.55
15	A	Isaac Molinero	Spain	–	o	o	xo	xxx	5.55
16	B	Ruhan Işim	Turkey	–	–	xo	xo	xxx	5.55
17	A	Trond Barthel	Norway	–	–	o	xxo	xxx	5.55
17	B	Nick Buckfield	Great Britain	–	–	o	xxo	xxx	5.55
19	A	Rens Blom	Netherlands	–	o	xxo	xxo	xxx	5.55
20	B	Peter Widén	Sweden	–	–	o	xxx		5.40
20	B	Fabio Pizzolato	Italy	–	–	o	xxx		5.40
22	A	Martin Kysela	Czech Republic	o	xo	o	xxx		5.40
23	B	Martin Eriksson	Sweden	–	–	xo	xxx		5.40
24	A	Aleksandrs Matusēvičs	Latvia	–	o	xxx			5.20
25	A	Patrik Kristiansson	Sweden	–	xxo	xxx			5.20
	B	Konstantin Semyonov	Israel	–	xxx				NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	5.30	5.50	5.60	5.70	5.75	5.80	5.85	Result	Notes
	Tim Lobinger	Germany	–	o	o	o	o	xxo	xxx	5.80
	Michael Stolle	Germany	–	xo	–	o	–	xxo	xxx	5.80
	Danny Ecker	Germany	–	o	–	xo	xo	xxx		5.75
4	Montxu Miranda	Spain	–	xxo	–	o	–	xxx		5.70
5	Javier García	Spain	–	o	o	xxx				5.60
6	Martin Voss	Denmark	o	xo	o	xxx				5.60
7	Iliyan Efremov	Bulgaria	–	xo	xo	xx–	x			5.60
8	Jean Galfione	France	–	o	–	xxx				5.50
8	Romain Mesnil	France	o	o	xxx					5.50
10	Vadim Strogalyov	Russia	–	xxo	–	–	xxx			5.50
11	Gérald Baudouin	France	o	xxx						5.30
	Pyotr Bochkaryov	Russia	–	–	xxx					NM

References

• Qualification results
• Final results