1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6 March.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	5.10	5.20	5.30	5.40	5.50	5.55	5.60	5.65	5.70	5.75	5.90	Result	Notes
	Rodion Gataullin	Soviet Union	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	xxo	xxx	5.75
	Nikolay Nikolov	Bulgaria	–	–	–	xo	–	–	o	–	o	xxx		5.70
	Atanas Tarev	Bulgaria	–	–	–	o	–	–	o	–	xo	xxx		5.70
4	Mirosław Chmara	Poland	–	–	–	–	xo	–	o	–	xo	xxx		5.70
5	Philippe Collet	France	–	–	–	–	–	–	xxo	–	xx–	x		5.60
6	Jean-Marc Tailhardat	France	–	xo	–	xo	–	o	–	xxx				5.55
7	Hermann Fehringer	Austria	–	–	o	o	o	–	xxx					5.50
7	Bernhard Zintl	West Germany	–	o	–	o	o	xxx						5.50
9	Philippe d'Encausse	France	–	–	xxo	–	o	–	xxx					5.50
10	Miro Zalar	Sweden	–	–	–	–	xxo	–	xxx					5.50
11	Marco Andreini	Italy	o	–	o	o	x–	xx						5.40
12	Harri Palola	Finland	–	–	xo	o	xxx							5.40
13	Gábor Molnár	Hungary	–	xo	–	xo	xxx							5.40
14	István Bagyula	Hungary	xxo	–	o	xo	xxx							5.40
15	Enzo Brichese	Italy	–	o	–	xxo	–	xxx						5.40
15	Delko Lesev	Bulgaria												5.40
17	Dirk Ledegen	Belgium	–	xxo	xxo	xxx								5.30
18	Giorgio Grassi	Italy	–	o	–	xxx								5.20
	Valeriy Ishutin	Soviet Union	–	–	–	xxx								NM
	Dezső Szabó	Hungary	xxx											NM