Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
The Men's Pole Vault event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 19 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final took place on Wednesday August 8, 1984.Medalists
Abbreviations
- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| OR | olympic record |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
Results
Qualifying round
Held on Monday August 6, 1984
Qualification rule: Qualifying performance 5.45 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 5.10 | 5.20 | 5.30 | 5.35 | 5.40 | 5.45 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Thierry Vigneron | | – | – | – | o | – | o | 5.45 | Q |
| 1 | A | Earl Bell | | – | – | – | o | – | o | 5.45 | Q |
| 1 | A | Mike Tully | | – | – | – | o | – | o | 5.45 | Q |
| 4 | A | Alberto Ruiz | | xo | – | xo | – | xo | xxo | 5.45 | Q |
| 5 | A | Pierre Quinon | | – | – | xo | – | o | – | 5.40 | q |
| 6 | B | Kimmo Pallonen | | – | o | o | xo | xo | – | 5.40 | q |
| 7 | A | Felix Böhni | | – | – | o | – | xxo | xxx | 5.40 | q |
| 8 | A | Tom Hintnaus | | – | – | – | o | – | xxx | 5.35 | q |
| 9 | B | Mauro Barella | | o | o | xo | xxo | – | – | 5.35 | q |
| 10 | A | Serge Ferreira | | – | – | o | – | xxx | | 5.30 | q |
| 10 | A | Doug Lytle | | – | – | o | xxx | | | 5.30 | q |
| 10 | B | Yang Weimin | | o | o | o | – | xxx | | 5.30 | q |
| 10 | B | Jeff Gutteridge | | o | – | o | xxx | | | 5.30 | q |
| 10 | B | Tomomi Takahashi | | – | – | xxo | – | xxx | | 5.30 | q |
| 15 | B | Brian Morrissette | | o | o | x– | xx | | | 5.20 | NR |
| 16 | B | Keith Stock | | xo | xo | xxx | | | | 5.20 | |
| 17 | B | Ji Zebiao | | xo | xxx | | | | | 5.10 | |
| 18 | B | Edgardo Rivera | | xxo | – | x– | xx | | | 5.10 | |
| A | Miro Zalar | | – | – | xxx | | | | ' | |
| B | Alfonso Cano | | | | | | | | ' | |
Final
Held on Wednesday August 8, 1984.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.10 | 5.20 | 5.30 | 5.40 | 5.45 | 5.50 | 5.55 | 5.60 | 5.65 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | Result | Notes |
| Pierre Quinon | | – | – | – | – | xo | – | – | – | x– | o | o | xxx | 5.75 | |
| Mike Tully | | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | – | xxo | – | – | xxx | 5.65 | |
| Earl Bell | | – | – | – | o | – | o | – | o | – | xxx | | | 5.60 | |
| Thierry Vigneron | | – | – | – | o | – | – | – | o | – | xxx | | | 5.60 | |
| Kimmo Pallonen | | – | – | xo | – | xo | – | xxx | | | | | | 5.45 | |
| Doug Lytle | | – | – | – | o | – | xxx | | | | | | | 5.40 | |
| Felix Böhni | | – | – | o | – | – | xxx | | | | | | | 5.30 | |
| Mauro Barella | | xxo | – | xxo | xxx | | | | | | | | | 5.30 | |
| Alberto Ruiz | | – | o | – | xxx | | | | | | | | | 5.20 | |
| 10 | Yang Weimin | | xo | xxx | | | | | | | | | | | 5.10 | |
| 11 | Jeff Gutteridge | | xxo | – | xxx | | | | | | | | | | 5.10 | |
| Tom Hintnaus | | – | – | – | xxx | | | | | | | | | ' | |
| Serge Ferreira | | – | – | xxx | | | | | | | | | | ' | |
| Tomomi Takahashi | | – | – | xxx | | | | | | | | | | | |
