1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault

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

Medalists

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

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
	A	Romain Mesnil	France				NM
	A	Nuno Fernandes	Portugal				NM
	B	Danny Krasnov	Israel				NM

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	5.40	5.50	5.60	5.70	5.76	5.81	5.86	6.01	Result
	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
	Patrik Kristiansson	Sweden	xxx								NM
	Vyacheslav Shuteyev	Ukraine	xxx								NM

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
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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