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

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
	A	Romain Mesnil	France				NM
	A	Nuno Fernandes	Portugal				NM
	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
	Patrik Kristiansson	Sweden	xxx								NM
	Vyacheslav Shuteyev	Ukraine	xxx								NM

References

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