title: 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
text: # 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
  
  The men's pole vault event at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 12 March in Grenoble.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.60 | 4.70 | 4.80 | 4.90 | 5.00 | 5.10 | 5.20 | 5.30 | 5.35 | 5.40 | 5.45 | Result | Notes |
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  | | Wolfgang Nordwig | East Germany | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | 5.40 | =CR, NR |
  | | Hans Lagerqvist | Sweden | – | – | – | xo | – | o | o | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | 5.40 | |
  | | Antti Kalliomäki | Finland | – | – | – | – | o | – | xxo | xxo | xxx | | | 5.30 | |
  | 4 | Yuriy Isakov | Soviet Union | – | – | – | xo | – | o | xo | xxx | | | | 5.20 | |
  | 5 | Ignacio Sola | Spain | – | – | o | – | o | xxx | | | | | | 5.00 | |
  | 6 | Mike Bull | Great Britain | – | – | – | – | xo | xxx | | | | | | 5.00 | |
  | 7 | Heinfried Engel | West Germany | – | – | o | – | xxx | | | | | | | 4.80 | |
  | 8 | Flemming Johansen | Denmark | xo | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | | 4.80 | |
  | 9 | Silvio Fraquelli | Italy | xo | – | xxo | xxx | | | | | | | | 4.80 | |
  | 10 | Robert Steinhacker | Hungary | – | xo | – | xxx | | | | | | | | 4.70 | |
  | | Jean-Michel Bellot | France | – | – | – | xxx | | | | | | | | NM | |
  | | Romuald Murawski | Poland | – | – | – | xxx | | | | | | | | NM | |
  