title: Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade – Men's pole vault
text: # Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade – Men's pole vault
  
  The men's pole vault event at the 1983 Summer Universiade was held at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada on 7 and 8 July 1983.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Konstantin Volkov Soviet Union | Thierry Vigneron France | Jeff Ward United States |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualification
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | ? | Thierry Vigneron | France | 5.10 |
  | ? | Philippe Collet | France | 5.10 |
  | ? | Daniel Aebischer | Switzerland | 5.10 |
  | ? | Daniel Forter | Switzerland | 5.10 |
  | ? | Konstantin Volkov | Soviet Union | 5.10 |
  | ? | Vladimir Polyakov | Soviet Union | 5.10 |
  | ? | Victor Drechsel | Italy | 5.10 |
  | ? | Teruhisa Kamiya | Japan | 5.10 |
  | ? | Jeff Buckingham | United States | 5.10 |
  | ? | Anton Paskalev | Bulgaria | 5.10 |
  | ? | Jeff Ward | United States | 5.10 |
  | ? | Peter Volmer | West Germany | 5.10 |
  | ? | Stanimir Penchev | Bulgaria | 5.10 |
  | ? | Gerald Heinrich | West Germany | 5.10 |
  | 15 | George Barber | Canada | 5.00 |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Konstantin Volkov | Soviet Union | 5.65 |
  | | Thierry Vigneron | France | 5.60 |
  | | Jeff Ward | United States | 5.50 |
  | 4 | Vladimir Polyakov | Soviet Union | 5.40 |
  | 5 | Jeff Buckingham | United States | 5.40 |
  | 6 | Daniel Aebischer | Switzerland | 5.20 |
  | 6 | Philippe Collet | France | 5.20 |
  | 6 | Stanimir Penchev | Bulgaria | 5.20 |
  | 6 | Peter Volmer | West Germany | 5.20 |
  | 6 | Anton Paskalev | Bulgaria | 5.20 |
  | 6 | Gerald Heinrich | West Germany | 5.20 |
  | 12 | Victor Drechsel | Italy | 5.20 |
  | 13 | Teruhisa Kamiya | Japan | 5.00 |
  | | Daniel Forter | Switzerland | NM |
  