title: 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
text: # 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
  
  The men's pole vault event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20 and 22 July.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Viktor Chistyakov Russia |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Dmitriy Markov Belarus |
  | Bronze | Taoufik Lachheb France |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  22 July
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Viktor Chistyakov | Russia | 5.60 |
  | | Dmitriy Markov | Belarus | 5.50 |
  | | Taoufik Lachheb | France | 5.30 |
  | 4 | Przemyslaw Gurin | Poland | 5.30 |
  | 5 | Eric Boxley | United States | 5.30 |
  | 6 | Tine Lorenci | Slovenia | 5.20 |
  | 7 | Adam Kolasa | Poland | 5.10 |
  | 8 | Jurij Rovan | Slovenia | 5.10 |
  | 9 | Scott Slover | United States | 5.10 |
  | 10 | Jussi Autio | Finland | 5.00 |
  | 11 | Yevgeniy Smiryagin | Russia | 5.00 |
  | 12 | Zdenek Šafár | Czech Republic | 4.80 |
  | | Vesa Rantanen | Finland | NH |
  
  ### Qualifications
  
  20 Jul
  
  **Group A**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Dmitriy Markov | Belarus | 5.10 | q |
  | 1 | Eric Boxley | United States | 5.10 | q |
  | 3 | Jussi Autio | Finland | 5.10 | q |
  | 3 | Yevgeniy Smiryagin | Russia | 5.10 | q |
  | 5 | Tine Lorenci | Slovenia | 5.10 | q |
  | 6 | Przemyslaw Gurin | Poland | 5.00 | q |
  | 7 | Junichi Sano | Japan | 5.00 | |
  | 8 | Fabio Pizzolato | Italy | 5.00 | |
  | 9 | Christophe Lemarie | France | 5.00 | |
  | 10 | Montxu Miranda | Spain | 4.80 | |
  | 11 | Alexandrs Danilovs | Latvia | 4.60 | |
  | 12 | 'Aisea Tukutau | Tonga | 4.00 | |
  | | Matej Urban | Czech Republic | NH | |
  
  **Group B**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Viktor Chistyakov | Russia | 5.10 | q |
  | 2 | Taoufik Lachheb | France | 5.10 | q |
  | 3 | Zdenek Šafár | Czech Republic | 5.10 | q |
  | 3 | Adam Kolasa | Poland | 5.10 | q |
  | 3 | Jurij Rovan | Slovenia | 5.10 | q |
  | 3 | Scott Slover | United States | 5.10 | q |
  | 7 | Vesa Rantanen | Finland | 5.00 | q |
  | 8 | Martin Heller | Germany | 5.00 | |
  | 9 | Fedja Kamasi | FR Yugoslavia | 4.80 | |
  | 10 | Dennis Kholev | Israel | 4.80 | |
  | 11 | Ákos Kovács | Hungary | 4.80 | |
  | 12 | Satoru Yasuda | Japan | 4.80 | |
  | | Andrea Giannini | Italy | NH | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Belarus (1)
  * Czech Republic (2)
  * Finland (2)
  * France (2)
  * Germany (1)
  * Hungary (1)
  * Israel (1)
  * Italy (2)
  * Japan (2)
  * Latvia (1)
  * Poland (2)
  * Russia (2)
  * Slovenia (2)
  * Spain (1)
  * Tonga (1)
  * United States (2)
  * FR Yugoslavia (1)
  