title: 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
text: # 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
  
  These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes. The qualification round was stopped and later canceled due to heavy rain and strong winds and eventually a straight final was held on 14 August, the last day of the championships.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Sergey Bubka Soviet Union (URS) |
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  | Silver | Konstantin Volkov Soviet Union (URS) |
  | Bronze | Atanas Tarev Bulgaria (BUL) |
  
  ## Records
  
  Serguei Bubka in Helsinki, 1983.
  
  Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships :
  
  | World Record | Vladimir Polyakov (URS) | 5.81 m | June 26, 1981 | Tbilisi, Georgia |
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  | Event Record | New event | New event | New event | New event |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.10 | 5.25 | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.55 | 5.60 | 5.65 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.82 | Result |
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  | | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union | – | – | o | o | – | xxo | – | o | – | xxx | 5.70 |
  | | Konstantin Volkov | Soviet Union | – | – | o | – | – | o | – | x– | xx | | 5.60 |
  | | Atanas Tarev | Bulgaria | – | – | xxo | o | – | o | xxx | | | | 5.60 |
  | 4 | Tadeusz Ślusarski | Poland | – | – | xo | – | o | – | xxx | | | | 5.55 |
  | 5 | Tom Hintnaus | Brazil | – | – | xo | o | – | xx– | x | | | | 5.50 |
  | 6 | Patrick Abada | France | – | – | – | xo | – | xxx | | | | | 5.50 |
  | 7 | Miro Zalar | Sweden | – | – | xo | xo | – | xxx | | | | | 5.50 |
  | 8 | Władysław Kozakiewicz | Poland | – | – | o | x– | xx | | | | | | 5.40 |
  | 8 | Thierry Vigneron | France | – | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 5.40 |
  | 10 | Felix Böhni | Switzerland | | | | | | | | | | | 5.40 |
  | 10 | František Jansa | Czechoslovakia | | | | | | | | | | | 5.40 |
  | 10 | Vladimir Polyakov | Soviet Union | | | | | | | | | | | 5.40 |
  | 13 | Jeff Buckingham | United States | | | | | | | | | | | 5.40 |
  | 14 | Veijo Vannesluoma | Finland | | | | | | | | | | | 5.40 |
  | 15 | Günther Lohre | West Germany | | | | | | | | | | | 5.25 |
  | 15 | Liang Weiqiang | China | | | | | | | | | | | 5.25 |
  | 17 | Jürgen Winkler | West Germany | | | | | | | | | | | 5.25 |
  | 18 | Timo Kuusisto | Finland | | | | | | | | | | | 5.25 |
  | 19 | Tomomi Takahashi | Japan | | | | | | | | | | | 5.25 |
  | 20 | Alberto Ruiz | Spain | | | | | | | | | | | 5.10 |
  | | Pierre Quinon | France | – | – | xxx | | | | | | | | NM |
  | | Hermann Fehringer | Austria | | | | | | | | | | | NM |
  | | Ivo Yanchev | Bulgaria | | | | | | | | | | | NM |
  | | Tapani Haapakoski | Finland | | | | | | | | | | | NM |
  | | Billy Olson | United States | | | | | | | | | | | NM |
  | | Mike Tully | United States | | | | | | | | | | | NM |
  | | George Barber | Canada | | | | | | | | | | | NM |
  