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1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

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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

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Gold Soviet Union Sergey Bubka
Soviet Union (URS)
Silver Soviet Union Konstantin Volkov
Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze Bulgaria Atanas Tarev
Bulgaria (BUL)

Records

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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 Soviet Union Tbilisi, Georgia
Event Record New event

Results

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Final

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Rank Name Nationality 5.10 5.25 5.40 5.50 5.55 5.60 5.65 5.70 5.75 5.82 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sergey Bubka  Soviet Union o o xxo o xxx 5.70
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Konstantin Volkov  Soviet Union o o x– xx 5.60
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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 xo xxx 5.40
10 František Jansa  Czechoslovakia o xo xxx 5.40
10 Vladimir Polyakov  Soviet Union xo xx– x 5.40
13 Jeff Buckingham  United States xxo xxx 5.40
14 Veijo Vannesluoma  Finland xo xxo xxx 5.40
15 Günther Lohre  West Germany o xxx 5.25
15 Liang Weiqiang  China o o xxr 5.25
17 Jürgen Winkler  West Germany xo xxx 5.25
18 Timo Kuusisto  Finland xo xo xxx 5.25
19 Tomomi Takahashi  Japan o xxo xxx 5.25
20 Alberto Ruiz  Spain xo xxx 5.10
Pierre Quinon  France xxx NM
Hermann Fehringer  Austria xxx NM
Ivo Yanchev  Bulgaria xxx NM
Tapani Haapakoski  Finland xxx NM
Billy Olson  United States xxx NM
Mike Tully  United States xxx NM
George Barber  Canada xxx NM

See also

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References

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