2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–15, 2003.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Tim Lobinger |
Michael Stolle |
Rens Blom |
Results
Qualification
To qualify for the final, vaulters had to clear at least 5.65 m or be among the eight best performers.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | 5.40 | 5.55 | 5.60 | 5.65 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Romain Mesnil | o | – | – | o | 5.65 | Q | |
| 1 | B | Tim Lobinger | – | o | – | o | 5.65 | Q | |
| 1 | B | Vasiliy Gorshkov | o | o | – | o | 5.65 | Q | |
| 1 | B | Rens Blom | o | – | o | o | 5.65 | Q | |
| 5 | B | Derek Miles | – | xo | – | xo | 5.65 | Q | |
| 5 | B | Giuseppe Gibilisco | o | – | xo | xo | 5.65 | Q | |
| 7 | B | Michael Stolle | o | – | o | xxo | 5.65 | Q | |
| 8 | A | Viktor Chistiakov | o | – | o | xxx | 5.60 | q, =AR | |
| 9 | A | Patrik Kristiansson | – | – | xo | xxx | 5.60 | ||
| 10 | B | Adam Ptácek | o | o | – | xxx | 5.55 | ||
| 11 | B | Štěpán Janáček | o | xo | – | xxx | 5.55 | ||
| 11 | B | Jeremy Scott | o | xo | – | xxx | 5.55 | ||
| 13 | B | Piotr Buciarski | o | xxx | 5.40 | ||||
| 14 | A | Aleksandr Averbukh | xo | – | xxx | 5.40 | |||
| A | Paul Burgess | xxx | NM | ||||||
| A | Okkert Brits | – | xxx | NM | |||||
| A | Oscar Janson | xxx | NM | ||||||
| A | Dmitriy Kuptsov | xxx | NM | ||||||
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 5.40 | 5.60 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Lobinger | – | o | – | o | o | xxx | 5.80 | |||
| Michael Stolle | o | o | xo | o | x– | x | 5.75 | SB | ||
| Rens Blom | o | xo | x– | xo | xx | 5.75 | NR | |||
| 4 | Vasiliy Gorshkov | o | xo | o | xx– | x | 5.70 | |||
| 5 | Derek Miles | o | xxo | o | xxx | 5.70 | ||||
| 6 | Viktor Chistiakov | o | o | xxx | 5.60 | =AR | ||||
| 7 | Romain Mesnil | – | xo | – | xx– | x | 5.60 | |||
| 8 | Giuseppe Gibilisco | o | xx– | x | 5.40 | |||||
