Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade

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.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Konstantin Volkov Soviet Union	Thierry Vigneron France	Jeff Ward United States

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
?	Thierry Vigneron	France	5.10	^[2]
?	Philippe Collet	France	5.10	^[2]
?	Daniel Aebischer	Switzerland	5.10	^[3]
?	Daniel Forter	Switzerland	5.10	^[3]
?	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

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	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	^[6]

^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ ^a ^b French results
^ ^a ^b "Dreimal Gold für Nigerias Leichtathleten" (in German). Thun Thuner Tagblatt. 9 July 1983. p. 11. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
^ "Final results". Tucson Citizen. 9 July 1983. p. 11. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
^ "Final results". Red Deer Advocate. 9 July 1983. p. 22. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
^ "Révolte des sans-grande" (in French). Lausanne Le Matin Tribune. 10 July 1983. p. 35. Retrieved 24 April 2020.