Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 22 and 23 July 1981.^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
?	Philippe Houvion	France	5.00	Q^[2]
?	Thierry Vigneron	France	5.00	Q^[3]
?	Roger Oriol	Spain	5.00	Q^[4]
?	Viktor Drechsel	Italy	5.00	Q^[5]
?	Mauro Barrella	Italy	5.00	Q^[5]
?	Konstantin Volkov	Soviet Union	5.00	Q
?	Vladimir Polyakov	Soviet Union	5.00	Q
?	Jürgen Winkler	West Germany	5.00	Q
?	Anton Paskalev	Bulgaria	5.00	Q
?	Brad Pursley	United States	5.00	Q
?	Rubén Camino	Cuba	5.00	Q
?	Dimitrios Kyteas	Greece	5.00	Q
?	Marian Kolasa	Poland	5.00	Q
?	Stanimir Penchev	Bulgaria	5.00	Q
?	Gerald Heinrich	East Germany	5.00	Q
?	Tomomi Takahashi	Japan	5.00	Q
?	Timo Kuusisto	Finland	5.00	Q
?	Ernö Makó	Hungary	5.00	Q
?	Ilkka Pekkala	Finland	5.00	Q

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Konstantin Volkov	Soviet Union	5.75	UR
	Vladimir Polyakov	Soviet Union	5.70
	Philippe Houvion	France	5.65
4	Thierry Vigneron	France	5.60
5	Jürgen Winkler	West Germany	5.40
6	Anton Paskalev	Bulgaria	5.40
7	Brad Pursley	United States	5.30
8	Rubén Camino	Cuba	5.30	^[8]
9	Dimitrios Kyteas	Greece	5.30	^[8]
10	Marian Kolasa	Poland	5.30
11	Stanimir Penchev	Bulgaria	5.20
12	Roger Oriol	Spain	5.10	^[9]
13	Gerald Heinrich	East Germany	5.00
13	Mauro Barella	Italy	5.00
13	Viktor Drechsel	Italy	5.00
	Tomomi Takahashi	Japan	NM
	Timo Kuusisto	Finland	NM
	Ernö Makó	Hungary	NM
	Ilkka Pekkala	Finland	NM

Medalists