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.
| Gold | Sergey Bubka Soviet Union (URS) | |
| Silver | Konstantin Volkov Soviet Union (URS) | |
| Bronze | Atanas Tarev Bulgaria (BUL) |
Serguei Bubka in Helsinki, 1983.
| Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships | |||||
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| 5.81 m | June 26, 1981 | ||||
| New event | |||||
| 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 | |
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| – | – | o | o | – | xxo | – | o | – | xxx | 5.70 | |||||
| – | – | o | – | – | o | – | x– | xx | 5.60 | ||||||
| – | – | xxo | o | – | o | xxx | 5.60 | ||||||||
| – | – | xo | – | o | – | xxx | 5.55 | ||||||||
| – | – | xo | o | – | xx– | x | 5.50 | ||||||||
| – | – | – | xo | – | xxx | 5.50 | |||||||||
| – | – | xo | xo | – | xxx | 5.50 | |||||||||
| – | – | o | x– | xx | 5.40 | ||||||||||
| – | o | o | xxx | 5.40 | |||||||||||
| 10 | – | – | xo | – | xxx | 5.40 | |||||||||
| 10 | – | o | xo | xxx | 5.40 | ||||||||||
| 10 | – | – | xo | – | – | xx– | x | 5.40 | |||||||
| 13 | – | – | xxo | xxx | 5.40 | ||||||||||
| 14 | – | xo | xxo | xxx | 5.40 | ||||||||||
| 15 | – | o | – | xxx | 5.25 | ||||||||||
| 15 | o | o | xxr | 5.25 | |||||||||||
| 17 | – | xo | xxx | 5.25 | |||||||||||
| 18 | xo | xo | xxx | 5.25 | |||||||||||
| 19 | o | xxo | xxx | 5.25 | |||||||||||
| 20 | xo | xxx | 5.10 | ||||||||||||
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