These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Thursday August 29, 1991.
| Gold | Sergey Bubka Soviet Union (URS) | |
| Silver |  István BagyulaHungary (HUN) | |
| Bronze | Maksim Tarasov Soviet Union (URS) |
| Qualification Round | ||
|---|---|---|
| Group A | Group B | |
| 27.08.1991 - 16:40h | 27.08.1991 - 16:40h | |
| Final Round | ||
| 29.08.1991 - 16:00h | ||
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 4.90 | 5.00 | 5.10 | 5.20 | 5.30 | 5.40 | 5.45 | 5.50 | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | 5.50 | q | |||
| 1 | A | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | 5.50 | q | |||
| 1 | A | 5.50 | q | |||||||||||
| 4 | A | – | – | – | – | o | – | – | xo | 5.50 | q | |||
| 5 | A | 5.50 | q | |||||||||||
| 5 | A | – | – | – | – | – | xo | – | xo | 5.50 | q | |||
| 5 | A | – | – | – | – | xo | – | – | xo | 5.50 | q | |||
| 8 | A | – | – | – | o | o | o | – | xxx | 5.40 | ||||
| 9 | A | 5.40 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | A | 5.40 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | A | 5.30 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | A | 5.30 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | A | 5.30 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | A | 5.20 | ||||||||||||
| A | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | B | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | 5.50 | q | |||
| 2 | B | – | – | – | – | o | – | x | 5.50 | q | ||||
| 3 | B | – | – | – | – | xo | xo | – | 5.50 | q | ||||
| 4 | B | – | – | – | – | – | xxo | – | 5.50 | q | ||||
| 5 | B | 5.50 | q | |||||||||||
| 5 | B | 5.50 | q | |||||||||||
| 7 | B | 5.45 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | B | 5.40 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | B | 5.40 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | B | 5.40 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | B | – | – | – | o | – | xo | 5.40 | ||||||
| 12 | B | 5.30 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | B | 5.30 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | B | 5.30 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | B | 5.20 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | B | 5.20 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.20 | 5.30 | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.55 | 5.60 | 5.65 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | 5.90 | 5.95 | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | – | – | x– | xo | 5.95 | CR | ||||
| – | – | o | xo | – | o | – | o | – | xo | xo | o | xxx | 5.90 | |||||
| – | – | – | o | – | – | – | o | – | o | o | xxx | 5.85 | ||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | xo | – | x– | xo | xx– | x | 5.85 | |||||
| – | – | o | o | – | o | – | xxo | o | xxx | 5.75 | NR | |||||||
| – | – | – | xxo | – | – | xo | – | xxo | – | xxx | 5.75 | |||||||
| – | – | o | – | – | o | – | xxx | 5.60 | ||||||||||
| – | – | xo | – | – | o | – | xxx | 5.60 | ||||||||||
| – | o | – | o | – | xxx | 5.50 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | – | – | o | – | – | xxx | 5.40 | |||||||||||
| 11 | xxo | – | xo | xxx | 5.40 | |||||||||||||
| 12 | – | xo | – | xxx | 5.30 | |||||||||||||
| – | – | – | xxx |