The men's pole vault event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 2 August.
| Gold | Pavel Gerasimov | |
| Silver | Lars Börgeling | |
| Bronze | Paul Burgess | |
| Bronze | Adam Ptáček | |
| Bronze | Giuseppe Gibilisco |
2 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | | 5.55 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 5.50 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | | 5.20 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 5.20 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 5.20 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 5.10 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 5.10 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 5.00 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 5.00 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 5.00 | ||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | | 5.00 | |||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | 5.00 | ||||
| 13 | align=left | align=left | | 4.80 | |||
| 13 | align=left | align=left | | 4.80 | |||
| align=left | align=left |  | NH | ||||
| align=left | align=left |  | NH |
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.