The men's pole vault event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–15, 2003.
| width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
| Tim Lobinger | Michael Stolle | Rens Blom |
To qualify for the final, vaulters had to clear at least 5.65 m or be among the eight best performers.
| Rank | Group | Athlete ! | Nationality | 5.40 | 5.55 | 5.60 | 5.65 | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | o | – | – | o | 5.65 | Q | ||||
| B | – | o | – | o | 5.65 | Q | ||||
| B | o | o | – | o | 5.65 | Q | ||||
| B | o | – | o | o | 5.65 | Q | ||||
| B | – | xo | – | xo | 5.65 | Q | ||||
| B | o | – | xo | xo | 5.65 | Q | ||||
| B | o | – | o | xxo | 5.65 | Q | ||||
| A | o | – | o | xxx | 5.60 | q, =AR | ||||
| A | – | – | xo | xxx | 5.60 | |||||
| 10 | B | o | o | – | xxx | 5.55 | ||||
| 11 | B | o | xo | – | xxx | 5.55 | ||||
| 11 | B | o | xo | – | xxx | 5.55 | ||||
| 13 | B | o | xxx | 5.40 | ||||||
| 14 | A | xo | – | xxx | 5.40 | |||||
| A | xxx | |||||||||
| A | – | xxx | ||||||||
| A | xxx | |||||||||
| A | xxx | |||||||||
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 5.40 | 5.60 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | o | – | o | o | xxx | 5.80 | |||||
| o | o | xo | o | x– | x | 5.75 | SB | ||||
| o | xo | x– | xo | xx | 5.75 | NR | |||||
| 4 | o | xo | o | xx– | x | 5.70 | |||||
| 5 | o | xxo | o | xxx | 5.70 | ||||||
| 6 | o | o | xxx | 5.60 | =AR | ||||||
| 7 | – | xo | – | xx– | x | 5.60 | |||||
| 8 | o | xx– | x | 5.40 | |||||||