The men's pole vault event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 17 and 19 July.
| Gold | Raphael Holzdeppe | |
| Silver | Luke Cutts | |
| Bronze | Dimitrios Patsoukakis |
19 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Result | Notes | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.00 | 5.15 | 5.30 | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.55 | 5.60 | 5.65 | 5.70 | ||||||||
| align=left | align=left | – | – | – | o | – | xo | – | o | x | 5.65 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | – | o | x | o | xo | xo | xxo | x– | xx | 5.60 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | – | o | xo | o | o | o | xx– | x | 5.55 | ||||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | – | o | o | xo | xo | x– | xx | 5.50 | |||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | – | – | o | xo | xxo | – | xxx | 5.50 | |||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | o | – | o | xo | xx– | x | 5.40 | ||||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | xxo | xxo | o | xo | xxx | 5.40 | |||||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | – | o | xxx | 5.15 | |||||||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | – | o | xxx | 5.15 | |||||||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | – | o | xxx | 5.15 | |||||||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | | xo | xo | xxx | 5.15 | |||||||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | – | xxo | xxx | 5.15 | ||||||||||
17 July
Qualifying perf. 5.40 or 12 to the Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 5.40 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 5.40 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 5.40 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 5.30 | q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 5.30 | q | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 5.30 | q | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 5.20 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 5.20 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 5.20 | ||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 5.10 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | DNS |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 5.40 | Q | ||
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 5.40 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 5.40 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 5.40 | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 5.30 | q | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 5.30 | q | ||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 5.20 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 5.20 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 5.20 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 5.10 | ||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | | 4.95 |
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
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