The men's pole vault at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 10 March at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.
| width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
| Renaud Lavillenie | Björn Otto | Brad Walker |
| Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 6.15 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 21 February 1993 | ||
| Championship record | 6.01 | Doha, Qatar | 13 March 2010 | ||
| World Leading | 5.93 | Nevers, France | 18 February 2012 | ||
| African record | 5.90 | Liévin, France | 16 February 1997 | ||
| Toronto, Canada | 1 June 1997 | ||||
| Asian record | 5.92 | Stockholm, Sweden | 19 February 1998 | ||
| European record | 6.15 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 21 February 1993 | ||
| North and Central American and Caribbean record | 6.02 | Sindelfingen, Germany | 10 March 2002 | ||
| Oceanian Record | 6.06 | Boston, United States | 7 February 2009 | ||
| South American record | 5.65 | Linz, Austria | 3 February 2011 | ||
10 athletes from 7 countries participated. The final started at 17:00 and ended at 18:58.[1]
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 5.50 | 5.60 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | 5.90 | 5.95 | 6.00 | 6.02 | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | xo | - | o | xo | o | xo | o | x- | xx | 5.95 | WL | ||||
| xo | - | o | - | xo | - | xxx | 5.80 | ||||||||
| - | xo | - | x- | xo | - | xx- | - | x | 5.80 | ||||||
| 4 | - | xxo | - | o | - | xxx | 5.75 | ||||||||
| 5 | o | o | xo | - | xxx | 5.70 | |||||||||
| 5 | o | - | xo | - | xxx | 5.70 | |||||||||
| 7 | o | xo | xo | - | xxx | 5.70 | |||||||||
| 8 | o | - | xxx | 5.50 | |||||||||||
| 9 | xo | - | xxx | 5.50 | |||||||||||
| xxx |