Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Men's pole vault explained

The men's pole vault event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 8 and 13 September 1979.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Władysław Kozakiewicz Poland	Philippe Houvion	Patrick Abada

Results

Qualification

Qualification height: 5.00 m

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
?	?			5.00	Q
?	?			5.00	Q
?	?			5.00	Q
?	?			5.00	Q
?	?			5.00	Q^[3]
?	?			5.00	Q
?	?			5.00	Q
?	?			5.00	Q
?	?			5.00	Q
?	?			5.00	Q
?	?			5.00	Q
?	?			5.00	Q^[4]
?	?			5.00	Q
?	?			5.00	Q
?	?			5.00	Q
?	?			5.00	Q
?	?			5.00	Q
17	?			4.80
17	?			4.40

Final

^{[5] [6]}

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	5.00	5.20	5.35	5.40	5.50	5.55	5.60	Result	Notes
										5.60
										5.60
										5.55
										5.55
										5.50
										5.40
										5.35
			xo	o	xxo	xxx				5.35	=NR^[7]
										5.15
10										5.00
11										5.00
12										4.80

Notes and References

1. Holzbach . Gerd . Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico . Leichtathletik . 25 September 1979 . 39/1979 . 1240–1245 . Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico . Bartels & Wernitz . German . 0343-5369.
2. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1979&CID=12981106 Results at Tilastopaja
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20171223181439/http://cdm.athle.com/upload/ssites/001059/autres_championnats/universiades_annees.pdf French results
4. News: En 200 para Mennea; 400 para Hornillos; 110 para Moracho . . 12 September 1979 . 34 . Spanish.
5. News: Final results . 22 March 2020 . . 14 September 1979 . 17.
6. News: Final results . 22 March 2020 . . 14 September 1979 . 40.
7. https://www.rfea.es/records/libro_recordsESP_AL/07_hombres_saltos.pdf Spanish jumping records