The men's pole vault event at the 2009 Summer Universiade was held on 9–11 July.
| width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
| Aleksandr Gripich | Giorgio Piantella | Hendrik Gruber |
Qualification: 5.30 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | 4.90 | 5.00 | 5.10 | 5.20 | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | – | - | o | o | 5.20 | q | |||
| 1 | A | – | - | - | o | 5.20 | q | |||
| 1 | B | – | o | o | o | 5.20 | q | |||
| 4 | A | – | o | xo | o | 5.20 | q | |||
| 4 | B | – | – | xo | o | 5.20 | q | |||
| 6 | B | – | xxo | – | o | 5.20 | q | |||
| 7 | B | – | – | – | xo | 5.20 | q | |||
| 8 | B | o | o | o | xo | 5.20 | q | |||
| 9 | B | – | – | – | xxo | 5.20 | q | |||
| 10 | A | – | x– | o | xxo | 5.20 | q | |||
| 11 | A | – | – | o | – | 5.10 | q | |||
| 12 | A | o | – | xo | xx– | 5.10 | q | |||
| 13 | B | xxo | xxo | xxx | 5.00 | |||||
| 14 | A | o | xxx | 4.90 | ||||||
| 15 | B | xxo | xxx | 4.90 | ||||||
| A | – | – | – | xxx | ||||||
| A | xxx |
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 4.95 | 5.05 | 5.15 | 5.25 | 5.35 | 5.40 | 5.45 | 5.50 | 5.55 | 5.60 | 5.65 | 5.70 | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | o | – | o | – | o | – | o | xo | – | xxx | 5.60 | |||||
| – | – | xo | – | xo | – | xo | xo | xo | xx– | x | 5.55 | ||||||
| – | – | – | o | o | – | xo | – | x– | xx | 5.45 | |||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | o | – | xxx | 5.40 | |||||||||
| – | o | – | xo | – | o | – | xxx | 5.40 | |||||||||
| – | – | – | xxo | – | o | – | xxx | 5.40 | SB | ||||||||
| – | o | o | xo | xo | – | xxx | 5.35 | ||||||||||
| – | – | – | xo | – | xxx | 5.25 | |||||||||||
| – | – | o | – | xxx | 5.15 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | o | – | o | – | xxx | 5.15 | |||||||||||
| 11 | o | – | xxx | 4.95 | |||||||||||||