The men's pole vault competition at the 1997 World Athletics Championships was held on August 10 in Athens, Greece .
Winners
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Sergey Bubka Ukraine | Maxim Tarasov Russia | Dean Starkey USA |
Final
| A place | Name | 5.50 | 5.70 | 5.80 | 5.86 | 5.91 | 5.96 | 6.01 | 6.06 | 6.15 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergey Bubka ( UKR ) | - | xo | - | - | xo | - | o | - | DNF | 6.01 | CR | |
| Maxim Tarasov ( RUS ) | - | xo | - | o | xxo | o | x- | xx | 5.96 | |||
| Dean Starkey ( USA ) | xo | o | o | xxo | xx o | x- | xx | 5.91 | SB | |||
| four | Tim Lobinger ( GER ) | o | o | o | xxx | 5.80 | ||||||
| 5 | Nick Buckfield ( GBR ) | o | o | xxx | 5.70 | |||||||
| 6 | Pat Manson ( USA ) | xo | o | xxx | 5.70 | |||||||
| 7 | Vadim Strogailov ( RUS ) | o | xx o | xxx | 5.70 | |||||||
| 8 | Evgeny Smiryagin ( RUS ) | xo | xx o | xxx | 5.70 | |||||||
| 9 | Martin Ericsson ( SWE ) | o | xxx | 5.50 | ||||||||
| 9 | Danny Krasnov ( ISR ) | o | xxx | 5.50 | ||||||||
| eleven | Trond Barthel ( NOR ) | x o | xxx | 5.50 | ||||||||
| - | Riaan Botha ( RSA ) | - | xxx | NM | ||||||||
| - | Jean Galfion ( FRA ) | - | xxx | NM | ||||||||
DNF - refused to jump, CR - a record of the world championships, SB - the best result of the season.