Medalists
| Gold |
Steven Hooker
Australia (AUS) |
| Silver |
Yevgeny Lukyanenko
Russia (RUS) |
| Bronze |
Denys Yurchenko
Ukraine (UKR) |
Records
| World Record |
Sergey Bubka (UKR) |
6.14 m |
Sestriere, Italy |
31 July 1994 |
| Olympic Record |
Timothy Mack (USA) |
5.95 m |
Athens, Greece |
27 August 2004 |
A new Olympic record was set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
| 22 August |
Final |
Steven Hooker (AUS) |
5.96 m |
OR |
|
Results
Qualification
Group A
| Position | Athlete | Mark |
| 1 |
Igor Pavlov (RUS) |
5.65 q |
| 2 |
Jérôme Clavier (FRA) |
| Denys Yurchenko (UKR) |
| Leonid Andreev (UZB) |
| Raphael Holzdeppe (GER) |
| 6 |
Jan Kudlicka (CZE) |
| 7 |
Dmitry Starodubtsev (RUS) |
| 8 |
Maksym Mazuryk (UKR) |
5.55 |
| Paul Burgess (AUS) |
| 10 |
Jeff Hartwig (USA) |
| Feiliang Liu (CHN) |
| 12 |
Jesper Fritz (SWE) |
5.45 |
| 13 |
Giovanni Lanaro (MEX) |
| 14 |
Jurij Rovan (SLO) |
5.30 |
|
Steven Lewis (GBR) |
NM |
| Germán Chiaraviglio (ARG) |
| Brad Walker (USA) |
| Yoo Suk Kim (KOR) |
| Iliyan Efremov (BUL) |
Group B
| Position | Athlete | Mark |
| 1 |
Yevgeniy Lukyanenko (RUS) |
5.65 q |
| 2 |
Przemyslaw Czerwinski (POL) |
| 3 |
Derek Miles (USA) |
| Danny Ecker (GER) |
| 5 |
Steven Hooker (AUS) |
| 6 |
Giuseppe Gibilisco (ITA) |
| 7 |
Alhaji Jeng (SWE) |
5.55 |
| Romain Mesnil (FRA) |
| 9 |
Tim Lobinger (GER) |
| Daichi Sawano (JPN) |
| 11 |
Oleksandr Korchmid (UKR) |
5.45 |
| Mikko Latvala (FIN) |
| 13 |
Fábio Gomes da Silva (BRA) |
| Spas Bukhalov (BUL) |
| 15 |
Kevin Rans (BEL) |
| Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR) |
| 17 |
Dominic Johnson (LCA) |
5.30 |
| Štepán Jvanácek (CZE) |
|
Lázaro Borges (CUB) |
NM |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.45 | 5.60 | 5.70 | 5.75 | 5.80 | 5.85 | 5.90 | 5.96 | Result | Notes |
| 1 |
Steven Hooker |
Australia |
- |
o |
- |
- |
xxo |
xxo |
xxo |
xxo |
5.96 |
OR |
| 2 |
Yevgeny Lukyanenko |
Russia |
- |
xxo |
o |
- |
o |
xxo |
xxx |
|
5.85 |
|
| 3 |
Denys Yurchenko |
Ukraine |
xxo |
xo |
o |
|
|
|
|
|
5.70 |
|
| 4 |
Derek Miles |
United States |
o |
xxo |
xo |
- |
xxx |
|
|
|
5.70 |
|
| 5 |
Dmitry Starodubtsev |
Russia |
xxo |
xxo |
xo |
- |
xxx |
|
|
|
5.70 |
|
| 6 |
Danny Ecker |
Germany |
xo |
- |
xxo |
xxx |
|
|
|
|
5.70 |
|
| 7 |
Jérôme Clavier |
France |
xo |
o |
xxx |
|
|
|
|
|
5.60 |
|
| 8 |
Raphael Holzdeppe |
Germany |
o |
xo |
xxx |
|
|
|
|
|
5.60 |
|
| 9 |
Igor Pavlov |
Russia |
- |
xxo |
- |
xxx |
|
|
|
|
5.60 |
|
| 10 |
Jan Kudlicka |
Czech Republic |
o |
xxx |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.45 |
|
| 11 |
Przemyslaw Czerwinski |
Poland |
xo |
xxx |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.45 |
|
|
Giuseppe Gibilisco |
Italy |
xxx |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NM |
|
|
Leonid Andreev |
Uzbekistan |
xxx |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NM |
|
