1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 19 and 22 August.Medalists
Results
Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 5.70 or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | 5.30 | 5.45 | 5.60 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Jean Galfione | | | | | 5.60 | q |
| 1 | A | Tim Lobinger | | | | | 5.60 | q |
| 1 | A | Vyacheslav Shuteyev | | | | | 5.60 | q |
| 1 | B | Maksim Tarasov | | | | | 5.60 | q |
| 1 | B | Danny Ecker | | | | | 5.60 | q |
| 1 | B | Laurens Looije | | | | | 5.60 | q |
| 1 | B | Andrei Tivontchik | | | | | 5.60 | q |
| 1 | B | Khalid Lachheb | | | | | 5.60 | q |
| 9 | A | Christian Tamminga | | | | | 5.45 | q |
| 9 | B | Patrik Kristiansson | | | | | 5.45 | q |
| 9 | B | Heikki Vääräniemi | | | | xxx | 5.45 | q |
| 9 | B | Jurij Rovan | | o | xo | xxx | 5.45 | q |
| 9 | B | Pavel Burlachenko | | – | xo | xxx | 5.45 | q |
| 14 | A | Krzysztof Kusiak | | | | | 5.45 | |
| 14 | A | Trond Barthel | | | | | 5.45 | |
| 14 | A | Patrik Stenlund | | | | | 5.45 | |
| 17 | A | Vesa Rantanen | | | | | 5.30 | |
| 17 | A | Yevgeniy Smiryagin | | | | | 5.30 | |
| 17 | A | Martin Voss | | | | | 5.30 | |
| 17 | A | Piotr Buciarski | | | | | 5.30 | |
| 17 | B | Nick Buckfield | | | | | 5.30 | |
| 17 | B | Martin Eriksson | | | | | 5.30 | |
| A | Romain Mesnil | | | | | ' | |
| A | Nuno Fernandes | | | | | ' | |
| B | Danny Krasnov | | | | | | |
Final
