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1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
50 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men
50 m hurdles	men	women
5000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
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The men's pole vault event at the: 1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 22 February.

Results※

Rank	Name	Nationality	5.00	5.15	5.25	5.35	5.45	5.50	5.55	5.60	5.65	5.70	5.75	Result	Notes
	Thierry Vigneron	France	−	−	−	xo	−	o	−	o	−	o	xxx	5.70	=WR, CR
	Aleksandr Krupskiy	Soviet Union	−	−	o	−	o	−	o	o	o	x−	xx	5.65
	Jean-Michel Bellot	France	−	−	−	o	−	xo	−	−	xo	xxx		5.65
4	Patrick Desruelles	Belgium	−	−	o	−	o	−	o	o	xxx			5.60
5	Mariusz Klimczyk	Poland	−	−	−	xxo	−	xo	o	−	xxx			5.55
6	Philippe Houvion	France	−	−	o	−	o	−	xo	−	xxx			5.55
7	Vladimir Polyakov	Soviet Union	−	−	o	−	o	−	xo	−	xxx			5.55
8	Atanas Tarev	Bulgaria	−	−	o	−	xxo	o	x−	x−	x			5.50
9	Brian Hooper	Great Britain	o	−	o	xo	xxo	xxx						5.45
10	Aleksandr Chernyayev	Soviet Union	−	o	−	o	−	xxx						5.35
11	Günther Lohre	West Germany	−	−	o	xo	xxx							5.35
12	Rauli Pudas	Finland	−	−	xo	xo	xxx							5.35
13	Ivo Yanchev	Bulgaria	−	o	xo	xo	−	xr						5.35
14	Miro Zalar	Sweden	−	−	xo	xxo	xx−	x						5.35
15	Tapani Haapakoski	Finland	−	o	o	xxx								5.25
16	Roger Oriol	Spain	−	xxo	o	xxx								5.25
17	Petr Habel	Czechoslovakia	xo	o	xxx									5.15
	Ilkka Pekkala	Finland	xxx											NM
	Keith Stock	Great Britain	−	xxx										NM
	Bernd Müller	West Germany	xxx											NM
	Zbigniew Matyka	Poland	xxx											NM

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