Athletics at the 1970 Summer Universiade – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1970 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale in Turin on 3 September 1970.

Records

Standing records prior to the 1970 Summer Universiade
World record	Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR)	5.45	East Berlin, East Germany	17 June 1970
Universiade record	Heinfried Engel (FRG)	5.00	Tokyo, Japan	1967

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	4.60	4.80	5.00	5.20	5.30	5.42	5.46	5.50	Result	Notes
	Wolfgang Nordwig	East Germany	–	–	o	o	o	o	xxo	xxx	5.46	WR
	Christos Papanikolau	Greece						o	xxx		5.42	NR
	François Tracanelli	France					o	x–	xx		5.30
4	Heinfried Engel	West Germany									5.20
5	Kyoichiro Inoue	Japan									5.00
6	Mike Bull	Great Britain									5.00
7	Yury Isakov	Soviet Union									4.80
8	Zygmunt Dobrosz	Poland									4.80
9	Vittorio Gian Pontonutti	Italy									4.60
10	Reinhard Kuretzky	West Germany									4.60
11	Allen Kane	Canada									4.60
12	Jeff Sakala	United States									4.60
	Jean-Prosper Tsondzabéka	Republic of the Congo									NM
	Robert Liotard	France									NM
	Kiyoshi Niwa	Japan									NM