Qualifikationshöhe 5,60 m
| 1 | Sergey Bubka | URS | 5,50 | q |
| 1 | Maksim Tarasov | URS | 5,50 | q |
| 1 | Peter Widen | SWE | 5,50 | q |
| 4 | Thierry Vigneron | FRA | 5,50 | q |
| 4 | Galin Nikov | BUL | 5,50 | q |
| 6 | Tim Bright | USA | 5,50 | q |
| 6 | Jean Galfione | FRA | 5,50 | q |
| 8 | Mike Edwards | GBR | 5,40 | |
| 9 | Miroslaw Chmara | POL | 5,40 | |
| 10 | Simon Arkell | AUS | 5,40 | |
| 11 | Nikolay Nikolov | BUL | 5,30 | |
| 12 | Chul-Kyun Kim | KOR | 5,30 | |
| 13 | Sazan Fisheku | ALB | 5,30 | |
| 14 | Alberto Ruiz | ESP | 5,20 | |
| Petri Peltoniemi | FIN | NM |
| Athlet | ||||
| Sergey Bubka | ||||
| Maksim Tarasov | ||||
| Peter Widen | ||||
| Thierry Vigneron | ||||
| Galin Nikov | ||||
| Tim Bright | ||||
| Jean Galfione | ||||
| Mike Edwards | ||||
| Miroslaw Chmara | ||||
| Simon Arkell | ||||
| Nikolay Nikolov | ||||
| Chul-Kyun Kim | ||||
| Sazan Fisheku | ||||
| Alberto Ruiz | ||||
| Petri Peltoniemi |
| 1 | Radion Gataullin | URS | 5,50 | q | |
| 2 | Bernhard Zintl | GER | 5,50 | q | |
| 3 | István Bagyula | HUN | 5,50 | q | |
| 4 | Philippe Collet | FRA | 5,50 | q | |
| 5 | Hermann Fehringer | AUT | 5,50 | q | |
| 5 | Doug Wood | CAN | 5,50 | q | |
| 7 | Hideyuki Takei | JPN | 5,45 | ||
| 8 | Joe Dial | USA | 5,40 | ||
| 8 | Jani Lehtonen | FIN | 5,40 | ||
| 10 | Paul Gibbons | NZL | 5,40 | NR | |
| 11 | Zdenek Lubensky | TCH | 5,40 | ||
| 12 | Kelly Riley | USA | 5,30 | ||
| 13 | Javier García | ESP | 5,30 | ||
| 13 | Delko Lesev | BUL | 5,30 | ||
| 15 | Edgardo Diaz | PUR | 5,20 | ||
| 16 | Martin Voss | DEN | 5,20 |
| Athlet | ||||
| Radion Gataullin | ||||
| Bernhard Zintl | ||||
| István Bagyula | ||||
| Philippe Collet | ||||
| Hermann Fehringer | ||||
| Doug Wood | ||||
| Hideyuki Takei | ||||
| Joe Dial | ||||
| Jani Lehtonen | ||||
| Paul Gibbons | ||||
| Zdenek Lubensky | ||||
| Kelly Riley | ||||
| Javier García | ||||
| Delko Lesev | ||||
| Edgardo Diaz | ||||
| Martin Voss |