1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 14 March in Sofia.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	4.40	4.50	4.60	4.70	4.80	4.90	5.00	5.10	5.20	5.30	5.35	5.40	Result	Notes
	Wolfgang Nordwig	East Germany	–	–	–	–	–	–	xo	–	o	o	xo	o	5.40	WB
	Kjell Isaksson	Sweden	–	–	–	–	–	–	xo	–	xo	o	xxo	xxx	5.35
	Yuriy Isakov	Soviet Union	–	–	–	–	xxo	–	xo	–	xo	o	xxx		5.30
4	Heinfried Engel	West Germany	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	o	xxx				5.10
5	Antti Kalliomäki	Finland	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	–	xxx				5.00
6	Yuriy Khanafin	Soviet Union	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	xxx					5.00
7	Wojciech Buciarski	Poland	–	–	–	–	o	–	xxx						4.80
7	Hans Lagerqvist	Sweden	–	–	–	–	o	–	xxx						4.80
9	Zygmunt Dobrosz	Poland	–	–	xo	–	o	–	xxx						4.80
10	Nikolay Keydan	Soviet Union	–	–	o	–	xo	–	xxx						4.80
11	Ignacio Sola	Spain	–	–	xo	–	xxo	–	xxx						4.80
12	Dinu Piștalu	Romania	–	–	–	xo	–	xxx							4.70
13	Hans-Jürgen Ziegler	West Germany	–	–	o	–	xxx								4.60
14	Michel Ollivary	France	–	–	xxo	–	xxx								4.60
15	Jesper Tørring	Denmark	o	xxx											4.40
	Christos Papanikolaou	Greece													NM