| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maksim Tarasov |  URS | 5.50 q | 
| 1 | Peter Widén |  SWE | 5.50 q | 
| 1 | Sergey Bubka |  URS | 5.50 q | 
| 4 | Galin Nikov |  BUL | 5.50 q | 
| 4 | Thierry Vigneron |  FRA | 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 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Jani Lehtonen |  FIN | 5.40 | 
| 8 | Joe Dial |  USA | 5.40 | 
| 10 | Paul Gibbons |  NZL | 5.40 | 
| 11 | Zdenek Lubenský |  TCH | 5.40 | 
| 12 | Kelly Riley |  USA | 5.30 | 
| 13 | Javier GarcÃa |  ESP | 5.30 | 
| 13 | Delko Lesev |  BUL | 5.30 | 
| 15 | Edgardo DÃaz |  PUR | 5.20 | 
| 16 | Martin Voss |  DEN | 5.20 |