1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Heptathlon	men
v t e

The men's pole vault event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7–8.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Igor Potapovich  Kazakhstan	Lawrence Johnson  United States	Maksim Tarasov  Russia

Qualification: 5.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	5.30	5.45	5.55	5.65	5.70	Result	Notes
1	A	Riaan Botha	South Africa	–	o	–	xo	o	5.70	Q
2	A	Tim Lobinger	Germany	–	–	o	xo	xo	5.70	Q
3	A	Igor Potapovich	Kazakhstan	–	–	–	o	–	5.65	q
3	B	Okkert Brits	South Africa	–	–	–	o	–	5.65	q
3	B	Maksim Tarasov	Russia	–	–	–	o	–	5.65	q
6	B	Alain Andji	France	xo	–	xo	o	–	5.65	q
7	A	Trond Barthel	Norway	xo	–	xo	xo	xxx	5.65	q
8	B	William Deering	United States	–	–	o	x–	–	5.55	q
8	B	Javier García	Spain	–	o	o	–	–	5.55	q
8	B	Lawrence Johnson	United States	–	–	o	–	x–	5.55	q
11	B	Martin Eriksson	Sweden	xo	–	o	–	–	5.55	q
11	B	Michael Stolle	Germany	xo	o	o	–	–	5.55	q
13	A	Vadim Strogalev	Russia	–	o	xo	xxx		5.55
14	A	Mårten Ulvsbäck	Sweden	xo	–	xo	xxx		5.55
15	A	Martin Voss	Denmark	o	o	xxo	xxx		5.55
16	B	István Bagyula	Hungary	xo	xo	xxx			5.45
17	A	Montxu Miranda	Spain	o	–	xxx			5.30
18	A	Sergey Fomenko	Ukraine	xo	xxx				5.30
18	A	Andrea Giannini	Italy	xo	xxx				5.30
18	B	Edgar Díaz	Puerto Rico	xo	–	xxx			5.30
18	B	Fabio Pizzolato	Italy	xo	xxx				5.30
	A	Konstantin Semyonov	Israel						NM
	B	Jean-Kersley Gardenne	Mauritius						NM
	B	Danny Krasnov	Israel						NM
	A	Christos Pallakis	Greece						DNS

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	5.40	5.55	5.65	5.75	5.80	5.85	5.90	5.95	6.00	Result	Notes
	Igor Potapovich	Kazakhstan	–	–	o	–	–	xx–	o	–	xx–	5.90	AR
	Lawrence Johnson	United States	–	o	–	o	–	xo	x–	xx		5.85
	Maksim Tarasov	Russia	–	–	xo	–	xo	xxx				5.80
4	Riaan Botha	South Africa	o	–	o	o	xxx					5.75	PB
5	Tim Lobinger	Germany	–	o	xo	xo	xxx					5.75	PB
6	Okkert Brits	South Africa	–	–	xo	–	xx–	x				5.65
7	Trond Barthel	Norway	–	xo	xxo	x–	xx					5.65	=NR
8	Javier García	Spain	–	o	xxx							5.55
8	Michael Stolle	Germany	o	o	xxx							5.55
10	Martin Eriksson	Sweden	xo	xxo	xxx							5.55
11	Alain Andji	France	xxo	–	xxx							5.40
	William Deering	United States										NM