1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault event at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 12 March in Grenoble.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	4.60	4.70	4.80	4.90	5.00	5.10	5.20	5.30	5.35	5.40	5.45	Result	Notes
	Wolfgang Nordwig	East Germany	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	xo	o	xo	xxx	5.40	=CR, NR
	Hans Lagerqvist	Sweden	–	–	–	xo	–	o	o	o	xxo	xxo	xxx	5.40
	Antti Kalliomäki	Finland	–	–	–	–	o	–	xxo	xxo	xxx			5.30
4	Yuriy Isakov	Soviet Union	–	–	–	xo	–	o	xo	xxx				5.20
5	Ignacio Sola	Spain	–	–	o	–	o	xxx						5.00
6	Mike Bull	Great Britain	–	–	–	–	xo	xxx						5.00
7	Heinfried Engel	West Germany	–	–	o	–	xxx							4.80
8	Flemming Johansen	Denmark	xo	o	o	xxx								4.80
9	Silvio Fraquelli	Italy	xo	–	xxo	xxx								4.80
10	Robert Steinhacker	Hungary	–	xo	–	xxx								4.70
	Jean-Michel Bellot	France	–	–	–	xxx								NM
	Romuald Murawski	Poland	–	–	–	xxx								NM