Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The men's pole vault event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 8 and 13 September 1979.^[1][2]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Władysław Kozakiewicz  Poland	Philippe Houvion  France	Patrick Abada  France

Qualification height: 5.00 m

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
?	?	Harold Heer	Canada	5.00	Q
?	?	Dave Parker	Canada	5.00	Q
?	?	Liang Weigiang	China	5.00	Q
?	?	Veijo Vannesluoma	Finland	5.00	Q
?	?	Patrick Abada	France	5.00	Q[3]
?	?	Philippe Houvion	France	5.00	Q[3]
?	?	Elias Sakeliaridis	Greece	5.00	Q
?	?	Dimitrios Kyteas	Greece	5.00	Q
?	?	Władysław Kozakiewicz	Poland	5.00	Q
?	?	Vladimir Trofimenko	Soviet Union	5.00	Q
?	?	Konstantin Volkov	Soviet Union	5.00	Q
?	?	Roger Oriol	Spain	5.00	Q[4]
?	?	Julio Rifaterra	Spain	5.00	Q[4]
?	?	Roger Thorstensson	Sweden	5.00	Q
?	?	Billy Olson	United States	5.00	Q
?	?	Günther Lohre	West Germany	5.00	Q
?	?	Paul Pilla	United States	5.00	Q
17	?	József Novobáczky	Hungary	4.80
17	?	Enrique Goytizolo	Peru	4.40

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	5.00	5.20	5.35	5.40	5.50	5.55	5.60	Result	Notes
	Władysław Kozakiewicz	Poland								5.60
	Philippe Houvion	France								5.60
	Patrick Abada	France								5.55
4	Günther Lohre	West Germany								5.55
5	Vladimir Trofimenko	Soviet Union								5.50
6	Konstantin Volkov	Soviet Union								5.40
7	Veijo Vannesluoma	Finland								5.35
8	Roger Oriol	Spain	xo	o	xxo	xxx				5.35	=NR[7]
9	Elias Sakeliaridis	Greece								5.15
10	Harold Heer	Canada								5.00
11	Dimitrios Kyteas	Greece								5.00
12	Dave Parker	Canada								4.80
	Roger Thorstensson	Sweden								NM
	Paul Pilla	United States								NM
	Liang Weigiang	China								DNS
	Julio Rifaterra	Spain								DNS