Events at the 2021 World U20 Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
	mixed
10000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The men's pole vault at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Kasarani Stadium on 20 August.^[1]

Standing records prior to the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships
World U20 Record	Armand Duplantis (SWE)	6.05	Berlin, Germany	12 August 2018
Championship Record	Armand Duplantis (SWE)	5.82	Tampere, Finland	14 July 2018
World U20 Leading	Anthony Ammirati (FRA)	5.72	Salon-de-Provence, France	6 June 2021

The final was held on 20 August at 10:05.^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	4.85	5.05	5.20	5.30	5.35	5.40	5.45	5.50	Mark	Notes
	Matvei Volkov	Belarus	–	–	–	o	–	–	xxo	–	5.45
	Juho Alasaari	Finland	–	o	o	–	xxo	–	xx-	x	5.35
	Kyle Rademeyer	South Africa	–	–	o	o	–	xx-	x		5.30
4	Oihan Etchegaray	France	o	o	o	xo	xxx				5.30	PB
5	Matteo Oliveri	Italy	–	o	xo	xxx					5.20	PB
	Nikita Strohalyev	Ukraine	o	o	xo	xxx					5.20	PB
7	Aleksandr Solovyov	Authorised Neutral Athletes	o	o	xxx						5.05
8	Marcell Nagy	Hungary	o	xxx							4.85
9	Ameer Falih Abdulwahid	Iraq	xo	xxx							4.85
10	Sedat Cacim	Turkey	xxo	xxx							4.85
	Anthony Ammirati	France	–	–	–	xxx					NM
	Sotirios Chytas	Greece	xxx								NM
	Oleksandr Onufriyev	Ukraine	xxx								NM