Athletics at the 1963 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	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
Decathlon	men

The men's pole vault event at the 1963 Summer Universiade was held at the Estádio Olímpico Monumental in Porto Alegre in September 1963.^[1]

The winning margin was 30 cm which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's pole vault was won by more than 20 cm at these games.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Gennadiy Bliznetsov	Soviet Union	4.60
	Alain Moreaux	France	4.30
	Bernard Balastre	France	4.20
4	Hisao Morita	Japan	4.00
4	Trevor Burton	Great Britain	4.00
	Gérard Barras	Switzerland	NM