Athletics at the 1997 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	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Half marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
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 event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy, on 27 and 28 August.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Khalid Lachheb  France	Chad Harting  United States	Werner Holl  Germany

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	?	Nuno Fernandes	Portugal	5.30	[2]
?	?	Fabio Pizzolato	Italy	5.20
?	?	Jurij Rovan	Slovenia	5.20
?	?	Jeff Hayhoe	Canada	5.20	[3]
?	?	Oscar Janson	Sweden	5.20
?	?	Rens Blom	Netherlands	5.20
?	?	Werner Holl	Germany	5.20
?	?	Chad Harting	United States	5.20
?	?	Khalid Lachheb	France	5.20
?	?	Yevgeniy Isakov	Russia	5.20
?	?	Andrea Giannini	Italy	5.20
?	?	Derek Miles	United States	5.20
?	?	David Cardone	Australia	5.00	[4]
?	?	Steven Levitzke	Australia	5.00	[4]
?	?	Chen Yung-chih	Chinese Taipei	5.00
?	?	Ketil Rønneberg	Norway	5.00

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Khalid Lachheb	France	5.70
	Chad Harting	United States	5.60
	Werner Holl	Germany	5.55
4	Rens Blom	Netherlands	5.55
5	Jurij Rovan	Slovenia	5.40
6	Andrea Giannini	Italy	5.30
6	Derek Miles	United States	5.30
8	Nuno Fernandes	Portugal	5.30
9	Jeff Hayhoe	Canada	5.30
10	Oscar Janson	Sweden	5.30
11	Yevgeniy Isakov	Russia	5.20	[6]
	Fabio Pizzolato	Italy	NM