Athletics at the 2001 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 2001 Summer Universiade was held at the Workers Stadium in Beijing, China on 30 August.^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Aleksandr Averbukh	Israel	5.80
	Štěpán Janáček	Czech Republic	5.70
	Laurens Looije	Netherlands	5.60
4	Russ Buller	United States	5.60
5	Piotr Buciarski	Denmark	5.50
6	Ruslan Yeremenko	Ukraine	5.35
7	Björn Otto	Germany	5.35
8	Kiyonobu Kigoshi	Japan	5.20
	Richard Spiegelburg	Germany	NM
	Ryan Hvidston	Canada	NM
	Xu Gang	China	NM
	Tiberiu Agoston	Romania	NM
	Denis Kholev	Israel	NM
	Javier Benítez	Argentina	NM
	Pierre-Charles Peuf	France	NM
	Brian Hunter	United States	DNS