| Final | | Height | | 452 | 458 | | 1. Dimitar Khlebarov |  Bulgaria | 4.52m | WUR | O | XXX | | 2. Gérard Barras |  Switzerland | 4.52m | | O | XXX | | 3. Ihor Petrenko |  Soviet Union | 4.52m | | XO | XXX | | 4. Risto Ankio |  Finland | 4.46m | | XXX | | 5. Khristo Khristov | Bulgaria | 4.40m | | | 6. Janusz Gronowski |  Poland | 4.40m | | | 7. Rudolf Tomášek |  Czechoslovakia | 4.30m | | | 8. István Török |  Hungary | 4.30m | | | 9. Yasushi Yamada |  Japan | 4.20m | | | 10.Helmut Schmidt |  West Germany | 4.10m | | | 11.Friedbert Volk | West Germany | 4.00m | | | 12.Dragan Arapović |  Yugoslavia | 4.00m | |
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| 15 athletes | | Venue: Vasil Levski stadium. |
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| Ranking | | Height | | | -. Risto Ankio | Finland | 4.10m | q | | -. Gérard Barras | Switzerland | 4.10m | q | | -. Dimitar Khlebarov | Bulgaria | 4.10m | q | | -. Khristo Khristov | Bulgaria | 4.10m | q | | -. Ihor Petrenko | Soviet Union | 4.10m | q | | -. Rudolf Tomášek | Czechoslovakia | 4.10m | q | | -. Janusz Gronowski | Poland | 4.10m | q | | -. Dragan Arapović | Yugoslavia | 4.10m | q | | -. Friedbert Volk | West Germany | 4.10m | q | | -. István Török | Hungary | 4.10m | q | | -. Helmut Schmidt | West Germany | 4.10m | q | | -. Yasushi Yamada | Japan | 4.10m | q | | -. Jonathan Hugon |  Great Britain | 4.00m | | | -. Sinan Ŷ"zisik |  Turkey | 3.80m | | | -. Dimitriyas Vicarapalo | Turkey | 3.60m | |
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