The men's pole vault at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 17, 2016.

[1][2] The men's and women's pole vault competition were the only events on the opening day.

All of the competitors in this field had cleared 5.75, most of them this season, but no other had the confidence to wait until 5.75 for their opening height.

Piotr Lisek had already cleared the height, but he already had a miss earlier in the competition, so with his easy clearance, shrugging before landing in the pit, Lavillenie was immediately in the lead.

Lavillenie then had the bar raised another half a foot to world record height 6.17 m (20 ft 2+3⁄4 in), though none of the attempts were close.