The men's pole vault at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 28 September to 1 October 2019.

World record holder Renaud Lavillenie and 2011 champion Paweł Wojciechowski didn't make the final.

Neither were able to make their first two attempts, when Duplantis failed a third time, Kendricks celebrated the successful defense of his title.

Their act of competitor camaraderie earned them a place on the shortlist for the International Fair Play Award.

[2] Before the competition records were as follows:[3] The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 5.71 m.[4] The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[5] Qualification: 5.75 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).