The men's pole vault event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

The event was won by Frank Foss of the United States, the nation's sixth consecutive victory in the men's pole vault.

Henry Petersen's silver was Denmark's first medal in the event and the first time a non-American had done better than bronze in the pole vault.

Frank Foss had won the United States Olympic trials, making him the favorite; Edwin Myers had come in second.

The United States made its sixth appearance, the only nation to have competed at every Olympic men's pole vault to that point.