The men's pole vault was an event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

The main exception was the favourite Sergey Bubka, who failed to clear the bar in the final.

Bubka was an "overwhelming favorite" to repeat; in addition to the 1988 Olympic gold, he had won all three world championships held to date (1983, 1987, and 1991), set 14 world records, and been the only man to clear 20 feet.

[2] Cyprus, Israel, Latvia, Mauritius, New Zealand, the Philippines, and Portugal each made their men's pole vaulting debut; twelve of the fifteen former Soviet republics competed together as the Unified Team.

The United States made its 21st appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.