The men's pole vault competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 10 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium.

The defending Pan American Games champion is Shawnacy Barber from Canada.

Clayton Fritsch couldn't get over 5.71m and Augusto Dutra got over it on his second attempt, while Chris Nilsen still had a perfect round going.

On his final attempt at 5.76 m (18 ft 10+3⁄4 in) he was still too close to the bar, but managed to snake over it.

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: All times shown are in meters.