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Date: 14 October 1968 / 16 October 1968
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Bob Seagren | USA | 5.40m [17' 8 ½"] |
| 2 | Claus Schiprowski | FRG | 5.40m [17' 8 ½"] |
| 3 | Wolfgang Nordwig | GDR | 5.40m [17' 8 ½"] |
| 4 | Christos Papanikolau | GRE | 5.35m [17' 6 ¾"] |
| 5 | John Pennel | USA | 5.35m [17' 6 ¾"] |
| 6 | Gennady Bliznetsov | URS | 5.30m [17' 4 ¾"] |
| 7 | Herve d'Encausse | FRA | 5.25m [17' 2 ¾"] |
| 8 | Heinfried Engel | FRG | 5.20m [17' ¾"] |
| 9 | Ignacio Sola | ESP | 5.20m [17' ¾"] |
| 10 | Kjell Isaksson | SWE | 5.15m [16' 10 ¾"] |
| 11 | Kiyoshi Niwa | JPN | 5.15m [16' 10 ¾"] |
| 12 | Alexander Maliutin | URS | 5.00m [16' 4 ¾"] |
| 13 | Michael Bull | GBR | 5.00m [16' 4 ¾"] |
| 14 | Altti Alarotu | FIN | 5.00m [16' 4 ¾"] |
| Qualifying | |||
| 15 | Erkki Mustakari | FIN | 4.90m [16' 1"] |
| 16 | Pantelis Nikolaidis | GRE | 4.80m [15' 9"] |
| 17 | Erico Barney | ARG | 4.80m [15' 9"] |
| 18 | Klaus Lehnertz | FRG | 4.75m [15' 7"] |
| 19 | John-Erik Blomqvist | SWE | 4.75m [15' 7"] |
| 20 | Casey Carrigan | USA | 4.60m [15' 1"] |
| 21 | Wu A-Min | TPE | 4.50m [14' 9 ¼"] |
| 22 | Heinz Wyss | SUI | 4.50m [14' 9 ¼"] |
| 23 | Ingo Peyker | AUT | |
| Did not start | |||
| Renato Dionisi | ITA | ||
| Steen Smidt-Jensen | DEN | ||
| Aldo Righi | ITA | ||
| Dominique Rakotarahalahy | MAD | ||