All three medallists tied the Olympic record mark of 5.50 metres. Tadeusz Ślusarski of Poland and Antti Kalliomäki of Finland both cleared all heights up to 5.50 m with no misses; Ślusarski passed two heights more than Kalliomäki, and won on the basis of fewer vaults in accordance with the rules of the time. American Dave Roberts, who also cleared 5.50 m on his first try but had one miss from an earlier height, took the bronze medal.[1]
The qualification was set to 5.10 metres. A total of 20 athletes achieved this height.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 4.80 | 5.00 | 5.10 | Result | Note | | 1 | A | Antti Kalliomäki | {{flagIOC|FIN|1976 Summer}} | – | – | o | 5.10 | Q |
| 1 | A | Kjell Isaksson | {{flagIOC|SWE|1976 Summer}} | – | – | o | 5.10 | Q |
| 1 | A | Earl Bell | {{flagIOC|USA|1976 Summer}} | – | – | o | 5.10 | Q |
| 1 | A | Władysław Kozakiewicz | {{flagIOC|POL|1976 Summer}} | – | – | o | 5.10 | Q |
| 1 | A | Günther Lohre | {{flagIOC|FRG|1976 Summer}} | – | – | o | 5.10 | Q |
| 1 | A | Dave Roberts | {{flagIOC|USA|1976 Summer}} | – | – | o | 5.10 | Q |
| 1 | A | Terry Porter | {{flagIOC|USA|1976 Summer}} | – | – | o | 5.10 | Q |
| 1 | A | Yuriy Prokhorenko | {{flagIOC|URS|1976 Summer}} | – | – | o | 5.10 | Q |
| 1 | A | Wojciech Buciarski | {{flagIOC|POL|1976 Summer}} | – | – | o | 5.10 | Q |
| 1 | B | Patrick Abada | {{flagIOC|FRA|1976 Summer}} | – | – | o | 5.10 | Q |
| 1 | B | François Tracanelli | {{flagIOC|FRA|1976 Summer}} | – | – | o | 5.10 | Q |
| 12 | B | Roberto Moré | {{flagIOC|CUB|1976 Summer}} | – | o | o | 5.10 | Q |
| 12 | B | Tapani Haapakoski | {{flagIOC|FIN|1976 Summer}} | – | o | o | 5.10 | Q |
| 12 | B | Bruce Simpson | {{flagIOC|CAN|1976 Summer}} | – | o | o | 5.10 | Q |
| 12 | B | Itsuo Takanezawa | {{flagIOC|JPN|1976 Summer}} | – | o | o | 5.10 | Q |
| 16 | A | Vladimir Kishkun | {{flagIOC|URS|1976 Summer}} | – | – | xo | 5.10 | Q |
| 16 | A | Tadeusz Ślusarski | {{flagIOC|POL|1976 Summer}} | – | – | xo | 5.10 | Q |
| 18 | B | Brian Hooper | {{flagIOC|GBR|1976 Summer}} | – | xo | xo | 5.10 | Q |
| 19 | A | Don Baird | {{flagIOC|AUS|1976 Summer}} | – | – | xxo | 5.10 | Q |
| 19 | A | Jean-Michel Bellot | {{flagIOC|FRA|1976 Summer}} | – | – | xxo | 5.10 | Q |
| 21 | B | Ray Boyd | {{flagIOC|AUS|1976 Summer}} | – | o | xxx | 5.00 |
| 22 | B | Ken Wenman | {{flagIOC|CAN|1976 Summer}} | o | o | xxx | 5.00 |
| 23 | B | Dimitrios Kyteas | {{flagIOC|GRE|1976 Summer}} | – | xo | xxx | 5.00 |
| 24 | B | Jeffrey Gutteridge | {{flagIOC|GBR|1976 Summer}} | o | xxx | 4.80 |
| 25}} | A | Yury Isakov | {{flagIOC|URS|1976 Summer}} | – | – | xxx | {{sort>0.00|NM}} |
| 25}} | B | Yoshiomi Iwama | {{flagIOC|JPN|1976 Summer}} | – | – | xxx | {{sort>0.00|NM}} |
| 25}} | B | Ingemar Jernberg | {{flagIOC|SWE|1976 Summer}} | – | – | xxx | {{sort>0.00|NM}} |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.00 | 5.10 | 5.20 | 5.25 | 5.30 | 5.35 | 5.40 | 5.45 | 5.50 | 5.55 | 5.60 | Result | Notes |
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| {{gold01}} | Tadeusz Ślusarski | {{flagIOC|POL|1976 Summer}} | – | – | o | – | – | – | o | – | o | xxx | 5.50 | =OR |
| {{silver02}} | Antti Kalliomäki | {{flagIOC|FIN|1976 Summer}} | – | o | – | – | o | – | o | o | o | xxx | 5.50 | =OR |
| {{bronze03}} | Dave Roberts | {{flagIOC|USA|1976 Summer}} | – | – | – | – | – | xo | – | – | o | – | xxx | 5.50 | =OR |
| 4 | Patrick Abada | {{flagIOC|FRA|1976 Summer}} | – | – | – | – | xo | – | – | xo | – | xxx | 5.45 |
| 5 | Wojciech Buciarski | {{flagIOC|POL|1976 Summer}} | – | – | o | – | – | xo | –- | xo | x- | xx | 5.45 |
| 6 | Earl Bell | {{flagIOC|USA|1976 Summer}} | – | – | o | – | – | o | – | xxo | – | xxx | 5.45 |
| 7 | Jean-Michel Bellot | {{flagIOC|FRA|1976 Summer}} | – | – | – | o | – | – | o | – | xxx | 5.40 |
| 8 | Itsuo Takanezawa | {{flagIOC|JPN|1976 Summer}} | xo | – | xo | – | xo | – | xxo | xxx | 5.40 |
| 9 | Günther Lohre | {{flagIOC|FRG|1976 Summer}} | – | xo | – | xo | – | xxo | – | xxx | 5.35 |
| 10 | Yuriy Prokhorenko | {{flagIOC|URS|1976 Summer}} | – | – | – | o | – | xxx | 5.25 |
| 11 | Władysław Kozakiewicz | {{flagIOC|POL|1976 Summer}} | – | – | – | xo | – | – | – | xxx | 5.25 |
| 12 | Don Baird | {{flagIOC|AUS|1976 Summer}} | – | o | – | xo | – | xxx | 5.25 |
| 13= | Vladimir Kishkun | {{flagIOC|URS|1976 Summer}} | – | – | o | – | – | – | xxx | 5.20 |
| 13= | Terry Porter | {{flagIOC|USA|1976 Summer}} | – | – | o | – | – | xxx | 5.20 |
| 15 | Tapani Haapakoski | {{flagIOC|FIN|1976 Summer}} | xo | – | o | – | xxx | 5.20 |
| 16 | Brian Hooper | {{flagIOC|GBR|1976 Summer}} | xo | – | xxx | 5.00 |
| {{n/a}} | Bruce Simpson | {{flagIOC|CAN|1976 Summer}} | xxx | {{sort>0.00|NM}} |
| {{n/a}} | Roberto Moré | {{flagIOC|CUB|1976 Summer}} | – | xxx | {{sort>0.00|NM}} |
| {{n/a}} | François Tracanelli | {{flagIOC|FRA|1976 Summer}} | – | – | – | – | xxx | {{sort>0.00|NM}} |
| {{n/a}} | Kjell Isaksson | {{flagIOC|SWE|1976 Summer}} | – | – | xxx | {{sort>0.00|NM}} |
1. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/ATH/mens-pole-vault.html |title=Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Pole Vault |accessdate=4 January 2018 |work=sports-reference.com}}