The men's pole vault event at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships was held at the Guangdong Olympic Stadium on November 11.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 4.80 | 5.00 | 5.15 | 5.30 | 5.45 | 5.60 | 5.80 | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | o | xo | o | xxx | 5.60 | |||||
| – | – | o | xo | o | xxx | 5.45 | SB | |||||
| – | – | – | – | xo | xxx | 5.45 | ||||||
| 4 | – | – | – | o | xxo | xxx | 5.45 | |||||
| 5 | – | – | xo | xxx | 5.15 | |||||||
| 6 | – | xo | xxo | xxx | 5.15 | |||||||
| 7 | o | o | xxx | 5.00 | ||||||||
| 8 | xo | o | xxx | 5.00 | ||||||||
| 9 | o | xxx | 4.80 |