Men's pole vault world record progression
The first world record in the men's pole vault was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912.[1]
As of June 21, 2009, 71 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event. The introduction in the early 1950s of flexible vaulting poles made from composites such as fiberglass or carbon fiber allowed vaulters to achieve greater height.[1]
Contents
1 Record progression
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Record progression
| Record | Athlete | Nation | Venue | Date | #[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.02 m (13 ft 2 1⁄4 in) | Marc Wright |  United States | Cambridge, U.S. | June 8, 1912[1] | 1 |
| 4.09 m (13 ft 5 in) | Frank Foss | United States | Antwerp, Belgium | August 20, 1920[1] | 1 |
| 4.12 m (13 ft 6 in) | Charles Hoff |  Norway | Copenhagen, Denmark | September 22, 1922[1] | 1 |
| 4.21 m (13 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Charles Hoff | Norway | Copenhagen, Denmark | July 22, 1923[1] | 2 |
| 4.23 m (13 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | Charles Hoff | Norway | Oslo, Norway | August 13, 1925[1] | 3 |
| 4.25 m (13 ft 11 1⁄4 in) | Charles Hoff | Norway | Turku, Finland | September 27, 1925[1] | 4 |
| 4.27 m (14 ft 0 in) | Sabin Carr | United States | Philadelphia, U.S. | May 27, 1927[1] | 1 |
| 4.30 m (14 ft 1 1⁄4 in) | Lee Barnes | United States | Fresno, U.S. | April 28, 1928[1] | 1 |
| 4.37 m (14 ft 4 in) | William Graber | United States | Palo Alto, U.S. | July 16, 1932[1] | 1 |
| 4.39 m (14 ft 4 3⁄4 in) | Keith Brown | United States | Boston, U.S. | June 1, 1935[1] | 1 |
| 4.43 m (14 ft 6 1⁄4 in) | George Varoff | United States | Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. | July 4, 1936[1] | 1 |
| 4.54 m (14 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | Bill Sefton | United States | Los Angeles, U.S. | May 29, 1937[1] | 1 |
| 4.54 m (14 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | Earle Meadows | United States | Los Angeles, U.S. | May 29, 1937[1] | 1 |
| 4.60 m (15 ft 1 in) | Cornelius Warmerdam | United States | Fresno, U.S. | June 29, 1940[1] | 1 |
| 4.72 m (15 ft 5 3⁄4 in) | Cornelius Warmerdam | United States | Compton, U.S. | June 26, 1941[1] | 2 |
| 4.77 m (15 ft 7 3⁄4 in) | Cornelius Warmerdam | United States | Modesto, U.S. | May 23, 1942[1] | 3 |
| 4.78 m (15 ft 8 in) | Robert Gutowski | United States | Palo Alto, U.S. | April 27, 1957[1] | 1 |
| 4.80 m (15 ft 8 3⁄4 in) | Don Bragg | United States | Palo Alto, U.S. | July 2, 1960[1] | 1 |
| 4.83 m (15 ft 10 in) | George Davies | United States | Boulder, U.S. | May 20, 1961[1] | 1 |
| 4.89 m (16 ft 1⁄2 in) | John Uelses | United States | Santa Barbara, U.S. | March 31, 1962[1] | 1 |
| 4.93 m (16 ft 2 in) | Dave Tork | United States | Walnut, U.S. | April 28, 1962[1] | 1 |
| 4.94 m (16 ft 2 1⁄4 in) | Pentti Nikula |  Finland | Kauhava, Finland | June 22, 1962[1] | 1 |
| 5.00 m (16 ft 4 3⁄4 in) | Brian Sternberg | United States | Philadelphia, U.S. | April 27, 1963[1] | 1 |
| 5.08 m (16 ft 8 in) | Brian Sternberg | United States | Compton, U.S. | June 7, 1963[1] | 2 |
| 5.13 m (16 ft 9 3⁄4 in) | John Pennel | United States | London, England | August 5, 1963[1] | 1 |
| 5.20 m (17 ft 1⁄2 in) | John Pennel | United States | Coral Gables, U.S. | August 24, 1963[1] | 2 |
| 5.23 m (17 ft 1 3⁄4 in) | Fred Hansen | United States | San Diego, U.S. | June 13, 1964[1] | 1 |
| 5.28 m (17 ft 3 3⁄4 in) | Fred Hansen | United States | Los Angeles, U.S. | July 25, 1964[1] | 2 |
| 5.32 m (17 ft 5 1⁄4 in) | Bob Seagren | United States | Fresno, U.S. | May 14, 1966[1] | 1 |
| 5.34 m (17 ft 6 in) | John Pennel | United States | Los Angeles, U.S. | July 23, 1966[1] | 3 |
| 5.36 m (17 ft 7 in) | Bob Seagren | United States | San Diego, U.S. | June 10, 1967[1] | 2 |
| 5.38 m (17 ft 7 3⁄4 in) | Paul Wilson | United States | Bakersfield, U.S. | June 23, 1967[1] | 1 |
| 5.41 m (17 ft 8 3⁄4 in) A | Bob Seagren | United States | Echo Summit, U.S. | September 12, 1968[1] | 3 |
| 5.44 m (17 ft 10 in) | John Pennel | United States | Sacramento, U.S. | June 21, 1969[1] | 4 |
| 5.45 m (17 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | Wolfgang Nordwig |  East Germany | Berlin, Germany | June 17, 1970[1] | 1 |
| 5.46 m (17 ft 10 3⁄4 in) | Wolfgang Nordwig | East Germany | Turin, Italy | September 3, 1970[1] | 2 |
| 5.49 m (18 ft 0 in) | Christos Papanikolaou |  Greece | Athens, Greece | October 24, 1970[1] | 1 |
| 5.51 m (18 ft 3⁄4 in) | Kjell Isaksson |  Sweden | Austin, U.S. | April 8, 1972[1] | 1 |
| 5.54 m (18 ft 2 in) | Kjell Isaksson | Sweden | Los Angeles, U.S. | April 15, 1972[1] | 2 |
| 5.55 m (18 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | Kjell Isaksson | Sweden | Helsingborg, Sweden | June 12, 1972[1] | 3 |
| 5.63 m (18 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | Bob Seagren | United States | Eugene, U.S. | July 2, 1972[1] | 4 |
| 5.65 m (18 ft 6 1⁄4 in) | David Roberts | United States | Gainesville, U.S. | March 28, 1975[1] | 1 |
| 5.67 m (18 ft 7 in) | Earl Bell | United States | Wichita, U.S. | May 29, 1976[1] | 1 |
| 5.70 m (18 ft 8 1⁄4 in) | David Roberts | United States | Eugene, U.S. | June 22, 1976[1] | 2 |
| 5.72 m (18 ft 9 in) | Władysław Kozakiewicz |  Poland | Milan, Italy | May 11, 1980[1] | 1 |
| 5.75 m (18 ft 10 1⁄4 in) | Thierry Vigneron |  France | Paris, France | June 1, 1980[1] | 1 |
| 5.75 m (18 ft 10 1⁄4 in) | Thierry Vigneron | France | Lille, France | June 29, 1980[1] | 2 |
| 5.77 m (18 ft 11 in) | Philippe Houvion | France | Paris, France | July 17, 1980[1] | 1 |
| 5.78 m (18 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | Władysław Kozakiewicz | Poland | Moscow, Soviet Union | July 30, 1980[1] | 2 |
| 5.80 m (19 ft 1⁄4 in) | Thierry Vigneron | France | Mâcon, France | June 20, 1981[1] | 3 |
| 5.81 m (19 ft 1⁄2 in) | Vladimir Polyakov |  Soviet Union | Tbilisi, Soviet Union | June 26, 1981[1] | 1 |
| 5.82 m (19 ft 1 in) | Pierre Quinon | France | Cologne, Germany | August 28, 1983[1] | 1 |
| 5.83 m (19 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | Thierry Vigneron | France | Rome, Italy | September 1, 1983[1] | 4 |
| 5.85 m (19 ft 2 1⁄4 in) | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | May 26, 1984[1] | 1 |
| 5.88 m (19 ft 3 1⁄4 in) | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union | Paris, France | June 2, 1984[1] | 2 |
| 5.90 m (19 ft 4 1⁄4 in) | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union | London, England | July 13, 1984[1] | 3 |
| 5.91 m (19 ft 4 1⁄2 in) | Thierry Vigneron | France | Rome, Italy | August 31, 1984[1] | 5 |
| 5.94 m (19 ft 5 3⁄4 in) | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union | Rome, Italy | August 31, 1984[1] | 4 |
| 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in) | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union | Paris, France | July 13, 1985[1] | 5 |
| 6.01 m (19 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union | Moscow, Soviet Union | June 8, 1986[1] | 6 |
| 6.03 m (19 ft 9 1⁄4 in) | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union | Prague, Czechoslovakia | June 23, 1987[1] | 7 |
| 6.05 m (19 ft 10 in) | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | June 9, 1988[1] | 8 |
| 6.06 m (19 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union | Nice, France | July 10, 1988[1] | 9 |
| 6.07 m (19 ft 10 3⁄4 in) | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union | Shizuoka, Japan | May 6, 1991[1] | 10 |
| 6.08 m (19 ft 11 1⁄4 in) | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union | Moscow, Soviet Union | June 9, 1991[1] | 11 |
| 6.09 m (19 ft 11 3⁄4 in) | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union | Formia, Italy | July 8, 1991[1] | 12 |
| 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in) | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union | Malmö, Sweden | August 5, 1991[1] | 13 |
| 6.11 m (20 ft 1⁄2 in) | Sergey Bubka |  Ukraine | Dijon, France | June 13, 1992[1] | 14 |
| 6.12 m (20 ft 3⁄4 in) | Sergey Bubka | Ukraine | Padua, Italy | August 30, 1992[1] | 15 |
| 6.13 m (20 ft 1 1⁄4 in) | Sergey Bubka | Ukraine | Tokyo, Japan | September 19, 1992[1] | 16 |
| 6.14 m (20 ft 1 1⁄2 in) A[3] | Sergey Bubka | Ukraine | Sestriere, Italy | July 31, 1994[1] | 17 |
| 6.16 m (20 ft 2 1⁄2 in) i[4] | Renaud Lavillenie | France | Donetsk, Ukraine | February 15, 2014 | 1 |
A = mark set at altitude
i = indoor mark
See also
- Men's pole vault indoor world record progression
- Women's pole vault world record progression
- List of pole vaulters who reached 6 metres
References
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"12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 555–6. Archived from the original (pdf) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 5, 2009..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ The numbered occurrence of the athlete breaking the world record, in other words "#7" would indicate the 7th time the athlete broke the world record.
^ "From 2000, IAAF Rule 260.18s (formerly 260.6.a) was amended to say world records (as opposed to indoor world records) can be set in a facility 'with or without a roof.' So far, only one event - the women's pole vault - has been affected by this change, which was not applied retrospectively.""Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2009-08-05.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) (p.546) Sergey Bubka set an indoor record of 6.15 m (20 ft 2 in) on February 21, 1993, in excess of the outdoor record, before this rule came into effect. Lavillenie's indoor world record was set after the rule came into effect, and thus since it exceeds Bubka's 6.14 m (20 ft 1 1⁄2 in) set outdoors, it is also the world record.
^ "Progression of IAAF World Records — 2015 edition" (pdf). Monte Carlo: IAAF. 2015. pp. 163–171. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
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