Men's pole vault world record progression

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Not to be confused with Men's pole vault indoor world record progression.

The first world record in the men's pole vault was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912.[1]

As of June 21, 2009, 71 world records have been ratified by the IAAF (now World Athletics) in the event. Since 2000, World Athletics makes no distinction between indoor and outdoor settings when establishing pole vault world records. This new rule was not applied retroactively. 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][2][3] The present record of 6.23 m, established in 2023 in Eugene (Oregon), belongs to the Swedish athlete Armand Duplantis.

Record progression[edit]

Ratified
Not ratified
Ratified but later rescinded
Pending ratification
Mark Athlete Nation Venue Date #[4]
3.15 m (10 ft 4 in) Francis Temple  Great Britain Woolwich October 6, 1849[5] 1
3.21 m (10 ft 6+1⁄4 in) Robert Mitchell  Great Britain London June 19, 1868[5] 1
3.225 m (10 ft 6+3⁄4 in) Edwin Woodburn  Great Britain Newton August 31, 1872[5] 1
3.225 m (10 ft 6+3⁄4 in) Edwin Woodburn  Great Britain Lancaster June 2, 1873[5] 2
3.225 m (10 ft 6+3⁄4 in) William Kelsey  Great Britain Sheffield July 7, 1873[5] 1
3.225 m (10 ft 6+3⁄4 in) John Wigfull  Great Britain Sheffield July 7, 1873[5] 1
3.225 m (10 ft 6+3⁄4 in) Edwin Woodburn  Great Britain London March 30, 1874[5] 3
3.225 m (10 ft 6+3⁄4 in) John Wigfull  Great Britain Sheffield July 5, 1875[5] 2
3.38 m (11 ft 1 in) A. Hammond  Great Britain Bury St.Edmunds March 30, 1876[5] 1
3.38 m (11 ft 1 in) Edwin Woodburn  Great Britain Ulverston July 21, 1876[5] 4
3.42 m (11 ft 2+1⁄2 in) Thomas Ray  Great Britain Ulverston September 19, 1879[5] 1
3.43 m (11 ft 3 in) Thomas Ray  Great Britain Birmingham July 16, 1881[5] 2
3.455 m (11 ft 4 in) Thomas Ray  Great Britain Bradford August 12, 1882[5] 3
3.455 m (11 ft 4 in) Thomas Ray  Great Britain Nottingham June 16, 1883[5] 4
3.465 m (11 ft 4+1⁄4 in) Thomas Ray  Great Britain Preston August 18, 1883[5] 5
3.48 m (11 ft 5 in) Thomas Ray  Great Britain Grasmere August 20, 1885[5] 6
3.485 m (11 ft 5 in) Thomas Ray  Great Britain Whitehaven August 13, 1886[5] 7
3.505 m (11 ft 5+3⁄4 in) Thomas Ray  Great Britain Grasmere August 18, 1887[5] 8
3.52 m (11 ft 6+1⁄2 in) Thomas Ray  Great Britain Whitehaven August 19, 1887[5] 9
3.53 m (11 ft 6+3⁄4 in) Ernest Stones  Great Britain Southport June 2, 1888[5] 1
3.555 m (11 ft 7+3⁄4 in) Thomas Ray  Great Britain Barrow September 22, 1888[5] 10
3.57 m (11 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Ernest Stones  Great Britain Grasmere August 23, 1889[5] 2
3.58 m (11 ft 8+3⁄4 in) Richard Dickenson  Great Britain Kidderminster July 4, 1891[5] 1
3.62 m (11 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Raymond Clapp  United States Chicago June 16, 1898[5] 1
3.69 m (12 ft 1+1⁄4 in) Norman Dole  United States Berkeley April 23, 1904[5] 1
3.69 m (12 ft 1+1⁄4 in) Fernand Gonder  France Paris June 26, 1904[5] 1
3.74 m (12 ft 3 in) Fernand Gonder  France Gradignan June 4, 1905[5] 2
3.78 m (12 ft 4+3⁄4 in) Leroy Samse  United States Chicago June 2, 1906[5] 1
3.79 m (12 ft 5 in) Walter Dray  United States New Haven May 18, 1907[5] 1
3.82 m (12 ft 6+1⁄4 in) Walter Dray  United States Philadelphia April 25, 1908[5] 2
3.855 m (12 ft 7+3⁄4 in) Alfred Gilbert  United States Philadelphia June 6, 1908[5] 1
3.86 m (12 ft 7+3⁄4 in) Alfred Gilbert  United States New Haven June 12, 1908[5] 2
3.90 m (12 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Walter Dray  United States Danbury June 13, 1908[5] 3
3.91 m (12 ft 9+3⁄4 in) Leland Scott  United States Berkeley April 30, 1910[5] 1
3.93 m (12 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Leland Scott  United States Boulder May 27, 1910[5] 2
3.985 m (13 ft 3⁄4 in) Robert Gardner  United States Philadelphia June 1, 1912[5] 1
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 28, 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 July 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[6] Sergey Bubka  Ukraine Sestriere, Italy July 31, 1994[1] 17
6.16 m (20 ft 2+1⁄2 in) i[7] Renaud Lavillenie  France Donetsk, Ukraine February 15, 2014 1
6.17 m (20 ft 2+3⁄4 in) i Armand Duplantis  Sweden Toruń, Poland February 8, 2020 1
6.18 m (20 ft 3+1⁄4 in) i Armand Duplantis  Sweden Glasgow, UK February 15, 2020 2
6.19 m (20 ft 3+1⁄2 in) i Armand Duplantis  Sweden Belgrade, Serbia March 7, 2022 3
6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) i Armand Duplantis  Sweden Belgrade, Serbia March 20, 2022 4
6.21 m (20 ft 4+1⁄4 in) Armand Duplantis  Sweden Eugene, U.S. July 24, 2022 5
6.22 m (20 ft 4+3⁄4 in) i Armand Duplantis  Sweden Clermont-Ferrand, France February 25, 2023 6
6.23 m (20 ft 5+1⁄4 in) Armand Duplantis  Sweden Eugene, U.S. September 17, 2023 7

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu "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.
  2. ^ "Man who broke 15 feet defends fiberglass pole". Ocala Star-Banner. (Florida). Associated Press. February 7, 1962. p. 10.
  3. ^ "World record progression in pole vault". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (table). May 23, 1963. p. 3D.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj "Main > Men, Pole Vault > World Records Progression". Track and Field Statistics [d].
  6. ^ "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.{{cite web}}: 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 exceeded Bubka's 6.14 m (20 ft 1+1⁄2 in) set outdoors, it also became the world record, the first indoor mark to do so in this event.
  7. ^ "Progression of IAAF World Records — 2015 edition" (pdf). Monte Carlo: IAAF. 2015. pp. 163–171. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

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