Men's pole vault world record progression

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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.[1]

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[edit] Record Progression

Record Athlete Nation Venue Date #[2]
4.02 m Marc Wright  United States Cambridge, U.S. June 8, 1912[1] 1
4.09 m Frank Foss  United States Antwerp, Belgium August 20, 1920[1] 1
4.12 m Charles Hoff  Norway Copenhagen, Denmark September 22, 1922[1] 1
4.21 m Charles Hoff  Norway Copenhagen, Denmark July 22, 1923[1] 2
4.23 m Charles Hoff  Norway Oslo, Norway August 13, 1925[1] 3
4.25 m Charles Hoff  Norway Turku, Finland September 27, 1925[1] 4
4.27 m Sabin Carr  United States Philadelphia, U.S. May 27, 1927[1] 1
4.30 m Lee Barnes  United States Fresno, U.S. April 28, 1928[1] 1
4.37 m William Graber  United States Palo Alto, U.S. July 16, 1932[1] 1
4.39 m Keith Brown  United States Boston, U.S. June 1, 1935[1] 1
4.43 m George Varoff  United States Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. July 4, 1936[1] 1
4.54 m Bill Sefton  United States Los Angeles, U.S. May 29, 1937[1] 1
4.54 m Earle Meadows  United States Los Angeles, U.S. May 29, 1937[1] 1
4.60 m Cornelius Warmerdam  United States Fresno, U.S. June 29, 1940[1] 1
4.72 m Cornelius Warmerdam  United States Compton, U.S. June 26, 1941[1] 2
4.77 m Cornelius Warmerdam  United States Modesto, U.S. May 23, 1942[1] 3
4.78 m Robert Gutowski  United States Palo Alto, U.S. April 27, 1957[1] 1
4.80 m Don Bragg  United States Palo Alto, U.S. July 2, 1960[1] 1
4.83 m George Davies  United States Boulder, U.S. May 20, 1961[1] 1
4.89 m John Uelses  United States Santa Barbara, U.S. March 31, 1962[1] 1
4.93 m Dave Tork  United States Walnut, U.S. April 28, 1962[1] 1
4.94 m Pentti Nikula  Finland Kauhava, Finland June 22, 1962[1] 1
5.00 m Brian Sternberg  United States Philadelphia, U.S. April 27, 1963[1] 1
5.08 m Brian Sternberg  United States Compton June 7, 1963[1] 2
5.13 m John Pennel  United States London, England August 5, 1963[1] 1
5.20 m John Pennel  United States Coral Gables, U.S. August 24, 1963[1] 2
5.23 m Fred Hansen  United States San Diego, U.S. June 13, 1964[1] 1
5.28 m Fred Hansen  United States Los Angeles, U.S. July 25, 1964[1] 2
5.32 m Bob Seagren  United States Fresno, U.S. May 14, 1966[1] 1
5.34 m John Pennel  United States Los Angeles, U.S. July 23, 1966[1] 3
5.36 m Bob Seagren  United States San Diego, U.S. June 10, 1967[1] 2
5.38 m Paul Wilson  United States Bakersfield, U.S. June 23, 1967[1] 1
5.41 m Bob Seagren  United States Lake Tahoe, U.S. September 12, 1968[1] 3
5.44 m John Pennel  United States Sacramento, U.S. June 21, 1969[1] 4
5.45 m Wolfgang Nordwig  East Germany Berlin, Germany June 17, 1970[1] 1
5.46 m Wolfgang Nordwig  East Germany Turin, Italy September 3, 1970[1] 2
5.49 m Christos Papanikolaou  Greece Athens, Greece October 24, 1970[1] 1
5.51 m Kjell Isaksson  Sweden Austin, U.S. April 8, 1972[1] 1
5.54 m Kjell Isaksson  Sweden Los Angeles, U.S. April 15, 1972[1] 2
5.55 m Kjell Isaksson  Sweden Helsingborg, Sweden June 12, 1972[1] 3
5.63 m Bob Seagren  United States Eugene, U.S. July 2, 1972[1] 4
5.65 m David Roberts  United States Gainesville, U.S. March 28, 1975[1] 1
5.67 m Earl Bell  United States Wichita, U.S. May 29, 1976[1] 1
5.70 m David Roberts  United States Eugene, U.S. June 22, 1976[1] 2
5.72 m Władysław Kozakiewicz  Poland Milan, Italy May 11, 1980[1] 1
5.75 m Thierry Vigneron  France Paris, France June 1, 1980[1] 1
5.75 m Thierry Vigneron  France Lille, France June 29, 1980[1] 2
5.77 m Philippe Houvion  France Paris, France July 17, 1980[1] 1
5.78 m Władysław Kozakiewicz  Poland Moscow, Soviet Union July 30, 1980[1] 2
5.80 m Thierry Vigneron  France Mâcon, France June 20, 1981[1] 3
5.81 m Vladimir Polyakov  Soviet Union Tbilisi, Georgia June 26, 1981[1] 1
5.82 m Pierre Quinon  France Cologne, Germany August 28, 1983[1] 1
5.83 m Thierry Vigneron  France Rome, Italy September 1, 1983[1] 4
5.85 m Sergey Bubka  Soviet Union Bratislava, Slovakia May 26, 1984[1] 1
5.88 m Sergey Bubka  Soviet Union Paris, France June 2, 1984[1] 2
5.90 m Sergey Bubka  Soviet Union London, England July 13, 1984[1] 3
5.91 m Thierry Vigneron  France Rome, Italy August 31, 1984[1] 5
5.94 m Sergey Bubka  Soviet Union Rome, Italy August 31, 1984[1] 4
6.00 m Sergey Bubka  Soviet Union Paris, France July 13, 1985[1] 5
6.01 m Sergey Bubka  Soviet Union Moscow, Russia June 8, 1986[1] 6
6.03 m Sergey Bubka  Soviet Union Prague, Czech Republic June 23, 1987[1] 7
6.05 m Sergey Bubka  Soviet Union Bratislava, Slovakia June 9, 1988[1] 8
6.06 m Sergey Bubka  Soviet Union Nice, France July 10, 1988[1] 9
6.07 m Sergey Bubka  Soviet Union Shizuoka, Japan May 6, 1991[1] 10
6.08 m Sergey Bubka  Soviet Union Moscow, Russia June 9, 1991[1] 11
6.09 m Sergey Bubka  Soviet Union Formia, Italy July 8, 1991[1] 12
6.10 m Sergey Bubka  Soviet Union Malmö, Sweden August 5, 1991[1] 13
6.11 m Sergey Bubka  Ukraine Dijon, France June 13, 1992[1] 14
6.12 m Sergey Bubka  Ukraine Padua, Italy August 30, 1992[1] 15
6.13 m Sergey Bubka  Ukraine Tokyo, Japan September 19, 1992[1] 16
6.14 m[3] Sergey Bubka  Ukraine Sestriere, Italy July 31, 1994[1] 17

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[edit] References

  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. http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf. Retrieved August 5, 2009. 
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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." [1] (p.546) Sergey Bubka set an indoor record of 6.15 m on February 21, 1993, in excess of the outdoor record, before this rule came into effect.

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