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.^[1]

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

See also

• Women's pole vault world record progression
• List of pole vaulters who reached 6 metres

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.

External links

• athletix.org data
• IOC data