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The men's pole vault was a competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 8–10 August. [1] Thirty-two athletes from 23 nations competed. [2] The event was won by Renaud Lavillenie of France, the nation's first victory in the event since 1996 and third overall.
The women's pole vault competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held at the Olympic Stadium on 4–6 August. [1]In the qualifying round, the 12 competitors who cleared 4.55 went into the final.
William Hoyt was the first Olympic champion in 1896 and Stacy Dragila became the first female Olympic pole vault champion over 100 years later in 2000. Armand Duplantis and Katie Nageotte are the reigning Olympic champions from 2021. Yelena Isinbayeva, Bob Richards and Armand Duplantis are the only athletes to win two Olympic pole vault titles ...
After finishing her degree, she continued to pole vault, although she did not rank highly among American athletes. A new lifetime best of 4.36 m ( 14 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) came in the 2012 season as she aimed for the 2012 London Olympics . [ 1 ]
Illinois native and professional pole vaulter Emily Grove missed making the U.S. Olympic team by six spots and about one inch, placing ninth in June at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon.
She holds the world indoor pole vault record at 5.03 m (16 ft 6 in). She holds the American women's pole vault record indoors. In 2008, she won the U.S. Olympic trials, setting an American record of 4.92 m (16 ft 2 in) and won a silver medal in the Beijing Olympics. She won the gold medal at the London Olympics on August 6, 2012. [3]
Pole vaulting, though, was just one of 48 track and field events in this year's Olympics—all requiring their own specific superpowers, workouts, and, in some cases, body shapes and sizes.
The 6.16 was the absolute world record for the pole vault for over six years, 2014–2020. He was the pole vault overall winner of the IAAF Diamond League in seven consecutive years, from 2010 to 2016. Outside pole vaulting, Lavillenie is a keen motorcyclist, and raced in the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours for motorcycles, finishing 25th.