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The first world record in the men's pole vault was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. [1] As of April 20, 2024, 80 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 ...
The pole vault at the Summer Olympics is grouped among the four track and field jumping events held at the multi-sport event. The men's pole vault has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896. The women's event is one of the latest additions to the programme, first being contested at the 2000 ...
Katie Moon. Kathryn Elizabeth Moon (née Nageotte; [2][3][4] born June 13, 1991) is an American pole vaulter. [5][6] She won gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships (shared with the Australian Nina Kennedy), and silver medals at the 2022 World Indoor Championships [7] and the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Armand Duplantis of Sweden in action while winning the gold medal and breaking the world record jumping 6.25m during the Men's Pole Vault Final during the Athletics Competition at the Stade de ...
Continental Cup. 2018 Ostrava. Pole vault. Samuel Hathorn Kendricks (born September 7, 1992) is an American pole vaulter. [1] He is a three-time indoor and six-time outdoor national champion (2014–2019), the 2016 Olympics bronze [3] [4] and 2024 Olympics silver medalist, and the 2017 and 2019 World Champion.
Three weeks after earning a gold medal and setting a world record at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Armand Duplantis keeps making history. On Sunday, the 24-year-old Swedish pole vaulter set yet another ...
5.86 m (2023) Zach McWhorter (born 7 January 1999) is an American pole vaulter. [5] At the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships he placed second behind Olympic silver medalist Chris Nilsen, with a clearance of 5.86 m. This earned him a spot on the United States team at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, where he would go on to ...
Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping was already practiced by the ancient Egyptians, ancient Greeks and the ancient Irish people, although modern pole vaulting, an athletic ...