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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 6.26 m ( 20 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) was set by Armand Duplantis , competing for Sweden at the Silesia Diamond League .
The men's pole vault competition of the athletics events at the 2023 Pan American Games took place on November 4 at the Julio Martínez National Stadium. Records [ edit ]
The men's pole vault at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 3 and 5 August 2024 at Stade de France. This was the 30th time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics . Sweden's Armand Duplantis won his second consecutive Olympic gold medal, setting a world record of 6.25 metres (20 ft 6 in).
With the crowd eagerly watching and clapping in unison, over the next 20 minutes Duplantis made three attempts, but as in all pole vault competitions, they either end in withdrawal or failure. Duplantis failed to set a new record on this night.
Toggle Results subsection. 3.1 ... The men's pole vault at the 2024 European Athletics Championships took place at the Stadio ... Schedule. Date Time Round 10 June ...
The 24-year-old, who one publication called "the Timothée Chalamet of the pole vault," cleared a record 6.25 meters, the equivalent of 20.5 feet, on his final vault. The mark beat his own world ...
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 Summer Olympics – along with the addition of the hammer throw , this brought the women's field event programme to parity with the ...
The pole vault at the World Athletics Championships has been contested by men since 1983 and women since 1999. The competition format typically has one qualifying round contested by two groups of athletes, with all those clearing the qualifying height or placing in top twelve overall advancing to the final round.