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The tip of the vaulting pole is angled higher than eye level until three paces from takeoff, when the pole tip descends efficiently, amplifying run speed as the pole is planted into the vault box. The faster the vaulter can run and the more efficient their take-off is, the greater the kinetic energy that can be achieved and used during the vault.
Sergey Bubka's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into effect. Bubka's world record of 6.14 m, set outdoors in 1994, was surpassed 7 times indoors by two different men since 2000, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2025 with a 6.27 m mark.
Brian Sternberg (June 21, 1943 – May 23, 2013) [2] was a world record holder in the men's pole vault who was paralyzed from the neck down after a trampoline accident in 1963. Sternberg set one of his world records on May 25, 1963, in Modesto , California jumping 16 feet 7 inches (5.05 m) using new technology for the sport, a fiberglass pole.
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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 vault world records. This new rule was not applied retroactively.
Women's pole vault winners [2] [3] Year Athlete Team Mark 1998: Melissa Price: Fresno State Bulldogs: 4.22m 13–10 1999: Melissa Price: Fresno State Bulldogs: 4.25m 13-11¼ 2000: Tracy O'Hara: UCLA Bruins: 4.42m 14–6 2001: Thorey Elisdottir: Georgia Bulldogs: 4.51m 14-9½ 2002: Amy Linnen: Arizona Wildcats: 4.53m 14-10¼ 2003: Lacy Janson ...
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 ...
Jan Johnson ran "Sky Jumpers," a pole vault camp based on the central coast of California. [4] Johnson also hosted auxiliary "Sky Jumpers" camps annually in Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Johnson was an outspoken innovator and advocate for pole vault safety. He co-authored The Illustrated History of the Pole Vault, published in 2007.