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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. 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.
The following is the Men's pole vault indoor world record progression starting from 1889, with additional demonstration and professional records being noted. The best indoor performances on record as agreed to by the world's leading statisticians were accepted as the inaugural Indoor World Records from 1 January 1987; previous to this, they were regarded as world indoor bests. [1]
Paul Wilson (born July 30, 1947) [1] is an American athlete specializing in the pole vault. He was the world record holder in the event. The first vaulter to clear his age in feet. In 1967 he was the number-one ranked pole vaulter in the world, but his career was cut short by injury.
Duplantis, who went pro in 2019 after one year at LSU, has now broken the world record 10 times in the past four years of competition. His first time was in February 2020, when he set a record of ...
The script was written 15 years before 2020 Olympic Champion and World Record holder Armand Duplantis was born. At the time, Sergey Bubka was the dominant pole vaulter. He would go to meets offering large bonuses for a world record, or a major championship. Step 1) get the feel of the runway while the other competitors max out.
Sweden’s Armand Duplantis extended his dominant reign over the world of pole vaulting on Saturday, setting his eighth world record in the discipline at the season’s first Diamond League ...
Duplantis, the Lafayette, Louisiana-born Swedish pole vaulting sensation, won Olympic gold with a jump of 6.10 meters and then became one of Paris 2024's forever athletes once the competition was ...
Asian Record Igor Potapovich (KAZ) 5.92 m: Stockholm, Sweden: 19 February 1998 North, Central American and Caribbean record Sam Kendricks (USA) 6.06 m: Des Moines, United States 27 July 2019 South American Record Thiago Braz (BRA) 6.03 m: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 15 August 2016 European Record Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 6.16 m: Donetsk, Ukraine