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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 ...
Video on YouTube Official Video Pole Vault competition starts @ 26:10 Morcom's final attempt @ 28:20. Morcom competed in the pole vault at the 1948 Summer Olympics for the United States, [8] finishing in 6th place after passing at lesser heights, then during a rainstorm, missing at the height the eventual winners would clear of 4.20 meters.
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.
The French pole vaulter went viral on Aug. 3 after a video of one of his pole vault attempts from the Paris Olympics made it appear like he knocked down the crossbar with his "bulge."
The Ohio native was the only woman in the competition to clear 4.90m (16-1), making her the fourth American female track athlete to win gold at these Games and the third American woman to win pole ...
The men’s pole vault was Ammirati’s only event at the 2024 Olympics. He previously came in second place at the 2022 Mediterranean Games and in first at that year’s World Athletics U20 ...
Bragg grew up in Penns Grove, New Jersey, where he attended Penns Grove High School. [2]Bragg was the last of the great pole vaulters to use an aluminum pole. From 1954 until 1960, he was always world ranked and capped a championship career in 1960 by setting a world record of 15' 9 + 1 ⁄ 4" (4.80 m) at the Olympic Trials and winning an Olympic gold medal with a vault of 15' 5" (4.70 m).
She broke the American record for a high school freshman with a vault of 3.86 m (12 ft 7 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) in 2004 and then set a new high school sophomore record with 4.11 m (13 ft 5 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) in 2005. Her vaults were also the best ever achieved by an American aged fifteen and sixteen.