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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).
For the women's pole vault event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 4.73 m (15 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) or higher or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event. [7]
The route, specially designed for the Paris 2024 Games and approved by World Athletics, was unique, demanding, and technical. Paris 2024 unveiled the routes for the Olympic marathon and the two races – a 42.195 km course and a 10 km course – open to the general public as part of the mass event running. [5]
The Swede broke fresh ground in Paris with a clearance of 6.25m – having already secured the second Olympic gold of his young career Armand Duplantis breaks pole vault world record again to top ...
Sam Kendricks won the silver medal in the men's pole vault event at the 2024 Paris Games. (AP Photo/Bernat ... He backed off after he won the Olympic Trials men’s pole vault competition with a ...
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 ...
The Olympic records for the event are 6.26 m (20 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) for men, set by Armand Duplantis in 2024, and 5.05 m (16 ft 6 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) for women, set by Yelena Isinbayeva in 2008. Isinbayeva's 2008 mark was a world record at the time and her 2004 victory in 4.91 m ( 16 ft 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) had been the first women's world record in the ...
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 ...