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Olympic Games; 1968 Mexico City: Pole vault: 1972 Munich: ... See the Eugene record jump Video on YouTube @ 19:20; ... Men's Pole Vault World Record Holder July 2 ...
Born in Luhansk, Sergey Nazarovych Bubka was a track-and-field athlete in the 100-meter dash and the long jump, but became a world-class champion only when he turned to the pole vault. In 1983, he won the world championship in Helsinki , Finland, and the following year set his first world record, clearing 5.85m (19 ft 2 in).
The first world record in the men's pole vault was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. [1] As of April 20, 2024, 80 world records have been ratified by the IAAF (now World Athletics) in the event.
The French pole vaulter went viral on Aug. 3 after a video of one of his pole vault attempts from the ... victor in the men's pole vault, and set a world record in ... the Games delivered straight ...
He both created a world record and broke his own Olympic record, set 20 minutes earlier. [101] With his title at the Paris Olympics, the 24-year-old Duplantis became the first back-to-back Olympic champion in men's pole vault since American Bob Richards, who won in the 1952 Helsinki Games and the 1956 Melbourne Games. Duplantis and Richards are ...
Smith was United States indoor pole vault champion in 1972–73. [4] He was also the first vaulter to break the 18-foot barrier indoors in 1973. [1] Smith qualified for the 1972 Munich Olympics but failed to make the final. [1] In the Olympic trials, Smith finished second in a top-quality competition – Bob Seagren, the winner, broke the world ...
Sam Kendricks took silver while Sweden's Armand Duplantis broke the world record to ... in the men's pole vault event at the 2024 Paris Games. ... Trials men’s pole vault competition with a meet ...
Mondo celebrates with girlfriend Desire Inglander after setting a world record, 2022. Christian Petersen - Getty Images Duplantis and Inglander at the World Championships, 2023.