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The first world record in the women's pole vault was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1994. The inaugural record, 4.05 metres by Sun Caiyun of China set in 1992, was the world's best mark as of December 31, 1994. [1] As of June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 54 world records in the event. [2]
The championship records for the event are 6.21 for men, set by Armand Duplantis in 2022, and 5.01 m for women, set by Yelena Isinbayeva in 2005. The world record has been broken three times total at the World Championships: the men's record by Duplantis in 2022, and the women's record by Dragila and Isinbayeva in 1999 and 2005 respectively.
Six women cleared 4.80 m, a record for the event. Prior to 2019, the maximum number of women who cleared 4.80 m in a World Championship final was three, in 2013 and 2015 . In fact, the winning height of 4.95 m would have won all previous World Championships except for 2005 when Yelena Isinbayeva won with a then-world record of 5.01 m.
The women's pole vault competition of the athletics events at the 2023 Pan American Games took place on November 2 at the Julio Martínez National Stadium. Records [ edit ]
Armand Duplantis breaks pole vault world record for eighth time, soaring to 6.24 meters. Issy Ronald, CNN. April 20, 2024 at 11:34 AM. ... In a closely fought women’s 200 meters, 19-year-old ...
She competed in multi-events before focusing on pole vault in 2019. As a 15 year-old she cleared a height of 3.80 metres at the Austrian Championships in June 2021, finishing runner-up in the senior championhips. Indoors the previous winter, she cleared 3.62 metres. Both marks were Austrian national U16 records. [2] [3]
Holly Bethan Bradshaw (née Bleasdale, born 2 November 1991) is an English track and field athlete who specialises in the pole vault.She used to be the British record holder in the event indoors and outdoors, with clearances of 4.87 metres (2012 indoors) and 4.90 metres (2021 outdoors).
Yang started pole vaulting in 2006 but suffered a career ending spinal injury in 2009. In 2010, she made an unexpected return, breaking her previous national record of 3.75m with a new mark of 3.81m, making her the first Singaporean to qualify for this event at the Asian Games. [2] Yang briefly retired in 2012 after marrying her coach, David Yeo.