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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).
He is a three-time indoor and six-time outdoor national champion (2014–2019), the 2016 Olympics bronze [3] [4] and 2024 Olympics silver medalist, and the 2017 and 2019 World Champion. In 2019, Kendricks set the American pole vault record at 6.06 m, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] tying him with Steve Hooker for fourth all time .
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]
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 ...
If you needed more proof of just how iconic Turkish pistol shooter Yusuf Dikeç has become during these 2024 Paris Olympics, look no further than Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis.
In spite of its longer history, the men's Olympic event has only seen three world record marks – a clearance of 4.09 m (13 ft 5 in) by Frank Foss at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, Władysław Kozakiewicz's vault of 5.78 m (18 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) to win at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and Armand Duplantis' 2024 winning clearance of 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in).
Former Ole Miss pole vaulter Sam Kendricks will represent the United States at the 2024 Paris Olympics after all.. Kendricks claimed his place in Paris by winning the men's pole vault event at the ...
Men's pole vault: Chris Nilsen; Women's high jump: Yaroslava Mahuchikh; February 23: World Indoor Tour Madrid in Madrid. Women's 400 m: Andrea Miklós; 800 m: Catalin Tecuceanu (m) / Worknesh Mesele (f) Women's 1500 m: Ludovica Cavalli; Men's 3000 m: Narve Gilje Nordås; 60 m hurdles: Lorenzo Simonelli (m) / Devynne Charlton (f) Men's pole ...