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In doing so, he raised his pesonal best by a massive 12 cm and it made him the youngest ever at 18-years-old to win a men's field event in the 84-year history of the championship [49] [50] and also the youngest ever to join the exclusive 6.00 m club. Even Sergey Bubka, the greatest pole vaulter of all then, did not clear 6.00 m until he was 21 ...
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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.
Brian Sternberg (June 21, 1943 – May 23, 2013) [2] was a world record holder in the men's pole vault who was paralyzed from the neck down after a trampoline accident in 1963. Sternberg set one of his world records on May 25, 1963, in Modesto , California jumping 16 feet 7 inches (5.05 m) using new technology for the sport, a fiberglass pole.
The earliest recorded pole vaulting competition in England where height was measured took place at the Ulverston Football and Cricket Club, Lancashire, north of the sands, in 1843. [5] Pole vault was one of the athletics events of the inaugural Olympic Games in 1896. [1] Originally, poles were made of ash and from hickory wood.
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This is a list of the NCAA Division I outdoor champions in the pole vault. Measurement of the jumps was conducted in imperial distances (feet and inches) until 1975. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were measured in metric distances. The women's event was introduced in 1998.