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Elnesvågen, Norway 3000 m steeplechase: 8:12.05 Jim Svenøy: 22 August 1997 Memorial Van Damme: Brussels, Belgium High jump: 2.36 m Steinar Hoen: 1 July 1997 Bislett Games: Oslo, Norway Pole vault: 5.86 m [b] Pål Haugen Lillefosse: 25 June 2022 Stjørdal, Norway Sondre Guttormsen: 8 September 2022 Weltklasse Zürich: Zürich, Switzerland [31 ...
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).
Weight: 161 lb (73 kg) [4] ... 2023 Norwegian U23s • Pole vault, 1st ; Personal bests: ... He is the brother of Olympic pole vaulter Sondre Guttormsen.
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
Three weeks after earning a gold medal and setting a world record at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Armand Duplantis keeps making history. On Sunday, the 24-year-old Swedish pole vaulter set yet another ...
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 ...
The introduction in the early 1950s of flexible vaulting poles made from composites such as fiberglass or carbon fiber allowed vaulters to achieve greater height. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The present record of 6.26 m ( 20 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) was set by Armand Duplantis , competing for Sweden at the Silesia Diamond League .
Katie Nageotte was overcome with emotion after her wild year led to Olympic pole vault gold. ... She then wanted to try for Sandi Morris' American record — it's 5.00 meters, or 16 feet, 4.75 ...