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[3] [4] As of 25 August 2016, he holds the French national records for the highest pole vault clearance both outdoors (6.05 m) and indoors (6.16 m). The 6.16 was the absolute world record for the pole vault for over six years, 2014–2020. He was the pole vault overall winner of the IAAF Diamond League in seven consecutive years, from 2010 to 2016.
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).
The men's pole vault was a competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 8–10 August. [1] Thirty-two athletes from 23 nations competed. [2] The event was won by Renaud Lavillenie of France, the nation's first victory in the event since 1996 and third overall.
The latest social media sensation coming out of the Paris Olympics is a French pole vaulter who experienced a eye-grabbing, ... In the hopes of making it to the men’s pole vault finals on Aug. 5 ...
The French pole vaulter went viral on Aug. 3 after a video of one of his pole vault attempts from the Paris Olympics made it appear like he knocked down the crossbar with his "bulge."
Neither man was successful at clearing 5.80m. Quinon thus won the gold medal with a height of 5.75m, becoming the first French Olympic male pole vault champion (the French had never even won a single medal in this event in previous Olympic Games) and the first French Olympic male or female gold medallist in any jumping event.
Abaca Press/INSTARimages Against all odds, Anthony Ammirati has become one of the faces of the 2024 Summer Olympics without even coming close to the podium. The French pole vaulter, 21, went viral ...
Olympic Games: Paris, France [68] High jump: 1.96 m [69] Maryse Éwanjé-Épée: 21 July 1985 Colombes, France Melanie Melfort: 11 August 2007 Castres, France Pole vault: 4.75 m Ninon Guillon-Romarin: 20 July 2018 Herculis: Fontvieille, Monaco [70] Long jump: 7.05 m (−0.4 m/s) Eunice Barber: 14 September 2003 IAAF World Athletics Final ...