Men's pole vault world record progression

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Not to be confused with Men's pole vault indoor world record progression.

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. Since 2000, World Athletics makes no distinction between indoor and outdoor settings when establishing pole vault world records. This new rule was not applied retroactively. 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 6.30 m (20 ft 8 in) was set by Armand Duplantis, competing at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[4]

Record progression

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This table lists jumps ratified by World Athletics (formerly the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)) as world records, which includes tying or surpassing the existing record.

Ratified
Not ratified
Ratified but later rescinded
Pending ratification
Mark Athlete Nation Venue Date #[a]
3.15 m (10 ft 4 in) Francis Temple United Kingdom Woolwich October 6, 1849[5] 1
3.21 m (10 ft 6+1⁄4 in) Robert Mitchell London June 19, 1868[5] 1
3.225 m (10 ft 6+3⁄4 in) Edwin Woodburn Newton August 31, 1872[5] 1
Lancaster June 2, 1873[5] 2
William Kelsey Sheffield July 7, 1873[5] 1
John Wigfull 1
Edwin Woodburn London March 30, 1874[5] 3
John Wigfull Sheffield July 5, 1875[5] 2
3.38 m (11 ft 1 in) A. Hammond Bury St.Edmunds March 30, 1876[5] 1
Edwin Woodburn Ulverston July 21, 1876[5] 4
3.42 m (11 ft 2+1⁄2 in) Thomas Ray September 19, 1879[5] 1
3.43 m (11 ft 3 in) Birmingham July 16, 1881[5] 2
3.455 m (11 ft 4 in) Bradford August 12, 1882[5] 3
Nottingham June 16, 1883[5] 4
3.465 m (11 ft 4+1⁄4 in) Preston August 18, 1883[5] 5
3.48 m (11 ft 5 in) Grasmere August 20, 1885[5] 6
3.485 m (11 ft 5 in) Whitehaven August 13, 1886[5] 7
3.505 m (11 ft 5+3⁄4 in) Grasmere August 18, 1887[5] 8
3.52 m (11 ft 6+1⁄2 in) Whitehaven August 19, 1887[5] 9
3.53 m (11 ft 6+3⁄4 in) Ernest Stones Southport June 2, 1888[5] 1
3.555 m (11 ft 7+3⁄4 in) Thomas Ray Barrow September 22, 1888[5] 10
3.57 m (11 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Ernest Stones Grasmere August 23, 1889[5] 2
3.58 m (11 ft 8+3⁄4 in) Richard Dickenson Kidderminster July 4, 1891[5] 1
3.62 m (11 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Raymond Clapp File:Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg United States Chicago June 16, 1898[5] 1
3.69 m (12 ft 1+1⁄4 in) Norman Dole Berkeley April 23, 1904[5] 1
3.69 m (12 ft 1+1⁄4 in) Fernand Gonder File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg France Paris June 26, 1904[5] 1
3.74 m (12 ft 3 in) Gradignan June 4, 1905[5] 2
3.78 m (12 ft 4+3⁄4 in) Leroy Samse File:Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg United States Chicago June 2, 1906[5] 1
3.79 m (12 ft 5 in) Walter Dray New Haven May 18, 1907[5] 1
3.82 m (12 ft 6+1⁄4 in) Philadelphia April 25, 1908[5] 2
3.855 m (12 ft 7+3⁄4 in) Alfred Gilbert June 6, 1908[5] 1
3.86 m (12 ft 7+3⁄4 in) New Haven June 12, 1908[5] 2
3.90 m (12 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Walter Dray Danbury June 13, 1908[5] 3
3.91 m (12 ft 9+3⁄4 in) Leland Scott File:Flag of the United States (1908-1912).svg United States Berkeley April 30, 1910[5] 1
3.93 m (12 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Boulder May 27, 1910[5] 2
3.985 m (13 ft 3⁄4 in) Robert Gardner Philadelphia June 1, 1912[5] 1
4.02 m (13 ft 2+1⁄4 in) Marc Wright Cambridge, U.S. June 8, 1912[1] 1
4.09 m (13 ft 5 in) Frank Foss File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Antwerp, Belgium August 20, 1920[1] 1
4.12 m (13 ft 6 in) Charles Hoff File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway Copenhagen, Denmark September 22, 1922[1] 1
4.21 m (13 ft 9+1⁄2 in) July 22, 1923[1] 2
4.23 m (13 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Oslo, Norway August 13, 1925[1] 3
4.25 m (13 ft 11+1⁄4 in) Turku, Finland September 27, 1925[1] 4
4.27 m (14 ft 0 in) Sabin Carr File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Philadelphia, U.S. May 28, 1927[1] 1
4.30 m (14 ft 1+1⁄4 in) Lee Barnes Fresno, U.S. April 28, 1928[1] 1
4.37 m (14 ft 4 in) William Graber Palo Alto, U.S. July 16, 1932[1] 1
4.39 m (14 ft 4+3⁄4 in) Keith Brown Boston, U.S. June 1, 1935[1] 1
4.43 m (14 ft 6+1⁄4 in) George Varoff Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. July 4, 1936[1] 1
4.54 m (14 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Bill Sefton Los Angeles, U.S. May 29, 1937[1] 1
Earle Meadows 1
4.60 m (15 ft 1 in) Cornelius Warmerdam Fresno, U.S. June 29, 1940[1] 1
4.72 m (15 ft 5+3⁄4 in) Compton, U.S. June 26, 1941[1] 2
4.77 m (15 ft 7+3⁄4 in) Modesto, U.S. May 23, 1942[1] 3
4.78 m (15 ft 8 in) Robert Gutowski Palo Alto, U.S. April 27, 1957[1] 1
4.80 m (15 ft 8+3⁄4 in) Don Bragg File:Flag of the United States (1959–1960).svg United States July 2, 1960[1] 1
4.83 m (15 ft 10 in) George Davies File:Flag of the United States (Web Colors).svg United States Boulder, U.S. May 20, 1961[1] 1
4.89 m (16 ft 1⁄2 in) John Uelses Santa Barbara, U.S. March 31, 1962[1] 1
4.93 m (16 ft 2 in) Dave Tork Walnut, U.S. April 28, 1962[1] 1
4.94 m (16 ft 2+1⁄4 in) Pentti Nikula File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Kauhava, Finland June 22, 1962[1] 1
5.00 m (16 ft 4+3⁄4 in) Brian Sternberg File:Flag of the United States (Web Colors).svg United States Philadelphia, U.S. April 27, 1963[1] 1
5.08 m (16 ft 8 in) Compton, U.S. June 7, 1963[1] 2
5.13 m (16 ft 9+3⁄4 in) John Pennel London, England August 5, 1963[1] 1
5.20 m (17 ft 1⁄2 in) Coral Gables, U.S. August 24, 1963[1] 2
5.23 m (17 ft 1+3⁄4 in) Fred Hansen San Diego, U.S. June 13, 1964[1] 1
5.28 m (17 ft 3+3⁄4 in) Los Angeles, U.S. July 25, 1964[1] 2
5.32 m (17 ft 5+1⁄4 in) Bob Seagren Fresno, U.S. May 14, 1966[1] 1
5.34 m (17 ft 6 in) John Pennel Los Angeles, U.S. July 23, 1966[1] 3
5.36 m (17 ft 7 in) Bob Seagren San Diego, U.S. June 10, 1967[1] 2
5.38 m (17 ft 7+3⁄4 in) Paul Wilson Bakersfield, U.S. June 23, 1967[1] 1
5.41 m (17 ft 8+3⁄4 in) A Bob Seagren Echo Summit, U.S. September 12, 1968[1] 3
5.44 m (17 ft 10 in) John Pennel Sacramento, U.S. June 21, 1969[1] 4
5.45 m (17 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Wolfgang Nordwig File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany Berlin, Germany June 17, 1970[1] 1
5.46 m (17 ft 10+3⁄4 in) Turin, Italy September 3, 1970[1] 2
5.49 m (18 ft 0 in) Christos Papanikolaou File:Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece Athens, Greece October 24, 1970[1] 1
5.51 m (18 ft 3⁄4 in) Kjell Isaksson File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Austin, U.S. April 8, 1972[1] 1
5.54 m (18 ft 2 in) Los Angeles, U.S. April 15, 1972[1] 2
5.55 m (18 ft 2+1⁄2 in) Helsingborg, Sweden June 12, 1972[1] 3
5.63 m (18 ft 5+1⁄2 in) Bob Seagren File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Eugene, U.S. July 2, 1972[1] 4
5.65 m (18 ft 6+1⁄4 in) David Roberts Gainesville, U.S. March 28, 1975[1] 1
5.67 m (18 ft 7 in) Earl Bell Wichita, U.S. May 29, 1976[1] 1
5.70 m (18 ft 8+1⁄4 in) David Roberts Eugene, U.S. June 22, 1976[1] 2
5.72 m (18 ft 9 in) Władysław Kozakiewicz File:Flag of Poland (1928–1980).svg Poland Milan, Italy May 11, 1980[1] 1
5.75 m (18 ft 10+1⁄4 in) Thierry Vigneron File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France Paris, France June 1, 1980[1] 1
5.75 m (18 ft 10+1⁄4 in) Lille, France June 29, 1980[1] 2
5.77 m (18 ft 11 in) Philippe Houvion Paris, France July 17, 1980[1] 1
5.78 m (18 ft 11+1⁄2 in) Władysław Kozakiewicz File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland Moscow, Soviet Union July 30, 1980[1] 2
5.80 m (19 ft 1⁄4 in) Thierry Vigneron File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France Mâcon, France June 20, 1981[1] 3
5.81 m (19 ft 1⁄2 in) Vladimir Polyakov File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Tbilisi, Soviet Union June 26, 1981[1] 1
5.82 m (19 ft 1 in) Pierre Quinon File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France Cologne, Germany August 28, 1983[1] 1
5.83 m (19 ft 1+1⁄2 in) Thierry Vigneron Rome, Italy September 1, 1983[1] 4
5.85 m (19 ft 2+1⁄4 in) Sergey Bubka File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Bratislava, Czechoslovakia May 26, 1984[1] 1
5.88 m (19 ft 3+1⁄4 in) Paris, France June 2, 1984[1] 2
5.90 m (19 ft 4+1⁄4 in) London, England July 13, 1984[1] 3
5.91 m (19 ft 4+1⁄2 in) Thierry Vigneron File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France Rome, Italy August 31, 1984[1] 5
5.94 m (19 ft 5+3⁄4 in) Sergey Bubka File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 4
6.00 m (19 ft 8 in) Paris, France July 13, 1985[1] 5
6.01 m (19 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Moscow, Soviet Union July 8, 1986[1] 6
6.03 m (19 ft 9+1⁄4 in) Prague, Czechoslovakia June 23, 1987[1] 7
6.05 m (19 ft 10 in) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia June 9, 1988[1] 8
6.06 m (19 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Nice, France July 10, 1988[1] 9
6.07 m (19 ft 10+3⁄4 in) Shizuoka, Japan May 6, 1991[1] 10
6.08 m (19 ft 11+1⁄4 in) Moscow, Soviet Union June 9, 1991[1] 11
6.09 m (19 ft 11+3⁄4 in) Formia, Italy July 8, 1991[1] 12
6.10 m (20 ft 0 in) Malmö, Sweden August 5, 1991[1] 13
6.11 m (20 ft 1⁄2 in) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Dijon, France June 13, 1992[1] 14
6.12 m (20 ft 3⁄4 in) Padua, Italy August 30, 1992[1] 15
6.13 m (20 ft 1+1⁄4 in) Tokyo, Japan September 19, 1992[1] 16
6.14 m (20 ft 1+1⁄2 in) A[b] Sestriere, Italy July 31, 1994[1] 17
6.16 m (20 ft 2+1⁄2 in) i[7] Renaud Lavillenie File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France Donetsk, Ukraine February 15, 2014 1
6.17 m (20 ft 2+3⁄4 in) i Armand Duplantis File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Toruń, Poland February 8, 2020 1
6.18 m (20 ft 3+1⁄4 in) i Glasgow, UK February 15, 2020 2
6.19 m (20 ft 3+1⁄2 in) i Belgrade, Serbia March 7, 2022 3
6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) i March 20, 2022 4
6.21 m (20 ft 4+1⁄4 in) Eugene, U.S. July 24, 2022 5
6.22 m (20 ft 4+3⁄4 in) i Clermont-Ferrand, France February 25, 2023 6
6.23 m (20 ft 5+1⁄4 in) Eugene, U.S. September 17, 2023 7
6.24 m (20 ft 5+1⁄2 in) Xiamen, China April 20, 2024 8
6.25 m (20 ft 6 in) Paris, France August 5, 2024 9
6.26 m (20 ft 6+1⁄4 in) Chorzów, Poland August 25, 2024 10
6.27 m (20 ft 6+3⁄4 in) i Clermont-Ferrand, France February 28, 2025 11
6.28 m (20 ft 7 in) Stockholm, Sweden June 15, 2025[8] 12
6.29 m (20 ft 7+1⁄2 in) Budapest, Hungary August 12, 2025[9] 13
6.30 m (20 ft 8 in) Tokyo, Japan September 15, 2025[10] 14
Notes:
  1. ^ The numbered occurrence of the athlete breaking the world record, in other words "#7" would indicate the 7th time the athlete broke the world record.
  2. ^ "From 2000, IAAF Rule 260.18s (formerly 260.6.a) was amended to say world records (as opposed to indoor world records) can be set in a facility 'with or without a roof.' So far, only one event - the women's pole vault - has been affected by this change, which was not applied retrospectively."[6] Sergey Bubka set an indoor record of 6.15 m (20 ft 2 in) on February 21, 1993, in excess of the outdoor record, before this rule came into effect. Lavillenie's indoor world record was set after the rule came into effect, and thus since it exceeded Bubka's 6.14 m (20 ft 1+1⁄2 in) set outdoors, it also became the outright world record, the first indoor mark to do so in this event.

See also

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References

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