Pole vault at the World Athletics Championships explained

Event:	Pole vault
Gender:	Men and women
Firstyearmen:	1983
Lastyearmen:	2023
Firstyearwomen:	1999
Lastyearwomen:	2023
Crmen:	6.21 m Armand Duplantis (2022)
Crwomen:	5.01 m Yelena Isinbayeva (2005)
Reigningwoman:

The pole vault at the World Athletics Championships has been contested by men since 1983 and women since 1999.

The championship records for the event are 6.21 for men, set by Armand Duplantis in 2022, and 5.01 m for women, set by Yelena Isinbayeva in 2005.

Age records

• All information from World Athletics.^[1]

Distinction	Male			Female
	Athlete	Age	Date	Athlete	Age	Date
Youngest champion		19 years, 253 days	14 Aug 1983		23 years, 40 days	25 Aug 2003
Youngest medalist		19 years, 253 days	14 Aug 1983		19 years, 253 days	6 Aug 2017
Youngest finalist		17 years, 271 days	8 Aug 2017		19 years, 253 days	6 Aug 2017
Youngest participant		16 years, 253 days	22 Aug 2015		16 years, 306 days	26 Aug 2007
Oldest champion		33 years, 249 days	10 Aug 1997		31 years, 71 days	13 Aug 2013
Oldest medalist		35 years, 300 days	12 Aug 2013		31 years, 189 days	26 Aug 2015
Oldest finalist		38 years, 335 days	29 Aug 2011		37 years, 236 days	29 Sep 2019
Oldest participant		39 years, 339 days	30 Aug 2007		38 years, 143 days	15 Aug 2009

Medalists

Men

Multiple medalists

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Period	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1			1983–1997	6	0	0	6
2			1991–1999	1	2	2	5
3			2009–2017	0	1	4	5
4	Armand Duplantis		2019-2023	2	1	0	3
5			2015–2019	0	1	2	3
6			2017–2019	2	0	0	2
7			1999–2001	1	1	0	2
			2005–2007	1	1	0	2
			2013–2015	1	1	0	2
10			2011–2015	1	0	1	2
11			1999–2001	0	1	1	2
	Christopher Nilsen		2022-2023	0	1	1	2
	Ernest John Obiena		2022-2023	0	1	1	2

Medals by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1		3	2	2	7
2		3	1	2	6
3		3	0	0	3
4		2	1	1	4
		2	1	1	4
6		1	2	3	6
7		1	1	3	5
8		1	1	2	4
9		1	0	0	1
		1	0	0	1
		1	0	0	1
12		0	4	5	9
13		0	1	1	2
		0	1	1	2
		0	1	1	2
		0	1	1	2
17		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
19		0	0	1	1

Women

Multiple medalists

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Period	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1			2003–2013	3	0	1	4
2	Katie Moon		2022-2023	2	0	0	2
3			2001–2011	1	1	2	4
4			2013–2015	1	0	2	3
5	Nina Kennedy		2022-2023	1	0	1	2
6			2001–2009	0	2	1	3
7			1999–2001	2	0	0	2
8			2011–2015	1	1	0	2
9			2017–2019	1	0	1	2
10			2017–2022	0	3	0	3

Medals by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1		4	5	0	9
2		4	1	3	8
3		1	2	1	4
4		1	1	0	2
5		1	0	1	1
6		1	0	2	3
		1	0	2	3
8		1	0	0	1
9		0	2	0	2
10		0	1	1	2
11		0	1	0	1
12		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1

Championship record progression

Men

Men's pole vault World Championships record progression^[2] !Mark!Athlete!Nation!Year!Round!Date

5.40 m	Sergey Bubka		1983	Final	1983-08-14
	Konstantin Volkov		1983	Final	1983-08-14
	Władysław Kozakiewicz		1983	Final	1983-08-14
	Thierry Vigneron		1983	Final	1983-08-14
	Frantisek Jansa		1983	Final	1983-08-14
	Miro Zalar		1983	Final	1983-08-14
	Tom Hintnaus		1983	Final	1983-08-14
	Felix Bohni		1983	Final	1983-08-14
	Vladimir Polyakov		1983	Final	1983-08-14
	Tadeusz Slusarski		1983	Final	1983-08-14
	Jeff Buckingham		1983	Final	1983-08-14
	Veijo Vannesluoma		1983	Final	1983-08-14
5.50 m	Sergey Bubka		1983	Final	1983-08-14
	Tom Hintnaus		1983	Final	1983-08-14
	Atanas Tarev		1983	Final	1983-08-14
	Patrick Abada		1983	Final	1983-08-14
	Miro Zalar		1983	Final	1983-08-14
5.55 m	Tadeusz Slusarski		1983	Final	1983-08-14
5.60 m	Konstantin Volkov		1983	Final	1983-08-14
	Atanas Tarev		1983	Final	1983-08-14
	Sergey Bubka		1983	Final	1983-08-14
5.70 m	Sergey Bubka		1983	Final	1983-08-14
	Nikolay Nikolov		1987	Final	1987-09-05
	Thierry Vigneron		1987	Final	1987-09-05
	Sergey Bubka		1987	Final	1987-09-05
	Rodion Gataulin		1987	Final	1987-09-05
	Marian Kolasa		1987	Final	1987-09-05
5.80 m	Rodion Gataulin		1987	Final	1987-09-05
	Thierry Vigneron		1987	Final	1987-09-05
	Marian Kolasa		1987	Final	1987-09-05
5.85 m	Sergey Bubka		1987	Final	1987-09-05
5.90 m	Istvan Bagyula		1991	Final	1991-08-29
5.95 m	Sergey Bubka		1991	Final	1991-08-29
6.00 m	Sergey Bubka		1993	Final	1993-08-19
6.01 m	Sergey Bubka		1997	Final	1997-08-10
6.02 m	Maksim Tarasov		1999	Final	1999-08-26
6.05 m	Dmitriy Markov		2001	Final	2001-08-09
6.06 m	Armand Duplantis		2022	Final	2022-07-24
6.21 m	Armand Duplantis		2022	Final	2022-07-24

Women

Women's pole vault World Championships record progression^[3] !Time!Athlete!Nation!Year!Round!Date

4.40 m	Nicole Humbert		1999	Final	1999-08-21
	Zsuzsanna Szabo		1999	Final	1999-08-21
	Stacy Dragila		1999	Final	1999-08-21
	Pavla Hamackova		1999	Final	1999-08-21
	Daniela Bartova		1999	Final	1999-08-21
4.45 m	Tatiana Grigorieva		1999	Final	1999-08-21
	Anzhela Balakhonova		1999	Final	1999-08-21
	Stacy Dragila		1999	Final	1999-08-21
4.50 m	Anzhela Balakhonova		1999	Final	1999-08-21
	Stacy Dragila		1999	Final	1999-08-21
4.55 m	Anzhela Balakhonova		1999	Final	1999-08-21
	Stacy Dragila		1999	Final	1999-08-21
4.60 m	Stacy Dragila		1999	Final	1999-08-21
4.60 m	Stacy Dragila		2001	Final	2001-08-06
	Svetlana Feofanova		2001	Final	2001-08-06
4.65 m	Stacy Dragila		2001	Final	2001-08-06
	Svetlana Feofanova		2001	Final	2001-08-06
4.70 m	Stacy Dragila		2001	Final	2001-08-06
	Svetlana Feofanova		2001	Final	2001-08-06
4.75 m	Svetlana Feofanova		2001	Final	2003-08-25
	Stacy Dragila		2001	Final	2001-08-06
	Svetlana Feofanova		2001	Final	2003-08-25
5.01 m	Yelena Isinbayeva		2005	Final	2005-08-12

See also

• Pole vault
• Pole vault at the Olympics

Bibliography

• Book: Butler, Mark . World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 Statistics Book . . 2023.

External links

• Official World Athletics website

Notes and References

1. World Athletics Championships - Budapest 23 Statistical Booklet . . 42-45.
2. http://trackfield.brinkster.net/RecProgression.asp?RecCode=WC&EventCode=MF2&P=F Main > Men's Pole Vault > World Championships Records Progression
3. http://trackfield.brinkster.net/RecProgression.asp?RecCode=WC&EventCode=WF2&P=F Main > Women's pole vault > World Championships Records Progression