| 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) |
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.
| 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, 252 days | 6 Aug 2001 | |||
| Youngest participant | 18 years, 244 days | 3 Sep 1987 | 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 | 13 Aug 2013 | |||
| Oldest participant | 39 years, 339 days | 30 Aug 2007 | 38 years, 143 days | 15 Aug 2009 | |||
| 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 | |||||||
| 2013–2015 | |||||||
| 10 | 2011–2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 1999–2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Christopher Nilsen | 2022-2023 | ||||||
| Ernest John Obiena | 2022-2023 | ||||||
| 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 | |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 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 | 2017–2019 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |