The pole vault at the World Athletics Championships has been contested by men since 1983 and women since 1999.
Pole vault at the World Athletics Championships | |
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Overview | |
Gender | Men and women |
Years held | Men: 1983 – 2023 Women: 1999 – 2023 |
Championship record | |
Men | 6.21 m Armand Duplantis (2022) |
Women | 5.01 m Yelena Isinbayeva (2005) |
Reigning champion | |
Men | Armand Duplantis (SWE) |
Women | Katie Nageotte (USA) |
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 edit
- All information from IAAF[1]
Distinction | Male | Female | ||||
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Athlete | Age | Date | Athlete | Age | Date | |
Youngest champion | Sergey Bubka (URS) | 19 years, 253 days | 14 Aug 1983 | Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) | 23 years, 40 days | 25 Aug 2003 |
Youngest medalist | Sergey Bubka (URS) | 19 years, 253 days | 14 Aug 1983 | Robeilys Peinado (VEN) | 19 years, 252 days | 6 Aug 2001 |
Youngest participant | István Bagyula (HUN) | 18 years, 244 days | 3 Sep 1987 | Vicky Parnov (AUS) | 16 years, 306 days | 26 Aug 2007 |
Oldest champion | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 33 years, 249 days | 10 Aug 1997 | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 31 years, 71 days | 13 Aug 2013 |
Oldest medalist | Björn Otto (GER) | 35 years, 300 days | 12 Aug 2013 | Jenn Suhr (USA) | 31 years, 189 days | 13 Aug 2013 |
Oldest participant | Jeff Hartwig (USA) | 39 years, 339 days | 30 Aug 2007 | Stacy Dragila (USA) | 38 years, 143 days | 15 Aug 2009 |
Medalists edit
Men edit
Multiple medalists edit
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Period | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Sergey Bubka | Ukraine (UKR) | 1983–1997 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
2 | Maksim Tarasov | Russia (RUS) | 1991–1999 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
3 | Renaud Lavillenie | France (FRA) | 2009–2017 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
4 | Armand Duplantis | Sweden (SWE) | 2019-2023 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Piotr Lisek | Poland (POL) | 2015–2019 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
6 | Sam Kendricks | United States (USA) | 2017–2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Dmitri Markov | Australia (AUS) | 1999–2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Brad Walker | United States (USA) | 2005–2007 | |||||
Raphael Holzdeppe | Germany (GER) | 2013–2015 | |||||
10 | Paweł Wojciechowski | Poland (POL) | 2011–2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
11 | Romain Mesnil | France (FRA) | 2007–2009 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
12 | Aleksandr Averbukh | Israel (ISR) | 1999–2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Christopher Nilsen | United States (USA) | 2022-2023 |
Medals by country edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
3 | Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Sweden (SWE) Australia (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
5 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
6 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
7 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
8 | Canada (CAN) Italy (ITA) Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
9 | France (FRA) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
10 | Israel (ISR) Cuba (CUB) Hungary (HUN) Philippines (PHL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
11 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Women edit
Multiple medalists edit
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Period | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia (RUS) | 2003–2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
2 | Katie Moon | United States (USA) | 2022-2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia (RUS) | 2001–2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
4 | Yarisley Silva | Cuba (CUB) | 2013–2015 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
5 | Nina Kennedy | Australia (AUS) | 2022-2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Monika Pyrek | Poland (POL) | 2001–2009 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Stacy Dragila | United States (USA) | 1999–2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Fabiana Murer | Brazil (BRA) | 2011–2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Ekaterini Stefanidi | Greece (GRE) | 2017–2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Sandi Morris | United States (USA) | 2017–2019 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Medals by country edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
2 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
3 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
4 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
6 | Cuba (CUB) Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
7 | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Venezuela (VEN) Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Butler 2015, pp. 41–43.
Bibliography edit
- Butler, Mark (2015). IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 Statistics Book. IAAF.