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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.