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Athletics (Track & Field) World Records



Men's Pole Vault. World Record Progression

HEIGHT   ATHLETE                COUNTRY   DATE       VENUE 
6.14m    Sergey Bubka            (UKR)   31 Jul 94   Sestriere 
6.13m    Sergey Bubka            (UKR)   19 Sep 92   Tokyo 
6.12m    Sergey Bubka            (UKR)   30 Aug 92   Padova 
6.11m    Sergey Bubka            (UKR)   13 Jun 92   Dijon 
6.10m    Sergey Bubka            (URS)   05 Aug 91   Malmo 
6.09m    Sergey Bubka            (URS)   08 Jul 91   Formia 
6.08m    Sergey Bubka            (URS)   09 Jun 91   Moscow 
6.07m    Sergey Bubka            (URS)   06 May 91   Shizuoka 
6.06m    Sergey Bubka            (URS)   10 Jul 88   Nice 
6.05m    Sergey Bubka            (URS)   09 Jun 88   Bratislava 
6.03m    Sergey Bubka            (URS)   23 Jun 87   Prague 
6.01m    Sergey Bubka            (URS)   08 Jun 86   Moscow 
6.00m    Sergey Bubka            (URS)   13 Jun 85   Paris 
5.94m    Sergey Bubka            (URS)   31 Aug 84   Rome 
5.91m    Thierry Vigneron        (FRA)   31 Aug 84   Rome 
5.90m    Sergey Bubka            (URS)   13 Jul 84   London 
5.88m    Sergey Bubka            (URS)   02 Jun 84   Paris 
5.85m    Sergey Bubka            (URS)   26 May 84   Bratislava 
5.83m    Thierry Vigneron        (FRA)   01 Sep 83   Rome 
5.82m    Pierre Quinon           (FRA)   28 Aug 83   Keulen 
5.81m    Vladimir Polyakov       (URS)   26 Jun 81   Tbilisi 
5.80m    Thierry Vigneron        (FRA)   20 Jun 81   Macon 
5.78m    Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz   (POL)   20 Jul 80   Moscow 
5.77m    Philippe Houvion        (FRA)   17 Jul 80   Paris 
5.75m    Thierry Vigneron        (FRA)   01 Jun 80   Colombes 
5.75m    Thierry Vigneron        (FRA)   29 Jun 80   Lille 
5.72m    Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz   (POL)   11 May 80   Milan 
5.70m    Dave Roberts            (USA)   22 Jun 76   Eugene 
5.67m    Earl Bell               (USA)   29 May 76   Wichita 
5.65m    Dave Roberts            (USA)   28 Mar 75   Gainesville 
5.63m    Bob Seagren             (USA)   02 Jul 72   Eugene 
5.59m    Kjell Isaksson          (SWE)   23 May 72   El Paso 
5.59m    Bob Seagren             (USA)   23 May 72   El Paso 
5.55m    Kjell Isaksson          (SWE)   12 Jun 72   Helsingborg 
5.54m    Kjell Isaksson          (SWE)   15 Apr 72   Los Angeles 
5.51m    Kjell Isaksson          (SWE)   08 Apr 72   Austin 
5.49m    Christos Papanikolaou   (GRE)   24 Oct 70   Athens 
5.46m    Wolfgang Nordwig        (GDR)   03 Sep 70   Turin 
5.45m    Wolfgang Nordwig        (GDR)   17 Jun 70   Berlin 
5.44m    John Pennel             (USA)   21 Jun 69   Sacramento 
5.41m    Bob Seagren             (USA)   12 Sep 68   Lake Tahoe 
5.38m    Paul Wilson             (USA)   23 Jun 67   Bakersfield 
5.36m    Bob Seagren             (USA)   10 Jun 67   San Diego 
5.34m    John Pennel             (USA)   23 Jul 66   Los Angeles 
5.32m    Bob Seagren             (USA)   02 Jul 66   Frederick 
5.32m    Bob Seagren             (USA)   14 May 66   Fresno 
5.28m    Fred Hansen             (USA)   25 Jul 64   Los Angeles 
5.23m    Fred Hansen             (USA)   13 Jun 64   San Diego 
5.20m    Fred Hansen             (USA)   05 Jun 64   Houston 
5.20m    John Pennel             (USA)   24 Aug 63   Coral Gables 
5.13m    John Pennel             (USA)   05 Aug 63   London 
5.10m    John Pennel             (USA)   26 Jul 63   Warsaw 
5.10m    John Pennel             (USA)   14 Jul 63   London 
5.08m    Brian Sternberg         (USA)   07 Jun 63   Compton 
5.05m    Brian Sternberg         (USA)   25 May 63   Modesto 
5.05m    John Pennel             (USA)   30 Apr 63   Monroe 
5.00m    Brian Sternberg         (USA)   27 Apr 63   Philadelphia 
4.98m    John Pennel             (USA)   10 Apr 63   Natchitoches 
4.95m    John Pennel             (USA)   23 Mar 63   Memphis 
4.94m    Pentti Nikula           (FIN)   22 Jun 62   Kauhava 
4.93m    David Tork              (USA)   28 Apr 62   Walnut 
4.89m    John Uelses             (USA)   31 Mar 62   Santa Barbara 
4.83m    George Davies           (USA)   20 May 61   Boulder 
4.80m    Donald Bragg            (USA)   02 Jul 60   Palo Alto 
4.78m    Robert Gutowski         (USA)   27 Apr 57   Palo Alto 
4.77m    Cornelius Warmerdam     (USA)   23 May 42   Modesto 
4.74m    Cornelius Warmerdam     (USA)        1942 
4.72m    Cornelius Warmerdam     (USA)   26 Jun 41   Compton 
4.68m    Cornelius Warmerdam     (USA)        1941 
4.64m    Cornelius Warmerdam     (USA)        1941 
4.60m    Cornelius Warmerdam     (USA)   29 Jun 40   Fresno 
4.57m    Cornelius Warmerdam     (USA)         1940 
4.54m    Earl Meadows            (USA)   29 May 37   Los Angeles 
4.54m    William Sefton          (USA)   29 May 37   Los Angeles 
4.48m    Earl Meadows            (USA)   08 May 37   Stanford 
4.45m    Bill Sefton             (USA)   10 Apr 37   Los Angeles 
4.43m    George Varoff           (USA)   04 Jul 36   Princeton 
4.39m    Keith Brown             (USA)   01 Jun 35   Boston 
4.37m    William Graber          (USA)   16 Jul 31   Palo Alto 
4.32m    Charles Hoff (pro)      (USA)   27 Sep 31   Honefoss 
4.30m    Lee Barnes              (USA)   28 Apr 28   Fresno 
4.27m    Sabin Carr              (USA)   27 May 27   Philadelphia 
4.25m    Charles Hoff            (NOR)   27 Sep 25   Turku 
4.23m    Charles Hoff            (NOR)   13 Aug 25   Oslo 
4.22m    Ralph Spearow           (USA)   05 Nov 24   Tokyo 
4.21m    Charles Hoff            (NOR)   22 Jul 23   Copenhagen 
4.21m    Charles Hoff            (NOR)   22 Jul 23   Copenhagen 
4.15m    Charles Hoff            (NOR)   22 Jul 23   Copenhagen 
4.12m    Charles Hoff            (NOR)   22 Jul 22   Copenhagen 
4.09m    Frank Foss              (USA)   20 Aug 20   Antwerp 
4.05m    Frank Foss              (USA)   23 Aug 19   Chicago 
4.02m    Marc Wright             (USA)   08 Jun 12   Cambridge, Mass.

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