Men 's pole vault world record progression - wikipedia Men 's pole vault world record progression Not to be confused with Men 's pole vault indoor world record progression. The first world record in the men 's pole vault was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. As of June 21, 2009, 71 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event. The introduction in the early 1950s of flexible vaulting poles made from composites such as fiberglass or carbon fiber allowed vaulters to achieve greater height. Contents 1 Record progression 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Record progression Record Athlete Nation Venue Date # 4.02 m ( 13 ft 2 ​ ⁄ in ) Marc Wright United States Cambridge, U.S. June 8, 1912 4.09 m ( 13 ft 5 in ) Frank Foss United States Antwerp, Belgium August 20, 1920 4.12 m ( 13 ft 6 in ) Charles Hoff Norway Copenhagen, Denmark September 22, 1922 4.21 m ( 13 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Charles Hoff Norway Copenhagen, Denmark July 22, 1923 4.23 m ( 13 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Charles Hoff Norway Oslo, Norway August 13, 1925 4.25 m ( 13 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) Charles Hoff Norway Turku, Finland September 27, 1925 4.27 m ( 14 ft 0 in ) Sabin Carr United States Philadelphia, U.S. May 27, 1927 4.30 m ( 14 ft 1 ​ ⁄ in ) Lee Barnes United States Fresno, U.S. April 28, 1928 4.37 m ( 14 ft 4 in ) William Graber United States Palo Alto, U.S. July 16, 1932 4.39 m ( 14 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Keith Brown United States Boston, U.S. June 1, 1935 4.43 m ( 14 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) George Varoff United States Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. July 4, 1936 4.54 m ( 14 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Bill Sefton United States Los Angeles, U.S. May 29, 1937 4.54 m ( 14 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Earle Meadows United States Los Angeles, U.S. May 29, 1937 4.60 m ( 15 ft 1 in ) Cornelius Warmerdam United States Fresno, U.S. June 29, 1940 4.72 m ( 15 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Cornelius Warmerdam United States Compton, U.S. June 26, 1941 4.77 m ( 15 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Cornelius Warmerdam United States Modesto, U.S. May 23, 1942 4.78 m ( 15 ft 8 in ) Robert Gutowski United States Palo Alto, U.S. April 27, 1957 4.80 m ( 15 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Don Bragg United States Palo Alto, U.S. July 2, 1960 4.83 m ( 15 ft 10 in ) George Davies United States Boulder, U.S. May 20, 1961 4.89 m ( 16 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) John Uelses United States Santa Barbara, U.S. March 31, 1962 4.93 m ( 16 ft 2 in ) Dave Tork United States Walnut, U.S. April 28, 1962 4.94 m ( 16 ft 2 ​ ⁄ in ) Pentti Nikula Finland Kauhava, Finland June 22, 1962 5.00 m ( 16 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Brian Sternberg United States Philadelphia, U.S. April 27, 1963 5.08 m ( 16 ft 8 in ) Brian Sternberg United States Compton, U.S. June 7, 1963 5.13 m ( 16 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) John Pennel United States London, England August 5, 1963 5.20 m ( 17 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) John Pennel United States Coral Gables, U.S. August 24, 1963 5.23 m ( 17 ft 1 ​ ⁄ in ) Fred Hansen United States San Diego, U.S. June 13, 1964 5.28 m ( 17 ft 3 ​ ⁄ in ) Fred Hansen United States Los Angeles, U.S. July 25, 1964 5.32 m ( 17 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Bob Seagren United States Fresno, U.S. May 14, 1966 5.34 m ( 17 ft 6 in ) John Pennel United States Los Angeles, U.S. July 23, 1966 5.36 m ( 17 ft 7 in ) Bob Seagren United States San Diego, U.S. June 10, 1967 5.38 m ( 17 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Paul Wilson United States Bakersfield, U.S. June 23, 1967 5.41 m ( 17 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) A Bob Seagren United States Echo Summit, U.S. September 12, 1968 5.44 m ( 17 ft 10 in ) John Pennel United States Sacramento, U.S. June 21, 1969 5.45 m ( 17 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Wolfgang Nordwig East Germany Berlin, Germany June 17, 1970 5.46 m ( 17 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Wolfgang Nordwig East Germany Turin, Italy September 3, 1970 5.49 m ( 18 ft 0 in ) Christos Papanikolaou Greece Athens, Greece October 24, 1970 5.51 m ( 18 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) Kjell Isaksson Sweden Austin, U.S. April 8, 1972 5.54 m ( 18 ft 2 in ) Kjell Isaksson Sweden Los Angeles, U.S. April 15, 1972 5.55 m ( 18 ft 2 ​ ⁄ in ) Kjell Isaksson Sweden Helsingborg, Sweden June 12, 1972 5.63 m ( 18 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Bob Seagren United States Eugene, U.S. July 2, 1972 5.65 m ( 18 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) David Roberts United States Gainesville, U.S. March 28, 1975 5.67 m ( 18 ft 7 in ) Earl Bell United States Wichita, U.S. May 29, 1976 5.70 m ( 18 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) David Roberts United States Eugene, U.S. June 22, 1976 5.72 m ( 18 ft 9 in ) Władysław Kozakiewicz Poland Milan, Italy May 11, 1980 5.75 m ( 18 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Thierry Vigneron France Paris, France June 1, 1980 5.75 m ( 18 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Thierry Vigneron France Lille, France June 29, 1980 5.77 m ( 18 ft 11 in ) Philippe Houvion France Paris, France July 17, 1980 5.78 m ( 18 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) Władysław Kozakiewicz Poland Moscow, Soviet Union July 30, 1980 5.80 m ( 19 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) Thierry Vigneron France Mâcon, France June 20, 1981 5.81 m ( 19 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) Vladimir Polyakov Soviet Union Tbilisi, Soviet Union June 26, 1981 5.82 m ( 19 ft 1 in ) Pierre Quinon France Cologne, Germany August 28, 1983 5.83 m ( 19 ft 1 ​ ⁄ in ) Thierry Vigneron France Rome, Italy September 1, 1983 5.85 m ( 19 ft 2 ​ ⁄ in ) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union Bratislava, Czechoslovakia May 26, 1984 5.88 m ( 19 ft 3 ​ ⁄ in ) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union Paris, France June 2, 1984 5.90 m ( 19 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union London, England July 13, 1984 5.91 m ( 19 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Thierry Vigneron France Rome, Italy August 31, 1984 5 5.94 m ( 19 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union Rome, Italy August 31, 1984 6.00 m ( 19 ft 8 in ) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union Paris, France July 13, 1985 5 6.01 m ( 19 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union June 8, 1986 6 6.03 m ( 19 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union Prague, Czechoslovakia June 23, 1987 7 6.05 m ( 19 ft 10 in ) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union Bratislava, Czechoslovakia June 9, 1988 8 6.06 m ( 19 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union Nice, France July 10, 1988 9 6.07 m ( 19 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union Shizuoka, Japan May 6, 1991 10 6.08 m ( 19 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union June 9, 1991 11 6.09 m ( 19 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union Formia, Italy July 8, 1991 12 6.10 m ( 20 ft 0 in ) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union Malmö, Sweden August 5, 1991 13 6.11 m ( 20 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) Sergey Bubka Ukraine Dijon, France June 13, 1992 14 6.12 m ( 20 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) Sergey Bubka Ukraine Padua, Italy August 30, 1992 15 6.13 m ( 20 ft 1 ​ ⁄ in ) Sergey Bubka Ukraine Tokyo, Japan September 19, 1992 16 6.14 m ( 20 ft 1 ​ ⁄ in ) A Sergey Bubka Ukraine Sestriere, Italy July 31, 1994 17 6.16 m ( 20 ft 2 ​ ⁄ in ) i Renaud Lavillenie France Donetsk, Ukraine February 15, 2014 A = mark set at altitude i = indoor mark See also Men 's pole vault indoor world record progression Women 's pole vault world record progression List of pole vaulters who reached 6 metres References ^ Jump up to : `` 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics : IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009 '' ( PDF ). Monte Carlo : IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 555 -- 6. Archived from the original ( pdf ) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 5, 2009. Jump up ^ The numbered occurrence of the athlete breaking the world record, in other words `` # 7 '' would indicate the 7th time the athlete broke the world record. Jump up ^ `` From 2000, IAAF Rule 260.18 s ( formerly 260.6. a ) was amended to say world records ( as opposed to indoor world records ) can be set in a facility ' with or without a roof. ' So far, only one event - the women 's pole vault - has been affected by this change, which was not applied retrospectively. '' `` Archived copy '' ( PDF ). Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 2011 - 06 - 29. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 05. ( p. 546 ) Sergey Bubka set an indoor record of 6.15 m ( 20 ft 2 in ) on February 21, 1993, in excess of the outdoor record, before this rule came into effect. Lavillenie 's indoor world record was set after the rule came into effect, and thus since it exceeds Bubka 's 6.14 m ( 20 ft 1 ​ ⁄ in ) set outdoors, it is also the world record. Jump up ^ `` Progression of IAAF World Records -- 2015 edition '' ( pdf ). Monte Carlo : IAAF. 2015. pp. 163 -- 171. Retrieved 16 August 2016. 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Question: what is the world record for the highest pole vault
Answer: 6.16 m (20 ft 2​1⁄2 in)