Pole vault at the Olympics - wikipedia Pole vault at the Olympics Pole vault at the Olympic Games The 1904 pole vault competition Overview Sport Athletics Gender Men and women Years held Men : 1896 -- 2016 Women : 2000 -- 2016 Olympic record Men 6.03 m Thiago Braz da Silva ( 2016 ) Women 5.05 m Yelena Isinbayeva ( 2008 ) Reigning champion Men Thiago Braz da Silva ( BRA ) Women Ekaterini Stefanidi ( GRE ) The pole vault at the Summer Olympics is grouped among the four track and field jumping events held at the multi-sport event. The men 's pole vault has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896. The women 's event is one of the latest additions to the programme, first being contested at the 2000 Summer Olympics -- along with the addition of the hammer throw, this brought the women 's field event programme to parity with the men 's. The Olympic records for the event are 6.03 m ( 19 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) for men, set by Thiago Braz da Silva in 2016, and 5.05 m ( 16 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) for women, set by Yelena Isinbayeva in 2008. Isinbayeva 's 2008 mark was a world record at the time and her 2004 victory in 4.91 m ( 16 ft 1 ​ ⁄ in ) had been the first women 's world record in the pole vault to be set at the Olympics. In spite of its longer history, the men 's Olympic event has only seen two world record marks -- a clearance of 4.09 m ( 13 ft 5 in ) by Frank Foss at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics and Władysław Kozakiewicz 's vault of 5.78 m ( 18 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) to win at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. William Hoyt was the first Olympic champion in 1896 and Stacy Dragila became the first female Olympic pole vault champion over 100 years later in 2000. Thiago Braz da Silva and Ekaterini Stefanidi are the reigning Olympic champions from 2016. Yelena Isinbayeva and Bob Richards are the only two athletes to win two Olympic pole vault titles, and also the only two athletes to win more than two Olympic medals in the discipline. The United States is by far the most successful nation in the event, having won 21 gold medals and 49 medals in total. France is the next most successful with three gold medallists. Contents 1 Medalists 1.1 Men 1.1. 1 Multiple medalists 1.1. 2 Medalists by country 1.2 Women 1.2. 1 Multiple medalists 1.2. 2 Medalists by country 2 Intercalated Games 3 Non-canonical Olympic events 4 References 5 External links Medalists Men Games Gold Silver Bronze 1896 Athens details William Hoyt ( USA ) Albert Tyler ( USA ) Evangelos Damaskos ( GRE ) Ioannis Theodoropoulos ( GRE ) 1900 Paris details Irving Baxter ( USA ) Meredith Colket ( USA ) Carl Albert Andersen ( NOR ) 1904 St. Louis details Charles Dvorak ( USA ) LeRoy Samse ( USA ) Louis Wilkins ( USA ) 1908 London details Edward Cook ( USA ) none awarded Edward Archibald ( CAN ) Clare Jacobs ( USA ) Alfred Gilbert ( USA ) Bruno Söderström ( SWE ) 1912 Stockholm details Harry Babcock ( USA ) Frank Nelson ( USA ) William Halpenny ( CAN ) Frank Murphy ( USA ) Marc Wright ( USA ) Bertil Uggla ( SWE ) 1920 Antwerp details Frank Foss ( USA ) Henry Petersen ( DEN ) Edwin Myers ( USA ) 1924 Paris details Lee Barnes ( USA ) Glen Graham ( USA ) James Brooker ( USA ) 1928 Amsterdam details Sabin Carr ( USA ) William Droegemueller ( USA ) Charles McGinnis ( USA ) 1932 Los Angeles details Bill Miller ( USA ) Shuhei Nishida ( JPN ) George Jefferson ( USA ) 1936 Berlin details Earle Meadows ( USA ) Shuhei Nishida ( JPN ) Sueo Ōe ( JPN ) 1948 London details Guinn Smith ( USA ) Erkki Kataja ( FIN ) Bob Richards ( USA ) 1952 Helsinki details Bob Richards ( USA ) Don Laz ( USA ) Ragnar Lundberg ( SWE ) 1956 Melbourne details Bob Richards ( USA ) Bob Gutowski ( USA ) Georgios Roubanis ( GRE ) 1960 Rome details Don Bragg ( USA ) Ron Morris ( USA ) Eeles Landström ( FIN ) 1964 Tokyo details Fred Hansen ( USA ) Wolfgang Reinhardt ( EUA ) Klaus Lehnertz ( EUA ) 1968 Mexico City details Bob Seagren ( USA ) Claus Schiprowski ( FRG ) Wolfgang Nordwig ( GDR ) 1972 Munich details Wolfgang Nordwig ( GDR ) Bob Seagren ( USA ) Jan Johnson ( USA ) 1976 Montreal details Tadeusz Ślusarski ( POL ) Antti Kalliomäki ( FIN ) David Roberts ( USA ) 1980 Moscow details Władysław Kozakiewicz ( POL ) Tadeusz Ślusarski ( POL ) none awarded Konstantin Volkov ( URS ) 1984 Los Angeles details Pierre Quinon ( FRA ) Mike Tully ( USA ) Earl Bell ( USA ) Thierry Vigneron ( FRA ) 1988 Seoul details Sergey Bubka ( URS ) Radion Gataullin ( URS ) Grigoriy Yegorov ( URS ) 1992 Barcelona details Maksim Tarasov ( EUN ) Igor Trandenkov ( EUN ) Javier García ( ESP ) 1996 Atlanta details Jean Galfione ( FRA ) Igor Trandenkov ( RUS ) Andrei Tivontchik ( GER ) 2000 Sydney details Nick Hysong ( USA ) Lawrence Johnson ( USA ) Maksim Tarasov ( RUS ) 2004 Athens details Timothy Mack ( USA ) Toby Stevenson ( USA ) Giuseppe Gibilisco ( ITA ) 2008 Beijing details Steve Hooker ( AUS ) Yevgeny Lukyanenko ( RUS ) Denys Yurchenko ( UKR ) 2012 London details Renaud Lavillenie ( FRA ) Björn Otto ( GER ) Raphael Holzdeppe ( GER ) 2016 Rio de Janeiro details Thiago Braz da Silva ( BRA ) Renaud Lavillenie ( FRA ) Sam Kendricks ( USA ) Multiple medalists Rank Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total Richards, Bob Bob Richards United States ( USA ) 1948 -- 1956 0 Seagren, Bob Bob Seagren United States ( USA ) 1968 -- 1972 0 Ślusarski, Tadeusz Tadeusz Ślusarski Poland ( POL ) 1976 -- 1980 0 Lavillenie, Renaud Renaud Lavillenie France ( FRA ) 2012 -- 2016 0 5 Nordwig, Wolfgang Wolfgang Nordwig East Germany ( GDR ) 1968 -- 1972 0 Tarasov, Maksim Maksim Tarasov Russia ( RUS ) Unified Team ( EUN ) 1992 -- 2000 0 7 Nishida, Shuhei Shuhei Nishida Japan ( JPN ) 1932 -- 1936 0 0 Trandenkov, Igor Igor Trandenkov Russia ( RUS ) Unified Team ( EUN ) 1992 -- 1996 0 0 Medalists by country Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total United States ( USA ) 19 14 12 45 France ( FRA ) 5 Poland ( POL ) 0 Soviet Union ( URS ) 5 Unified Team ( EUN ) 0 6 East Germany ( GDR ) 0 7 Australia ( AUS ) 0 0 Brazil ( BRA ) 0 0 9 Germany ( GER ) 0 5 10 Finland ( FIN ) 0 Japan ( JPN ) 0 Russia ( RUS ) 0 13 Denmark ( DEN ) 0 0 West Germany ( FRG ) 0 0 15 Greece ( GRE ) 0 0 Sweden ( SWE ) 0 0 17 Canada ( CAN ) 0 0 18 Spain ( ESP ) 0 0 Italy ( ITA ) 0 0 Norway ( NOR ) 0 0 Ukraine ( UKR ) 0 0 The German total includes teams both competing as Germany and the United Team of Germany, but not East or West Germany. Women Games Gold Silver Bronze 2000 Sydney details Stacy Dragila ( USA ) Tatiana Grigorieva ( AUS ) Vala Flosadóttir ( ISL ) 2004 Athens details Yelena Isinbayeva ( RUS ) Svetlana Feofanova ( RUS ) Anna Rogowska ( POL ) 2008 Beijing details Yelena Isinbayeva ( RUS ) Jennifer Stuczynski ( USA ) Svetlana Feofanova ( RUS ) 2012 London details Jennifer Suhr ( USA ) Yarisley Silva ( CUB ) Yelena Isinbayeva ( RUS ) 2016 Rio de Janeiro details Katerina Stefanidi ( GRE ) Sandi Morris ( USA ) Eliza McCartney ( NZL ) Multiple medalists Rank Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total Isinbayeva, Yelena Yelena Isinbayeva Russia ( RUS ) 2004 -- 2012 0 Suhr, Jennifer Jennifer Suhr United States ( USA ) 2008 -- 2012 0 Feofanova, Svetlana Svetlana Feofanova Russia ( RUS ) 2004 -- 2008 0 Medalists by country Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total United States ( USA ) 0 Russia ( RUS ) 5 Greece ( GRE ) 0 0 Australia ( AUS ) 0 0 Cuba ( CUB ) 0 0 6 Iceland ( ISL ) 0 0 New Zealand ( NZL ) 0 0 Poland ( POL ) 0 0 Intercalated Games The 1906 Intercalated Games were held in Athens and at the time were officially recognised as part of the Olympic Games series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two - year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon. Continuing its presence since the first Olympics, a men 's pole vault event was contested at the 1906 Games. France 's Fernand Gonder entered as the world record holder and delivered by winning in an Olympic record - equalling mark. The runner - up, Bruno Söderström of Sweden, also won a javelin throw medal that year. Ed Glover, the American champion, was the bronze medallist. Games Gold Silver Bronze 1906 Athens details Fernand Gonder ( FRA ) Bruno Söderström ( SWE ) Ed Glover ( USA ) Non-canonical Olympic events In addition to the main 1900 Olympic men 's pole vault, a handicap competition was held four days later. The joint fourth - place finishers in the main event took the top two spots, with Jakab Kauser posting a mark of 3.45 m with a handicap of 45 cm, and Eric Lemming coming second with his result of 3.40 m with a 30 cm handicap. Meredith Colket, the silver medallist in the main event registered 3.20 m with a handicap of 15 cm. Two further non-handicap `` scratch '' competitions were held that are no longer considered canon Olympic events : the American champion Bascom Johnson won an event on 16 July, then three days later Daniel Horton ( a triple jump competitor ) defeated Charles Dvorak in a consolation event -- both had missed the final proper as it was held on the Sabbath. Dvorak went on to win the Olympic pole vault gold in 1904. The handicap event returned at the 1904 Summer Olympics. LeRoy Samse, the runner - up in the main Olympic pole vault, won with 3.58 m and a handicap of one inch. Walter Dray, sixth in the Olympic event, came second with 3.58 m and a ten - inch handicap, while Olympic fifth placer Claude Allen recorded 3.55 m off a seven - inch handicap. These events are no longer considered part of the official Olympic history of the pole vault or the athletics programme in general. Consequently, medals from these competitions have not been assigned to nations on the all - time medal tables. References Participation and athlete data Athletics Men 's Pole Vault Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014 - 05 - 03. Athletics Women 's Pole Vault Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014 - 05 - 03. Olympic record progressions Mallon, Bill ( 2012 ). TRACK & FIELD ATHLETICS - OLYMPIC RECORD PROGRESSIONS. Track and Field News. Retrieved on 2014 - 05 - 03. Specific Jump up ^ 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics : IAAF Statistics Handbook Berlin 2009 ( pgs. 546, 645 ). IAAF ( 2009 ). Retrieved on 3 May 2014. Jump up ^ 1906 Athina Summer Games. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 26 January 2014. ^ Jump up to : Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games : Men 's Pole Vault. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 3 May 2014. Jump up ^ Bruno Söderström. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 19 April 2014. ^ Jump up to : Handicap Olympic Athletics Events. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 18 April 2014. Jump up ^ Athletics at the 1900 Paris Summer Games : Men 's Pole Vault, Handicap. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 5 May 2014. Jump up ^ Athletics at the 1900 Paris Summer Games : Men 's Special Scratch Pole Vault # 1. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 5 May 2014. Jump up ^ Athletics at the 1900 Paris Summer Games : Men 's Special Scratch Pole Vault # 2. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 5 May 2014. Jump up ^ Charles Dvorak. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 5 May 2014. External links IAAF pole vault homepage Official Olympics website Olympic athletics records from Track & Field News Pole vault at the Olympic Games Summary Men 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 Women 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 Athletics at the Summer Olympics Editions 1896 1900 1904 1906 ( Intercalated ) 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 2020 Events Track 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 5000 m 10,000 m 4 × 100 m relay 4 × 400 m relay Sprint hurdles 400 m hurdles Steeplechase Field Shot put Discus throw Hammer throw Javelin throw Pole vault High jump Long jump Triple jump Others Combined events Marathon Race walking Defunct Cross country Team races 60 metres Weight throw Wheelchair racing Professional events List of medalists men women Records Venues Medal sweeps Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pole_vault_at_the_Olympics&oldid=833180447 '' Categories : Pole vault at the Olympics Pole vault Athletics events at the Olympics Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from January 2018 Articles with hCards Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 30 March 2018, at 02 : 58. 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Question: when was pole vault introduced in olympics games
Answer: 1896