# Pole vault at the World Athletics Championships

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The pole vault at the World Athletics Championships has been contested by men since 1983 and women since 1999. The competition format typically has one qualifying round contested by two groups of athletes, with all those clearing the qualifying height or placing in top twelve overall advancing to the final round.
The United States is the most successful nation in the event, winning a total of 17 medals, including 7 golds. Russia is the second-most successful nation, with 14 medals in total and 5 golds. The Soviet Union, Ukraine and Australia are the only two other nations that have won more than 2 gold medals. France is the most successful nation to have never won a gold medal, with 4 silvers and 5 bronzes, all in the men's event.
Sergey Bubka is the most successful athlete in the event, winning 6 gold medals in a row between the inaugural edition in 1983 and 1997. His 6 gold medals are more than any athlete has won in an individual event in World Athletics Championships history. Yelena Isinbayeva is the most successful athlete on the women's side, winning 3 gold and 1 bronze medal between 2003 and 2013. Four athletes have won two world titles: Sam Kendricks and Armand Duplantis on the men's side, and Stacy Dragila and Katie Moon on the women's side.
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. The world record has been broken three times total at the World Championships: the men's record by Duplantis in 2022, and the women's record by Dragila and Isinbayeva in 1999 and 2005 respectively.

## Age records

* All information from World Athletics.
| Distinction | Male | Male | Male | Female | Female | Female |
| Distinction | 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, 253 days | 6 Aug 2017 |
| Youngest finalist | Armand Duplantis (SWE) | 17 years, 271 days | 8 Aug 2017 | Robeilys Peinado (VEN) | 19 years, 253 days | 6 Aug 2017 |
| Youngest participant | Natan Rivera (ESA) | 16 years, 253 days | 22 Aug 2015 | 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 | Fabiana Murer (BRA) | 31 years, 189 days | 26 Aug 2015 |
| Oldest finalist | Derek Miles (USA) | 38 years, 335 days | 29 Aug 2011 | Jenn Suhr (USA) | 37 years, 236 days | 29 Sep 2019 |
| Oldest participant | Jeff Hartwig (USA) | 39 years, 339 days | 30 Aug 2007 | Stacy Dragila (USA) | 38 years, 143 days | 15 Aug 2009 |

## Medalists
### Men

| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1983 Helsinki details | Sergey Bubka (URS) | Konstantin Volkov (URS) | Atanas Tarev (BUL) |
| 1987 Rome details | Sergey Bubka (URS) | Thierry Vigneron (FRA) | Radion Gataullin (URS) |
| 1991 Tokyo details | Sergey Bubka (URS) | István Bagyula (HUN) | Maksim Tarasov (URS) |
| 1993 Stuttgart details | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | Grigoriy Yegorov (KAZ) | Maksim Tarasov (RUS) Igor Trandenkov (RUS) |
| 1995 Gothenburg details | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | Maksim Tarasov (RUS) | Jean Galfione (FRA) |
| 1997 Athens details | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | Maksim Tarasov (RUS) | Dean Starkey (USA) |
| 1999 Seville details | Maksim Tarasov (RUS) | Dmitri Markov (AUS) | Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR) |
| 2001 Edmonton details | Dmitri Markov (AUS) | Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR) | Nick Hysong (USA) |
| 2003 Saint-Denis details | Giuseppe Gibilisco (ITA) | Okkert Brits (RSA) | Patrik Kristiansson (SWE) |
| 2005 Helsinki details | Rens Blom (NED) | Brad Walker (USA) | Pavel Gerasimov (RUS) |
| 2007 Osaka details | Brad Walker (USA) | Romain Mesnil (FRA) | Danny Ecker (GER) |
| 2009 Berlin details | Steve Hooker (AUS) | Romain Mesnil (FRA) | Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) |
| 2011 Daegu details | Paweł Wojciechowski (POL) | Lázaro Borges (CUB) | Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) |
| 2013 Moscow details | Raphael Holzdeppe (GER) | Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) | Björn Otto (GER) |
| 2015 Beijing details | Shawnacy Barber (CAN) | Raphael Holzdeppe (GER) | Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) Pawel Wojciechowski (POL) Piotr Lisek (POL) |
| 2017 London details | Sam Kendricks (USA) | Piotr Lisek (POL) | Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) |
| 2019 Doha details | Sam Kendricks (USA) | Armand Duplantis (SWE) | Piotr Lisek (POL) |
| 2022 Eugene details | Armand Duplantis (SWE) | Christopher Nilsen (USA) | Ernest John Obiena (PHL) |
| 2023 Budapest details | Armand Duplantis (SWE) | Ernest John Obiena (PHL) | Kurtis Marschall (AUS) Christopher Nilsen (USA) |

#### Multiple medalists

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Period | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union (URS) Ukraine (UKR) | 1983–1997 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Armand Duplantis | Sweden (SWE) | 2019-2023 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Sam Kendricks | United States (USA) | 2017–2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Maksim Tarasov | Russia (RUS) | 1991–1999 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Renaud Lavillenie | France (FRA) | 2009–2017 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Dmitri Markov | Australia (AUS) | 1999–2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Brad Walker | United States (USA) | 2005–2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Raphael Holzdeppe | Germany (GER) | 2013–2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Paweł Wojciechowski | Poland (POL) | 2011–2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Piotr Lisek | Poland (POL) | 2015–2019 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Aleksandr Averbukh | Israel (ISR) | 1999–2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Christopher Nilsen | United States (USA) | 2022-2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Ernest John Obiena | Philippines (PHI) | 2022-2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

#### Medals by country

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | France (FRA) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 13 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Philippines (PHL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

### Women

| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1999 Seville details | Stacy Dragila (USA) | Anzhela Balakhonova (UKR) | Tatiana Grigorieva (AUS) |
| 2001 Edmonton details | Stacy Dragila (USA) | Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) | Monika Pyrek (POL) |
| 2003 Saint-Denis details | Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) | Annika Becker (GER) | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) |
| 2005 Helsinki details | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | Monika Pyrek (POL) | Pavla Hamáčková (CZE) |
| 2007 Osaka details | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | Kateřina Baďurová (CZE) | Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) |
| 2009 Berlin details | Anna Rogowska (POL) | Chelsea Johnson (USA) Monika Pyrek (POL) | none awarded |
| 2011 Daegu details | Fabiana Murer (BRA) | Martina Strutz (GER) | Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) |
| 2013 Moscow details | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | Jenn Suhr (USA) | Yarisley Silva (CUB) |
| 2015 Beijing details | Yarisley Silva (CUB) | Fabiana Murer (BRA) | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou (GRE) |
| 2017 London details | Ekaterini Stefanidi (GRE) | Sandi Morris (USA) | Robeilys Peinado (VEN) Yarisley Silva (CUB) |
| 2019 Doha details | Anzhelika Sidorova (ANA) | Sandi Morris (USA) | Katerina Stefanidi (GRE) |
| 2022 Eugene details | Katie Nageotte (USA) | Sandi Morris (USA) | Nina Kennedy (AUS) |
| 2023 Budapest details | Katie Moon (USA) Nina Kennedy (AUS) | none awarded | Wilma Murto (FIN) |

#### Multiple medalists

| 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) | 2017–2022 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |

#### Medals by country

| 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) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Championship record progression
### Men

Men's pole vault World Championships record progression :
| Mark | Athlete | Nation | Year | Round | Date |
| 5.40 m | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union (URS) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 5.40 m | Konstantin Volkov | Soviet Union (URS) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 5.40 m | Władysław Kozakiewicz | Poland (POL) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 5.40 m | Thierry Vigneron | France (FRA) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 5.40 m | Frantisek Jansa | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 5.40 m | Miro Zalar | Sweden (SWE) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 5.40 m | Tom Hintnaus | Brazil (BRA) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 5.40 m | Felix Bohni | Switzerland (SUI) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 5.40 m | Vladimir Polyakov | Soviet Union (URS) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 5.40 m | Tadeusz Slusarski | Poland (POL) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 5.40 m | Jeff Buckingham | United States (USA) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 5.40 m | Veijo Vannesluoma | Finland (FIN) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 5.50 m | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union (URS) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 5.50 m | Tom Hintnaus | Brazil (BRA) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 5.50 m | Atanas Tarev | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 5.50 m | Patrick Abada | France (FRA) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 5.50 m | Miro Zalar | Sweden (SWE) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 5.55 m | Tadeusz Slusarski | Poland (POL) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 5.60 m | Konstantin Volkov | Soviet Union (URS) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 5.60 m | Atanas Tarev | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 5.60 m | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union (URS) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 5.70 m | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union (URS) | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-14 |
| 5.70 m | Nikolay Nikolov | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1987 | Final | 1987-09-05 |
| 5.70 m | Thierry Vigneron | France (FRA) | 1987 | Final | 1987-09-05 |
| 5.70 m | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union (URS) | 1987 | Final | 1987-09-05 |
| 5.70 m | Rodion Gataulin | Soviet Union (URS) | 1987 | Final | 1987-09-05 |
| 5.70 m | Marian Kolasa | Poland (POL) | 1987 | Final | 1987-09-05 |
| 5.80 m | Rodion Gataulin | Soviet Union (URS) | 1987 | Final | 1987-09-05 |
| 5.80 m | Thierry Vigneron | France (FRA) | 1987 | Final | 1987-09-05 |
| 5.80 m | Marian Kolasa | Poland (POL) | 1987 | Final | 1987-09-05 |
| 5.85 m | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union (URS) | 1987 | Final | 1987-09-05 |
| 5.90 m | Istvan Bagyula | Hungary (HUN) | 1991 | Final | 1991-08-29 |
| 5.95 m | Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union (URS) | 1991 | Final | 1991-08-29 |
| 6.00 m | Sergey Bubka | Ukraine (UKR) | 1993 | Final | 1993-08-19 |
| 6.01 m | Sergey Bubka | Ukraine (UKR) | 1997 | Final | 1997-08-10 |
| 6.02 m | Maksim Tarasov | Russia (RUS) | 1999 | Final | 1999-08-26 |
| 6.05 m | Dmitriy Markov | Australia (AUS) | 2001 | Final | 2001-08-09 |
| 6.06 m | Armand Duplantis | Sweden (SWE) | 2022 | Final | 2022-07-24 |
| 6.21 m WR | Armand Duplantis | Sweden (SWE) | 2022 | Final | 2022-07-24 |

### Women

Women's pole vault World Championships record progression :
| Time | Athlete | Nation | Year | Round | Date |
| 4.40 m | Nicole Humbert | Germany (GER) | 1999 | Final | 1999-08-21 |
| 4.40 m | Zsuzsanna Szabo | Hungary (HUN) | 1999 | Final | 1999-08-21 |
| 4.40 m | Stacy Dragila | United States (USA) | 1999 | Final | 1999-08-21 |
| 4.40 m | Pavla Hamackova | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1999 | Final | 1999-08-21 |
| 4.40 m | Daniela Bartova | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1999 | Final | 1999-08-21 |
| 4.45 m | Tatiana Grigorieva | Russia (RUS) | 1999 | Final | 1999-08-21 |
| 4.45 m | Anzhela Balakhonova | Ukraine (UKR) | 1999 | Final | 1999-08-21 |
| 4.45 m | Stacy Dragila | United States (USA) | 1999 | Final | 1999-08-21 |
| 4.50 m | Anzhela Balakhonova | Ukraine (UKR) | 1999 | Final | 1999-08-21 |
| 4.50 m | Stacy Dragila | United States (USA) | 1999 | Final | 1999-08-21 |
| 4.55 m | Anzhela Balakhonova | Ukraine (UKR) | 1999 | Final | 1999-08-21 |
| 4.55 m | Stacy Dragila | United States (USA) | 1999 | Final | 1999-08-21 |
| 4.60 m WR | Stacy Dragila | United States (USA) | 1999 | Final | 1999-08-21 |
| 4.60 m | Stacy Dragila | United States (USA) | 2001 | Final | 2001-08-06 |
| 4.60 m | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia (RUS) | 2001 | Final | 2001-08-06 |
| 4.65 m | Stacy Dragila | United States (USA) | 2001 | Final | 2001-08-06 |
| 4.65 m | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia (RUS) | 2001 | Final | 2001-08-06 |
| 4.70 m | Stacy Dragila | United States (USA) | 2001 | Final | 2001-08-06 |
| 4.70 m | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia (RUS) | 2001 | Final | 2001-08-06 |
| 4.75 m | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia (RUS) | 2001 | Final | 2003-08-25 |
| 4.75 m | Stacy Dragila | United States (USA) | 2001 | Final | 2001-08-06 |
| 4.75 m | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia (RUS) | 2001 | Final | 2003-08-25 |
| 5.01 m WR | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia (RUS) | 2005 | Final | 2005-08-12 |

## Best performances
### Top ten highest World Championship vaults$^1$

Highest men's vaults at the World Championships :
| Rank | Height(m) | Athlete | Nation | Year | Date |
| 1 | 6.21 m | Armand Duplantis | Sweden | 2022 | 2022-07-24 |
| 2 | 6.10 m | Armand Duplantis | Sweden | 2023 | 2023-08-26 |
| 3 | 6.05 m | Dmitri Markov | Australia | 2001 | 2001-08-09 |
| 4 | 6.02 m | Maksim Tarasov | Russia | 1999 | 1999-08-26 |
| 5 | 6.01 m | Sergey Bubka | Ukraine | 1997 | 1997-08-10 |
| 6 | 6.00 m | Sergey Bubka | Ukraine | 1993 | 1993-08-19 |
| 6 | 6.00 m | EJ Obiena | Philippines | 2023 | 2023-08-26 |
| 8 | 5.97 m | Sam Kendricks | United States | 2019 | 2019-10-01 |
| 8 | 5.97 m | Armand Duplantis | Sweden | 2019 | 2019-10-01 |
| 10 | 5.96 m | Maksim Tarasov | Russia | 1997 | 1997-08-10 |
Highest women's vaults at the World Championships :
| Rank | Height (m) | Athlete | Nation | Year | Date |
| 1 | 5.01 m | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia | 2005 | 2005-08-12 |
| 2 | 4.95 m | Anzhelika Sidorova | Authorised Neutral Athletes | 2019 | 2019-09-29 |
| 3 | 4.91 m | Katerina Stefanidi | Greece | 2017 | 2017-08-06 |
| 4 | 4.90 m | Yarisley Silva | Cuba | 2015 | 2015-08-26 |
| 4 | 4.90 m | Sandi Morris | United States | 2019 | 2019-09-29 |
| 4 | 4.90 m | Nina Kennedy | Australia | 2023 | 2023-08-23 |
| 4 | 4.90 m | Katie Moon | United States | 2023 | 2023-08-23 |
| 8 | 4.89 m | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia | 2013 | 2013-08-13 |
| 9 | 4.85 m | Fabiana Murer | Brazil | 2011 | 2011-08-30 |
| 9 | 4.85 m | Fabiana Murer | Brazil | 2015 | 2015-08-26 |
| 9 | 4.85 m | Katerina Stefanidi | Greece | 2019 | 2019-09-29 |
| 9 | 4.85 m | Katie Moon | United States | 2022 | 2022-07-17 |
| 9 | 4.85 m | Sandi Morris | United States | 2022 | 2022-07-17 |
$^1$Does not include ancillary marks