What Is The World Record For Pole Vault

The usa born swede 20 had only beaten the previous mark of 6 16m a week.

Duplantis was mobbed. Having broken his own indoor pole vault world record in february this year at the diamond league. Sergey bubka s 6 14m is the outdoor world record. Armand duplantis broke his own pole vault world record by clearing 6 18m at the indoor grand prix in glasgow on saturday.

Mondo duplantis breaks pole vault world record by olympictalk feb 8 2020 11 59 pm est armand mondo duplantis a 20 year old swede raised in louisiana broke a six year old record in the pole vault at an indoor meet on saturday. Updated 0801 gmt 1601 hkt august 24 2020 cnn he may be in the early stages of his pole vault career but armand mondo duplantis has already scaled the summit of his sport. This new rule was not applied retroactively. The swede surpassed renaud lavillenie s 6 16m clearance from 2014 and now owns the top mark in history indoors or out.

Since 2000 world athletics makes no distinction between indoor and outdoor settings when establishing pole vault world records. The first world record in the men s pole vault was recognized by the international association of athletics federations in 1912. Armand duplantis a 20 year old louisiana native who has been as shrewd in choosing the nation he represents as he has been in choosing his fiberglass poles broke the world record in the pole. As of june 21 2009 71 world records have been ratified by the iaaf in the event.