| Pole vault at the World Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Gender | Men and women |
| Years held | Men: 1983 – 2023 Women: 1999 – 2023 |
| Championship record | |
| Men | 6.21 m Armand Duplantis (2022) |
| Women | 5.01 m Yelena Isinbayeva (2005) |
| Reigning champion | |
| Men |  Armand Duplantis (SWE) |
| Women |  Katie Nageotte (USA) |
The pole vault at the World Athletics Championships has been contested by men since 1983 and women since 1999.
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.
Age records
- All information from IAAF[1]
| Distinction | Male | Female | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 252 days | 6 Aug 2001 |
| Youngest participant |  István Bagyula (HUN) | 18 years, 244 days | 3 Sep 1987 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | Jenn Suhr (USA) | 31 years, 189 days | 13 Aug 2013 |
| Oldest participant | Jeff Hartwig (USA) | 39 years, 339 days | 30 Aug 2007 | Stacy Dragila (USA) | 38 years, 143 days | 15 Aug 2009 |
Medalists
Men
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Multiple medalists
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Period | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergey Bubka | Ukraine (UKR) | 1983–1997 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Maksim Tarasov | Russia (RUS) | 1991–1999 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Renaud Lavillenie |  France (FRA) | 2009–2017 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | Armand Duplantis | Sweden (SWE) |
2019-2023 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Piotr Lisek |  Poland (POL) | 2015–2019 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Sam Kendricks | United States (USA) | 2017–2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Dmitri Markov | Australia (AUS) | 1999–2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Brad Walker | United States (USA) | 2005–2007 | |||||
| Raphael Holzdeppe | Germany (GER) | 2013–2015 | |||||
| 10 | Paweł Wojciechowski | Poland (POL) | 2011–2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Romain Mesnil | France (FRA) | 2007–2009 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Aleksandr Averbukh |  Israel (ISR) | 1999–2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Christopher Nilsen | United States (USA) |
2022-2023 |
Medals by country
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) Australia (AUS) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada (CAN)  Italy (ITA)  Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | France (FRA) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | Israel (ISR) Cuba (CUB) Hungary (HUN)  Philippines (PHL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ)  South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Women
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) | 2017–2019 | 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) Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Venezuela (VEN)  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
See also
References
- ↑ Butler 2015, pp. 41–43.
Bibliography
- Butler, Mark (2015). IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 Statistics Book. IAAF.
External links
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