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The men's pole vault at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 3 and 5 August 2024 at Stade de France. This was the 30th time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics. Sweden's Armand Duplantis won his second consecutive Olympic gold medal, setting a world record of 6.25 metres (20 ft 6 in).
For the women's pole vault event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 4.73 m (15 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) or higher or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.
The route, specially designed for the Paris 2024 Games and approved by World Athletics, was unique, demanding, and technical. Paris 2024 unveiled the routes for the Olympic marathon and the two races – a 42.195 km course and a 10 km course – open to the general public as part of the mass event running. [5]
French athlete Anthony Ammirati was getting in his own way at the Summer 2024 Olympics.. The 21-year-old pole vaulter missed out on the chance to win an Olympic medal on Saturday, Aug. 3, after he ...
The French pole vaulter went viral on Aug. 3 after a video of one of his pole vault attempts from the Paris Olympics made it appear like he knocked down the crossbar with his "bulge."
The men’s pole vault was Ammirati’s only event at the 2024 Olympics. He previously came in second place at the 2022 Mediterranean Games and in first at that year’s World Athletics U20 ...
In spite of its longer history, the men's Olympic event has only seen three world record marks – a clearance of 4.09 m (13 ft 5 in) by Frank Foss at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, Władysław Kozakiewicz's vault of 5.78 m (18 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) to win at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and Armand Duplantis' 2024 winning clearance of 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in).
At the U.S. Olympic Trials earlier this summer, American women’s record holder Sandi Morris told Yahoo Sports that she fears for the future of pole vault if the number of airlines that will take ...