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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 ...
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).
The earliest recorded pole vaulting competition in England where height was measured took place at the Ulverston Football and Cricket Club, Lancashire, north of the sands, in 1843. [5] Pole vault was one of the athletics events of the inaugural Olympic Games in 1896. [1] Originally, poles were made of ash and from hickory wood.
He also is the men's first pole vaulter to win back-to-back gold medals since Team USA's Bob Richards in 1952 and 1956. ... after setting a new world record during the Men's Pole Vault Final on ...
Sam Kendricks won the silver medal in the men's pole vault event at the 2024 Paris Games. ... He backed off after he won the Olympic Trials men’s pole vault competition with a meet-record jump ...
For the men’s and women’s pole vaulters at the Paris Olympics, the most stressful part of their sport isn’t clearing bars or competing for medals. ... ex-U.S. Olympic pole vaulter Derek ...
The first world record in the men's pole vault was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. [1]As of April 20, 2024, 80 world records have been ratified by the IAAF (now World Athletics) in the event.
Duplantis competes in the men's pole vault final at the 26th European Athletics Championships in Rome on June 12, 2024. David Ramos—Getty Images Duplantis earns between $30,000 and $100,000 ...