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The men's pole vault event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entry list of 19 competitors from 10 nations. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was held on Wednesday July 30, 1980. The top twelve and ties and all those clearing 5.40 metres advanced to the ...
He was the first pole vaulter to clear 6.0 meters and 6.10 meters. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] He held the indoor world record of 6.15 meters, set on 21 February 1993 in Donetsk , Ukraine [ 8 ] for almost 21 years until France's Renaud Lavillenie cleared 6.16 meters on February 15, 2014, at the same meet in the same arena . [ 9 ]
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Tarasov represented the USSR, the Unified Team, and later Russia.. His personal best jump is 6.05 metres, which puts him fourth in the all-time performers list. [1]Tarasov was the surprise Gold medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics, representing the Unified Team, over favourite Ukrainian teammate Sergey Bubka, who missed all the attempts at the final.
William Hoyt was the first Olympic champion in 1896 and Stacy Dragila became the first female Olympic pole vault champion over 100 years later in 2000. Armand Duplantis and Katie Nageotte are the reigning Olympic champions from 2021. Yelena Isinbayeva, Bob Richards and Armand Duplantis are the only athletes to win two Olympic pole vault titles ...
Pole vaulters who spoke to Yahoo Sports said they travel with six to 10 fiberglass or carbon-fiber poles that cost up to $1,000 apiece and range in length from 14 to 17 feet.
The men's pole vault at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 20 and 22 August at the Beijing National Stadium. [1] Thirty-eight athletes from 25 nations competed. [2] The event was won by Steven Hooker of Australia, the nation's first medal in the men's pole vault. Russia took its third medal of the four Games since competing independently ...
Russian female pole vaulters (16 P) Russian male pole vaulters (29 P, 1 F) This page was last edited on 2 April 2018, at 23:43 (UTC). Text is ...