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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).
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."
Canadian pole vaulter Alysha Newman raised eyebrows when she twerked to celebrate at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Newman, 30, went viral on Wednesday, August 7, when she cleared 4.85 meters in the ...
Abaca Press/INSTARimages Against all odds, Anthony Ammirati has become one of the faces of the 2024 Summer Olympics without even coming close to the podium. The French pole vaulter, 21, went viral ...
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. [7]
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).
2024 Olympics: 10 of the best images from Day 10 of the Paris Games. Yahoo Sports Staff. August 5, 2024 at 5:11 PM ... Sondre Guttormsen of Norway celebrates during the men's pole vault final.
With his title at the Paris Olympics, the 24-year-old Duplantis became the first back-to-back Olympic champion in men's pole vault since American Bob Richards, who won in the 1952 Helsinki Games and the 1956 Melbourne Games. Duplantis and Richards are the only men's pole vaulters with two Olympic golds in the event. [102]