World record progression pole vault men

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The first World record in pole vault for men (athletics (track and field)) was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in 1912.

Record	Athlete	Nat	Venue	Date	#^[1]
4.02 m	Marc Wright	United States	Cambridge, USA	08 Jun 1912	1
4.05 m	Frank Foss	United States	Chicago, USA	23 Aug 1919	1
4.09 m	Frank Foss	United States	Antwerp, Belgium	20 Aug 1920	2
4.12 m	Charles Hoff	Norway	Copenhagen, Denmark	22 Jul 1922	1
4.15 m	Charles Hoff	Norway	Copenhagen, Denmark	22 Jul 1923	2
4.21 m	Charles Hoff	Norway	Copenhagen, Denmark	22 Jul 1923	3
4.21 m	Charles Hoff	Norway	Copenhagen, Denmark	22 Jul 1923	4
4.22 m	Ralph Spearow	United States	Tokyo, Japan	05 Nov 1924	1
4.23 m	Charles Hoff	Norway	Oslo, Norway	13 Aug 1925	5
4.25 m	Charles Hoff	Norway	Turku, Finland	27 Sep 1925	6
4.27 m	Sabin Carr	United States	Philadelphia, USA	27 May 1927	1
4.30 m	Lee Barnes	United States	Fresno, USA	28 Apr 1928	1
4.32 m	Charles Hoff	Norway	Hønefoss, Norway	27 Sep 1931	7
4.37 m	William Graber	United States	Palo Alto, USA	16 Jul 1931	1
4.39 m	Keith Brown	United States	Boston, USA	01 Jun 1935	1
4.43 m	George Varoff	United States	Princeton, New Jersey, USA	04 Jul 1936	1
4.45 m	Bill Sefton	United States	Los Angeles, USA	10 Apr 1937	1
4.48 m	Earl Meadows	United States	Stanford, USA	08 May 1937	1
4.54 m	Bill Sefton	United States	Los Angeles, USA	29 May 1937	2
4.54 m	Earl Meadows	United States	Los Angeles, USA	29 May 1937	2
4.57 m	Cornelius Warmerdam	United States		1940	1
4.60 m	Cornelius Warmerdam	United States	Fresno, USA	29 Jun 1940	2
4.64 m	Cornelius Warmerdam	United States		1941	3
4.68 m	Cornelius Warmerdam	United States		1941	4
4.72 m	Cornelius Warmerdam	United States	Compton, USA	26 Jun 1941	5
4.74 m	Cornelius Warmerdam	United States		1942	6
4.77 m	Cornelius Warmerdam	United States	Modesto, USA	23 May 1942	7
4.78 m	Robert Gutowski	United States	Palo Alto, USA	27 Apr 57	1
4.80 m	Donald Bragg	United States	Palo Alto, USA	02 Jul 1960	1
4.83 m	George Davies	United States	Boulder, USA	20 May 1961	1
4.89 m	John Uelses	United States	Santa Barbara, USA	31 Mar 1962	1
4.93 m	David Tork	United States	Walnut, USA	28 Apr 1962	1
4.94 m	Pentti Nikula	Finland	Kauhava, Finland	22 Jun 1962	1
4.95 m	John Pennel	United States	Memphis, USA	23 Mar 1963	1
4.98 m	John Pennel	United States	Natchitoches, USA	10 Apr 1963	2
5.00 m	Brian Sternberg	United States	Philadelphia, USA	27 Apr 1963	1
5.05 m	John Pennel	United States	Monroe, USA	30 Apr 1963	3
5.05 m	Brian Sternberg	United States	Modesto, USA	25 May 1963	2
5.08 m	Brian Sternberg	United States	Compton	07 Jun 1963	3
5.10 m	John Pennel	United States	London, England	14 Jul 1963	4
5.10 m	John Pennel	United States	Warszawa, Poland	26 Jul 1963	5
5.13 m	John Pennel	United States	London, England	05 Aug 1963	6
5.20 m	John Pennel	United States	Coral Gables, USA	24 Aug 1963	7
5.20 m	Fred Hansen	United States	Houston, USA	05 Jun 1964	1
5.23 m	Fred Hansen	United States	San Diego, USA	13 Jun 1964	2
5.28 m	Fred Hansen	United States	Los Angeles, USA	25 Jul 1964	3
5.32 m	Bob Seagren	United States	Fresno, USA	14 May 1966	1
5.32 m	Bob Seagren	United States	Frederick, USA	02 Jul 1966	2
5.34 m	John Pennel	United States	Los Angeles, USA	23 Jul 1966	8
5.36 m	Bob Seagren	United States	San Diego, USA	10 Jun 1967	3
5.38 m	Paul Wilson	United States	Bakersfield, USA	23 Jun 1967	1
5.41 m	Bob Seagren	United States	Lake Tahoe, USA	12 Sep 1968	4
5.44 m	John Pennel	United States	Sacramento, USA	21 Jun 1969	9
5.45 m	Wolfgang Nordwig	East Germany	Berlin, Germany	17 Jun 1970	1
5.46 m	Wolfgang Nordwig	East Germany	Turin, Italy	03 Sep 1970	2
5.49 m	Christos Papanikolaou	Greece	Athens, Greece	24 Oct 1970	1
5.51 m	Kjell Isaksson	Sweden	Austin, USA	08 Apr 1972	1
5.54 m	Kjell Isaksson,	Sweden	Los Angeles, USA	15 Apr 1972	2
5.55 m	Kjell Isaksson	Sweden	Helsingborg, Sweden	12 Jun 1972	3
5.59 m	Bob Seagren	United States	El Paso, USA	23 May 1972	5
5.59 m	Kjell Isaksson	Sweden	El Paso, USA	23 May 1972	4
5.63 m	Bob Seagren	United States	Eugene, USA	02 Jul 1972	6
5.65 m	Dave Roberts	United States	Gainesville, USA	28 Mar 1975	1
5.67 m	Earl Bell	United States	Wichita, USA	29 May 1976	1
5.70 m	Dave Roberts	United States	Eugene, USA	22 Jun 1976	2
5.72 m	Władysław Kozakiewicz	Poland	Milan, Italy	11 May 1980	1
5.75 m	Thierry Vigneron	France	Lille, France	29 Jun 1980	1
5.75 m	Thierry Vigneron	France	Colombes, France	01 Jun 1980	2
5.77 m	Philippe Houvion	France	Paris, France	17 Jul 1980	1
5.78 m	Władysław Kozakiewicz	Poland	Moscow, Russia	20 Jul 1980	2
5.80 m	Thierry Vigneron	France	Mâcon, France	20 Jun 1981	3
5.81 m	Vladimir Polyakov	Soviet Union	Tbilisi, Georgia	26 Jun 1981	1
5.82 m	Pierre Quinon	France	Keulen	28 Aug 1983	1
5.83 m	Thierry Vigneron	France	Rome, Italy	01 Sep 1983	4
5.85 m	Sergei Bubka	Soviet Union	Bratislava, Slovakia	26 May 1984	1
5.88 m	Sergei Bubka	Soviet Union	Paris, France	02 Jun 1984	2
5.90 m	Sergei Bubka	Soviet Union	London, England	13 Jul 1984	3
5.91 m	Thierry Vigneron	France	Rome, Italy	31 Aug 1984	5
5.94 m	Sergei Bubka	Soviet Union	Rome, Italy	31 Aug 1984	4
6.00 m	Sergei Bubka	Soviet Union	Paris, France	13 Jun 1985	5
6.01 m	Sergei Bubka	Soviet Union	Moscow, Russia	08 Jun 1986	6
6.03 m	Sergei Bubka	Soviet Union	Prague, Czech Republic	23 Jun 1987	7
6.05 m	Sergei Bubka	Soviet Union	Bratislava, Slovakia	09 Jun 1988	8
6.06 m	Sergei Bubka	Soviet Union	Nice, France	10 Jul 1988	9
6.07 m	Sergei Bubka	Soviet Union	Shizuoka, Japan	06 May 1991	10
6.08 m	Sergei Bubka	Soviet Union	Moscow, Russia	09 Jun 1991	11
6.09 m	Sergei Bubka	Soviet Union	Formia, Italy	08 Jul 1991	12
6.10 m	Sergei Bubka	Soviet Union	Malmö, Sweden	05 Aug 1991	13
6.11 m	Sergei Bubka	Ukraine	Dijon, France	13 Jun 1992	14
6.12 m	Sergei Bubka	Ukraine	Padova, Italy	30 Aug 1992	15
6.13 m	Sergei Bubka	Ukraine	Tokyo, Japan	19 Sep 1992	16
6.14 m	Sergei Bubka	Ukraine	Sestriere, Italy	31 Jul 1994	17

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^ The numbered occurence of the athlete breaking the world record, in other words "#7" would indicate the 7th time the athlete broke the world record.