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, U.S. | 8 June 1912 | 1 |
| 4.05 m * | Frank Foss | United States |
Chicago, U.S. | 23 August 1919 | 1 |
| 4.09 m | Frank Foss | United States |
Antwerp, Belgium | 20 August 1920 | 2 |
| 4.12 m | Charles Hoff |  Norway |
Copenhagen, Denmark | 22 July 1922 | 1 |
| 4.15 m * | Charles Hoff | Norway |
Copenhagen, Denmark | 22 July 1923 | 2 |
| 4.21 m | Charles Hoff | Norway |
Copenhagen, Denmark | 22 July 1923 | 3 |
| 4.21 m | Charles Hoff | Norway |
Copenhagen, Denmark | 22 July 1923 | 4 |
| 4.22 m * | Ralph Spearow | United States |
Tokyo, Japan | 5 November 1924 | 1 |
| 4.23 m | Charles Hoff | Norway |
Oslo, Norway | 13 August 1925 | 5 |
| 4.25 m | Charles Hoff | Norway |
Turku, Finland | 27 September 1925 | 6 |
| 4.27 m | Sabin Carr | United States |
Philadelphia, U.S. | 27 May 1927 | 1 |
| 4.30 m | Lee Barnes | United States |
Fresno, U.S. | 28 April 1928 | 1 |
| 4.32 m * | Charles Hoff | Norway |
Hønefoss, Norway | 27 September 1931 | 7 |
| 4.37 m | William Graber | United States |
Palo Alto, U.S. | 16 July 1931 | 1 |
| 4.39 m | Keith Brown | United States |
Boston, U.S. | 1 June 1935 | 1 |
| 4.43 m | George Varoff | United States |
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. | 4 July 1936 | 1 |
| 4.45 m * | Bill Sefton | United States |
Los Angeles, U.S. | 10 April 1937 | 1 |
| 4.48 m * | Earle Meadows | United States |
Stanford, U.S. | 8 May 1937 | 1 |
| 4.54 m | Bill Sefton | United States |
Los Angeles, U.S. | 29 May 1937 | 2 |
| 4.54 m | Earle Meadows | United States |
Los Angeles, U.S. | 29 May 1937 | 2 |
| 4.57 m * | Cornelius Warmerdam | United States |
13 April 1940 | 1 | |
| 4.60 m | Cornelius Warmerdam | United States |
Fresno, U.S. | 29 June 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, U.S. | 26 June 1941 | 5 |
| 4.74 m * | Cornelius Warmerdam | United States |
1942 | 6 | |
| 4.77 m | Cornelius Warmerdam | United States |
Modesto, U.S. | 23 May 1942 | 7 |
| 4.78 m | Robert Gutowski | United States |
Palo Alto, U.S. | 27 April 1957 | 1 |
| 4.80 m | Donald Bragg | United States |
Palo Alto, U.S. | 2 July 1960 | 1 |
| 4.83 m | George Davies | United States |
Boulder, U.S. | 20 May 1961 | 1 |
| 4.89 m | John Uelses | United States |
Santa Barbara, U.S. | 31 March 1962 | 1 |
| 4.93 m | David Tork | United States |
Walnut, U.S. | 28 April 1962 | 1 |
| 4.94 m | Pentti Nikula |  Finland |
Kauhava, Finland | 22 June 1962 | 1 |
| 4.95 m | John Pennel | United States |
Memphis, U.S. | 23 March 1963 | 1 |
| 4.98 m | John Pennel | United States |
Natchitoches, U.S. | 10 April 1963 | 2 |
| 5.00 m | Brian Sternberg | United States |
Philadelphia, U.S. | 27 April 1963 | 1 |
| 5.05 m | John Pennel | United States |
Monroe, U.S. | 30 April 1963 | 3 |
| 5.05 m | Brian Sternberg | United States |
Modesto, U.S. | 25 May 1963 | 2 |
| 5.08 m | Brian Sternberg | United States |
Compton | 7 June 1963 | 3 |
| 5.10 m | John Pennel | United States |
London, England | 14 July 1963 | 4 |
| 5.10 m | John Pennel | United States |
Warszawa, Poland | 26 July 1963 | 5 |
| 5.13 m | John Pennel | United States |
London, England | 5 August 1963 | 6 |
| 5.20 m | John Pennel | United States |
Coral Gables, U.S. | 24 August 1963 | 7 |
| 5.20 m | Fred Hansen | United States |
Houston, U.S. | 5 June 1964 | 1 |
| 5.23 m | Fred Hansen | United States |
San Diego, U.S. | 13 June 1964 | 2 |
| 5.28 m | Fred Hansen | United States |
Los Angeles, U.S. | 25 July 1964 | 3 |
| 5.32 m | Bob Seagren | United States |
Fresno, U.S. | 14 May 1966 | 1 |
| 5.32 m | Bob Seagren | United States |
Frederick, U.S. | 2 July 1966 | 2 |
| 5.34 m | John Pennel | United States |
Los Angeles, U.S. | 23 July 1966 | 8 |
| 5.36 m | Bob Seagren | United States |
San Diego, U.S. | 10 June 1967 | 3 |
| 5.38 m | Paul Wilson | United States |
Bakersfield, U.S. | 23 June 1967 | 1 |
| 5.41 m | Bob Seagren | United States |
Lake Tahoe, U.S. | 12 September 1968 | 4 |
| 5.44 m | John Pennel | United States |
Sacramento, U.S. | 21 June 1969 | 9 |
| 5.45 m | Wolfgang Nordwig |  East Germany |
Berlin, Germany | 17 June 1970 | 1 |
| 5.46 m | Wolfgang Nordwig | East Germany |
Turin, Italy | 3 September 1970 | 2 |
| 5.49 m | Christos Papanikolaou |  Greece |
Athens, Greece | 24 October 1970 | 1 |
| 5.51 m | Kjell Isaksson |  Sweden |
Austin, U.S. | 8 April 1972 | 1 |
| 5.54 m | Kjell Isaksson | Sweden |
Los Angeles, U.S. | 15 April 1972 | 2 |
| 5.55 m | Kjell Isaksson | Sweden |
Helsingborg, Sweden | 12 June 1972 | 3 |
| 5.59 m | Bob Seagren | United States |
El Paso, U.S. | 23 May 1972 | 5 |
| 5.59 m | Kjell Isaksson | Sweden |
El Paso, U.S. | 23 May 1972 | 4 |
| 5.63 m | Bob Seagren | United States |
Eugene, U.S. | 2 July 1972 | 6 |
| 5.65 m | Dave Roberts | United States |
Gainesville, U.S. | 28 March 1975 | 1 |
| 5.67 m | Earl Bell | United States |
Wichita, U.S. | 29 May 1976 | 1 |
| 5.70 m | Dave Roberts | United States |
Eugene, U.S. | 22 June 1976 | 2 |
| 5.72 m | Władysław Kozakiewicz |  Poland |
Milan, Italy | 11 May 1980 | 1 |
| 5.75 m | Thierry Vigneron |  France |
Lille, France | 29 June 1980 | 1 |
| 5.75 m | Thierry Vigneron | France |
Colombes, France | 1 June 1980 | 2 |
| 5.77 m | Philippe Houvion | France |
Paris, France | 17 July 1980 | 1 |
| 5.78 m | Władysław Kozakiewicz | Poland |
Moscow, Soviet Union | 30 July 1980 | 2 |
| 5.80 m | Thierry Vigneron | France |
Mâcon, France | 20 June 1981 | 3 |
| 5.81 m | Vladimir Polyakov |  Soviet Union |
Tbilisi, Georgia | 26 June 1981 | 1 |
| 5.82 m | Pierre Quinon | France |
Köln, Germany | 28 August 1983 | 1 |
| 5.83 m | Thierry Vigneron | France |
Rome, Italy | 1 September 1983 | 4 |
| 5.85 m | Sergei Bubka | Soviet Union |
Bratislava, Slovakia | 26 May 1984 | 1 |
| 5.88 m | Sergei Bubka | Soviet Union |
Paris, France | 2 June 1984 | 2 |
| 5.90 m | Sergei Bubka | Soviet Union |
London, England | 13 July 1984 | 3 |
| 5.91 m | Thierry Vigneron | France |
Rome, Italy | 31 August 1984 | 5 |
| 5.94 m | Sergei Bubka | Soviet Union |
Rome, Italy | 31 August 1984 | 4 |
| 6.00 m | Sergei Bubka | Soviet Union |
Paris, France | 13 June 1985 | 5 |
| 6.01 m | Sergei Bubka | Soviet Union |
Moscow, Russia | 8 June 1986 | 6 |
| 6.03 m | Sergei Bubka | Soviet Union |
Prague, Czech Republic | 23 June 1987 | 7 |
| 6.05 m | Sergei Bubka | Soviet Union |
Bratislava, Slovakia | 9 June 1988 | 8 |
| 6.06 m | Sergei Bubka | Soviet Union |
Nice, France | 10 July 1988 | 9 |
| 6.07 m | Sergei Bubka | Soviet Union |
Shizuoka, Japan | 6 May 1991 | 10 |
| 6.08 m | Sergei Bubka | Soviet Union |
Moscow, Russia | 9 June 1991 | 11 |
| 6.09 m | Sergei Bubka | Soviet Union |
Formia, Italy | 8 July 1991 | 12 |
| 6.10 m | Sergei Bubka | Soviet Union |
Malmö, Sweden | 5 August 1991 | 13 |
| 6.11 m | Sergei Bubka |  Ukraine |
Dijon, France | 13 June 1992 | 14 |
| 6.12 m | Sergei Bubka | Ukraine |
Padova, Italy | 30 August 1992 | 15 |
| 6.13 m | Sergei Bubka | Ukraine |
Tokyo, Japan | 19 September 1992 | 16 |
| 6.14 m | Sergei Bubka | Ukraine |
Sestriere, Italy | 31 July 1994 | 17 |
Marks noted with an asterisk were not ratified by the IAAF.
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- ^ The numbered occurrence of the athlete breaking the world record, in other words "#7" would indicate the 7th time the athlete broke the world record.
