The first world record in the men's pole vault was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912.

As of April 20, 2024, 80 world records have been ratified by the IAAF (now World Athletics) in the event. Since 2000, World Athletics makes no distinction between indoor and outdoor settings when establishing pole vault world records. This new rule was not applied retroactively. The introduction in the early 1950s of flexible vaulting poles made from composites such as fiberglass or carbon fiber allowed vaulters to achieve greater height. The present record of was set by Armand Duplantis, competing at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

Record progression

This table lists jumps ratified by World Athletics (formerly the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)) as world records, which includes tying or surpassing the existing record.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"

|-

| style="width:10px;"| || Ratified

|-

| style="width:10px; background:#fef6e7;"| || Not ratified

|-

| style="width:10px; background:#fee7e6;"| || Ratified but later rescinded

|-

| style="width:10px; background:#cef6f5;"| || Pending ratification

|}

{| class="wikitable"

! Mark

! Athlete

! Nation

! Venue

! Date

! #

|-

|

| Francis Temple

| rowspan=23|

| Woolwich

| October 6, 1849

| 1

|-

|

| Robert Mitchell

| London

| June 19, 1868 Sergey Bubka set an indoor record of on February 21, 1993, in excess of the outdoor record, before this rule came into effect. Lavillenie's indoor world record was set after the rule came into effect, and thus since it exceeded Bubka's set outdoors, it also became the outright world record, the first indoor mark to do so in this event.

| Sestriere, Italy

| July 31, 1994

| Renaud Lavillenie

|

| Donetsk, Ukraine

| February 15, 2014

| 1

|-

|

| rowspan="15" | Armand Duplantis

| rowspan="15" |

| Toruń, Poland

| February 8, 2020

| 1

|-

|

| Glasgow, UK

| February 15, 2020

| 2

|-

|

| rowspan=2| Belgrade, Serbia

| March 7, 2022

| 3

|-

|

| March 20, 2022

| 4

|-

|

| Eugene, U.S.

| July 24, 2022

| 5

|-

|

| Clermont-Ferrand, France

| February 25, 2023

| 6

|-

|

| Eugene, U.S.

| September 17, 2023

| 7

|-

|

| Xiamen, China

| April 20, 2024

| 8

|-

|

|Paris, France

| August 5, 2024

| 9

|-

|

|Chorzów, Poland

|August 25, 2024

|10

|-

|

|Clermont-Ferrand, France

|February 28, 2025

| 11

|-

|

|Stockholm, Sweden

|June 15, 2025

| 12

|-

|

|Budapest, Hungary

|August 12, 2025

| 13

|-

|6.30 m (20 ft 8 in)

|Tokyo, Japan

|September 15, 2025

| 14

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|

|Uppsala, Sweden

|March 12th, 2026

|15

|-

| colspan = "6" | Notes:<br/>

|}

See also

  • Men's pole vault indoor world record progression
  • Women's pole vault world record progression
  • List of pole vaulters who reached 6 metres

References

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