Women's pole vault world record progression
History since official recordkeeping began in 1994
The first world record in the women's pole vault was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1994. The inaugural record, 4.05 metres by Sun Caiyun of China set in 1992, was the world's best mark as of December 31, 1994.[1]
As of June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 54 world records in the event.[2]
Pre-IAAF Record Progression
The first mark shows the measurement system in use at the time of the jump, the second mark shows the conversion. Marks set in the USA during this era were always measured in imperial measurements. Most of the world and IAAF recognize marks in metric measurements.
Mark | Athlete | Nation | Venue | Date | #[3] |
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4 ft 9 in (1.44 m)[1] | Ruth Spencer | ![]() | Painesville | 14 May 1910 | |
4 ft 10 in (1.47 m)[1] | 15 May 1911 | ||||
4 ft 11 in (1.49 m)[1] | |||||
5 ft 1 in (1.54 m)[1] | |||||
5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)[1] | |||||
5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)[1] | |||||
5 ft 4 in (1.62 m)[1] | |||||
5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1] | |||||
5 ft 6 in (1.67 m)[1] | |||||
5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)[1] | |||||
5 ft 73⁄4 in (1.72 m)[4] | |||||
5 ft 8 in (1.72 m)[1] | Hazel Hutaff | Rock Hill | 3 April 1915 | ||
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] | |||||
5 ft 93⁄4 in (1.77 m)[4] | |||||
5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)[1] | Lois Tatum | Tallahassee | 13 April 1915 | ||
=5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)[1] | Emma Lee King | ||||
6 ft 01⁄2 in (1.84 m)[4] | Lois Tatum | ||||
=6 ft 01⁄2 in (1.84 m)[1] | Eva Fisk | Lincoln | 13 May 1915 | ||
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1] | |||||
6 ft 3 in (1.9 m)[1] | |||||
=6 ft 3 in (1.9 m)[1] | Mildred Carl | New Haven | 6 June 1915 | ||
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[1] | |||||
6 ft 5 in (1.95 m)[1] | |||||
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)[1] | |||||
6 ft 7 in (2 m)[1] | |||||
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)[1] | |||||
6 ft 9 in (2.05 m)[1] | |||||
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)[1] | |||||
6 ft 11 in (2.1 m)[1] | |||||
7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)[4] | |||||
7 ft 1 in (2.15 m)[1] | |||||
7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)[4] | |||||
7 ft 3 in (2.2 m)[4] | 3 June 1919 | ||||
2.25 m (7 ft 4+1⁄2 in)[1] | Elva Hintze | ![]() | Nürnberg | 17 July 1921 | |
2.30 m (7 ft 6+1⁄2 in)[1] | Helene Henneke | ||||
2.35 m (7 ft 8+1⁄2 in)[4] | |||||
=2.35 m (7 ft 8+1⁄2 in)[4] | Yelena Goldobina | ![]() | Moskva | 7 September 1924 | |
2.53 m (8 ft 3+1⁄2 in)[4] | Zoya Romanova | 26 August 1935 | |||
8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)[4] | Diane Bragg | ![]() | Philadelphia | 6 July 1952 | |
=8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)[4] | Brenda Walker | ![]() | Wairoa | 8 Jan 1969 | |
8 ft 61⁄2 in (2.6 m) i[1] | Irene Spieker | ![]() | Louisville | 10 February 1978 | |
8 ft 7 in (2.61 m) i[1] | 9 February 1979 | ||||
9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) i[1] | |||||
9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) i[1] | |||||
10 ft 01⁄4 in (3.05 m) i[1] | |||||
10 ft 01⁄4 in (3.05 m)[4] | Jana Edwards | * June 1983 | |||
10 ft 6 in (3.2 m)[4] | Chicago | 11 June 1983 | |||
10 ft 7 in (3.22 m)[4] | Cleveland | 18 June 1983 | |||
11 ft 1 in (3.37 m)[4] | 18 June 1983 | ||||
11 ft 6 in (3.5 m)[4] | Fort Wayne | 23 July 1983 | |||
11 ft 91⁄2 in (3.59 m)[4] | |||||
3.72 m (12 ft 2+1⁄4 in)[4] | Zhang Chunzhen | ![]() | Guangzhou | 20 April 1988 | |
3.73 m (12 ft 2+3⁄4 in)[4] | Shao Jingmen | 4 May 1988 | |||
3.75 m (12 ft 3+1⁄2 in)[4] | Zhang Chunzhen | Nanjing | 10 June 1988 | ||
3.76 m (12 ft 4 in)[4] | Zhou Minxin | Fuzhou | 22 April 1989 | ||
3.8 m (12 ft 5+1⁄2 in)[4] | Zhang Chunzhen | Guangzhou | 9 September 1989 | ||
3.81 m (12 ft 6 in)[4] | 24 March 1990 | ||||
3.83 m (12 ft 6+3⁄4 in)[4] | Sun Caiyun | 24 March 1991 | |||
=3.83 m (12 ft 6+3⁄4 in)[4] | Zhang Chunzhen | ||||
4.00 m (13 ft 1+1⁄4 in)[4] | |||||
4.02 m (13 ft 2+1⁄4 in)[4] | Beijing | 5 June 1991 | |||
4.05 m (13 ft 3+1⁄4 in)[4] | Guangzhou | 10 August 1991 |
IAAF Record Progression
Mark | Athlete | Nation | Venue | Date | #[3] |
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4.05 m (13 ft 3+1⁄4 in)[2] | Sun Caiyun | ![]() | Nanjing, China | 21 May 1992 | 1 |
4.08 m (13 ft 4+1⁄2 in)[2] | 18 May 1995 | 2 | |||
4.08 m (13 ft 4+1⁄2 in)[2] | Zhong Guiqing | 1 | |||
4.10 m (13 ft 5+1⁄4 in)[2] | Daniela Bártová | ![]() | Ljubljana, Slovenia | 21 May 1995 | 1 |
4.12 m (13 ft 6 in)[2] | Duisburg, Germany | 18 June 1995 | 2 | ||
4.13 m (13 ft 6+1⁄2 in)[2] | Wesel, Germany | 24 June 1995 | 3 | ||
4.14 m (13 ft 6+3⁄4 in)[2] | Gateshead, England | 2 July 1995 | 4 | ||
4.15 m (13 ft 7+1⁄4 in)[2] | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 6 July 1995 | 5 | ||
4.16 m (13 ft 7+3⁄4 in)[2] | Feldkirch, Austria | 14 July 1995 | 6 | ||
4.17 m (13 ft 8 in)[2] | 15 July 1995 | 7 | |||
4.18 m (13 ft 8+1⁄2 in)[2] | Andrea Müller | ![]() | Zittau, Germany | 5 August 1995 | 1 |
4.20 m (13 ft 9+1⁄4 in)[2] | Daniela Bártová | ![]() | Köln, Germany | 18 August 1995 | 8 |
4.21 m (13 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[2] | Linz, Austria | 22 August 1995 | 9 | ||
4.22 m (13 ft 10 in)[2] | Salgótarján, Hungary | 11 September 1995 | 10 | ||
4.25 m (13 ft 11+1⁄4 in)[2] | Emma George | ![]() | Melbourne, Australia | 30 November 1995 | 1 |
4.28 m (14 ft 1⁄2 in)[2] | Perth, Australia | 17 December 1995 | 2 | ||
4.30 m (14 ft 1+1⁄4 in)[2] | 28 January 1996 | 3 | |||
4.41 m (14 ft 5+1⁄2 in)[2] | 4 | ||||
4.42 m (14 ft 6 in)[2] | Reims, France | 29 June 1996 | 5 | ||
4.45 m (14 ft 7 in)[2] | Sapporo, Japan | 14 July 1996 | 6 | ||
4.50 m (14 ft 9 in)[2] | Melbourne, Australia | 8 February 1997 | 7 | ||
4.55 m (14 ft 11 in)[2] | 20 February 1997 | 8 | |||
4.57 m (14 ft 11+3⁄4 in)[2] | Auckland, New Zealand | 21 February 1998 | 9 | ||
4.58 m (15 ft 1⁄4 in)[2] | Melbourne, Australia | 14 March 1998 | 10 | ||
4.59 m (15 ft 1⁄2 in)[2] | Brisbane, Australia | 21 March 1998 | 11 | ||
4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)[2] | Sydney, Australia | 20 February 1999 | 12 | ||
4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)[2] | Stacy Dragila | ![]() | Sevilla, Spain | 21 August 1999 | 1 |
i 4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)[2][5] | Pocatello, U.S. | 19 Feb 2000 | 2 | ||
i 4.62 m (15 ft 1+3⁄4 in)[2][5] | Atlanta, U.S. | 3 Mar 2000 | 3 | ||
4.63 m (15 ft 2+1⁄4 in)[2] | Sacramento, U.S. | 23 July 2000 | 4 | ||
i 4.63 m (15 ft 2+1⁄4 in)[2][5] | New York City, U.S. | 2 Feb 2001 | 5 | ||
i 4.64 m (15 ft 2+1⁄2 in)[2][5] | Svetlana Feofanova | ![]() | Dortmund, Germany | 11 February 2001 | 1 |
i 4.66 m (15 ft 3+1⁄4 in)[2][5] | Stacy Dragila | ![]() | Pocatello, U.S. | 17 Feb 2001 | 6 |
i 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in)[2][5] | 7 | ||||
4.70 m (15 ft 5 in)[2] | 27 April 2001 | 8 | |||
4.71 m (15 ft 5+1⁄4 in)[2] | Stanford, U.S. | 9 June 2001 | 9 | ||
4.81 m (15 ft 9+1⁄4 in)[2] | 10 | ||||
4.82 m (15 ft 9+3⁄4 in)[2] | Yelena Isinbayeva | ![]() | Gateshead, England | 13 July 2003 | 1 |
i 4.83 m (15 ft 10 in)[2][5] | Donets'k, Ukraine | 15 February 2004 | 2 | ||
i 4.85 m (15 ft 10+3⁄4 in)[2][5] | Svetlana Feofanova[6] | Athens, Greece | 22 February 2004 | 2 | |
i 4.86 m (15 ft 11+1⁄4 in)[2][5] | Yelena Isinbayeva | Budapest, Hungary | 6 March 2004 | 3 | |
4.87 m (15 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[2] | Gateshead, England | 27 June 2004 | 4 | ||
4.88 m (16 ft 0 in)[2] | Svetlana Feofanova | Heraklion, Greece | 4 July 2004 | 3 | |
4.89 m (16 ft 1⁄2 in)[2] | Yelena Isinbayeva | Birmingham, England | 25 July 2004 | 5 | |
4.90 m (16 ft 3⁄4 in)[2] | London, England | 30 July 2004 | 6 | ||
4.91 m (16 ft 1+1⁄4 in)[2] | Athens, Greece | 24 August 2004 | 7 | ||
4.92 m (16 ft 1+1⁄2 in)[2] | Brussels, Belgium | 3 September 2004 | 8 | ||
4.93 m (16 ft 2 in)[2] | Lausanne, Switzerland | 5 July 2005 | 9 | ||
4.95 m (16 ft 2+3⁄4 in)[2] | Madrid, Spain | 16 July 2005 | 10 | ||
4.96 m (16 ft 3+1⁄4 in)[2] | London, England | 22 July 2005 | 11 | ||
5.00 m (16 ft 4+3⁄4 in)[2] | 12 | ||||
5.01 m (16 ft 5 in)[2] | Helsinki, Finland | 9 August 2005 | 13 | ||
5.03 m (16 ft 6 in)[2] | Rome, Italy | 11 July 2008 | 14 | ||
5.04 m (16 ft 6+1⁄4 in)[2] | Fontvieille, Monaco | 29 July 2008 | 15 | ||
5.05 m (16 ft 6+3⁄4 in)[2] | Beijing, China | 18 August 2008 | 16 | ||
5.06 m (16 ft 7 in)[7] | Zürich, Switzerland | 28 August 2009 | 17 |
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/Progression-of-IAAF-World-Records-2015/projet/IAAF-WRPB-2015.pdf P314
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 645. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved July 30, 2009.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab "Women's PV World Record Progression - PoleVaultPower.com".
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "From 2000, IAAF Rule 260.18s (formerly 260.6.a) was amended to say world records (as opposed to indoor world records) can be set in a facility 'with or without a roof.' So far, only one event - the women's pole vault - has been affected by this change, which was not applied retrospectively. Therefore world records set in 2000 and 2001 by Stacy Dragila and Svetlana Feofanova can be regarded as 'absolute' and appear on these [record progression] lists." [1] (p.546) This rule also applies to Isinbayeva's and Feofanova's 2004 marks.
- ^ The IAAF lists Yelena Isinbayeva as having set this mark on 20 February 2004 on their 2009-published progression lists. However, multiple sources elsewhere, including the IAAF's own list of highest women's indoor vaults of the year 2004,[2] state that Svetlana Feofanova in fact set this record.
- ^ "World Records Ratified". Retrieved November 9, 2009.
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