Women's pole vault world record progression explained

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.

As of June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 54 world records in the event.

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.

MarkAthleteNationVenueDate
[1] Painesville14 May 1910
15 May 1911
[2]
Rock Hill3 April 1915
Tallahassee13 April 1915
=
=Lincoln13 May 1915
=New Haven6 June 1915
3 June 1919
Nürnberg17 July 1921
=Moskva7 September 1924
26 August 1935
Philadelphia6 July 1952
=Wairoa8 Jan 1969
iLouisville10 February 1978
i9 February 1979
i
i
i
  • June 1983
Chicago11 June 1983
Cleveland18 June 1983
18 June 1983
Fort Wayne23 July 1983
Guangzhou20 April 1988
4 May 1988
Nanjing10 June 1988
Fuzhou22 April 1989
Guangzhou9 September 1989
24 March 1990
24 March 1991
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Beijing5 June 1991
Guangzhou10 August 1991

IAAF Record Progression

MarkAthleteNationVenueDate
  1. [3]
[4] Nanjing, China21 May 19921
18 May 19952
1
Daniela Bártová21 May 19951
18 June 19952
Wesel, Germany24 June 19953
2 July 19954
Ostrava, Czech Republic6 July 19955
Feldkirch, Austria14 July 19956
15 July 1995 7
Zittau, Germany5 August 19951
Daniela BártováKöln, Germany18 August 19958
Linz, Austria22 August 19959
Salgótarján, Hungary11 September 199510
30 November 19951
Perth, Australia17 December 19952
28 January 19963
4
Reims, France29 June 19965
Sapporo, Japan14 July 19966
Melbourne, Australia8 February 19977
20 February 19978
Auckland, New Zealand21 February 19989
Melbourne, Australia14 March 199810
21 March 199811
Sydney, Australia20 February 199912
Sevilla, Spain21 August 19991
i [5] Pocatello, U.S.19 Feb 20002
i Atlanta, U.S.3 Mar 20003
Sacramento, U.S.23 July 20004
i New York City, U.S.2 Feb 20015
i Svetlana FeofanovaDortmund, Germany11 February 20011
i Pocatello, U.S.17 Feb 20016
i 7
27 April 20018
Stanford, U.S.9 June 20019
10
Yelena IsinbayevaGateshead, England13 July 20031
i Donets'k, Ukraine15 February 2004 2
i Svetlana Feofanova[6] Athens, Greece22 February 20042
i Yelena IsinbayevaBudapest, Hungary6 March 2004 3
Gateshead, England27 June 20044
Svetlana FeofanovaHeraklion, Greece4 July 20043
Yelena IsinbayevaBirmingham, England25 July 20045
London, England30 July 20046
24 August 20047
Brussels, Belgium3 September 20048
Lausanne, Switzerland5 July 20059
Madrid, Spain16 July 200510
London, England22 July 200511
12
Helsinki, Finland9 August 200513
Rome, Italy11 July 200814
Fontvieille, Monaco29 July 200815
Beijing, China18 August 200816
[7] Zürich, Switzerland28 August 200917

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/Progression-of-IAAF-World-Records-2015/projet/IAAF-WRPB-2015.pdf P314
  2. Web site: Women's PV World Record Progression - PoleVaultPower.com.
  3. 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.
  4. Web site: 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009. . IAAF Media & Public Relations Department . Monte Carlo . Pages 546, 645 . 2009 . July 30, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629134819/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf . June 29, 2011 .
  5. "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." http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf (p.546) This rule also applies to Isinbayeva's and Feofanova's 2004 marks.
  6. 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,http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=i/age=n/season=2004/sex=W/all=n/legal=A/disc=PV/detail.html state that Svetlana Feofanova in fact set this record.
  7. Web site: World Records Ratified . November 9, 2009 .