Women's pole vault world record progression

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

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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]
4 ft 9 in (1.44 m)[1] Ruth Spencer  United States 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  Germany 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  Soviet Union 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  United States Philadelphia 6 July 1952
=8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)[4] Brenda Walker  New Zealand Wairoa 8 Jan 1969
8 ft 61⁄2 in (2.6 m) i[1] Irene Spieker  United States 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  China 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

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Mark Athlete Nation Venue Date #[3]
4.05 m (13 ft 3+1⁄4 in)[2] Sun Caiyun  China 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  Czech Republic 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  Germany Zittau, Germany 5 August 1995 1
4.20 m (13 ft 9+1⁄4 in)[2] Daniela Bártová  Czech Republic 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  Australia 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  United States 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  Russia Dortmund, Germany 11 February 2001 1
i 4.66 m (15 ft 3+1⁄4 in)[2][5] Stacy Dragila  United States 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  Russia 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

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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".
  5. ^ 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.
  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,[2] state that Svetlana Feofanova in fact set this record.
  7. ^ "World Records Ratified". Retrieved November 9, 2009.
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