Men's pole vault indoor world record progression

The following is the men's pole vault indoor world record progression starting from 1889, with additional demonstration and professional records being noted. The best indoor performances on record as agreed to by the world's leading statisticians were accepted as the inaugural Indoor World Records from 1 January 1987; previous to this, they were regarded as world indoor bests. However, the inaugural record in this event was set early in 1987 by Sergey Bubka.

Pre-IAAF Mark Athlete Nat. Date Venue Hugh Baxter 9.02.1889 New York City Jerome Magee 1.03.1902 Milwaukee LeRoy Samse 11.03.1905 Milwaukee LeRoy Samse 22.01.1906 Cincinnati Walter Dray 26.01.1906 New York City Sidney Grear 13.03.1907 Chicago Clare Jacobs 12.02.1909 Chicago Clare Jacobs 23.02.1909 Chicago Walter Dray 06.04.1912 Chicago John Kendall Gold 29.03.1913 Chicago Florin W. Floyd 27.02.1916 Kansas City Percy Graham 08.04.1916 Evanston, United States Edwin Myers 30.03.1923 Evanston, United States Edward Knourek 30.03.1923 Evanston, United States Dean Brownell 15.03.1924 Evanston, United States Charles Hoff 04.02.1926 New York City Charles Hoff 06.02.1926 Boston Charles Hoff 13.02.1926 New York City Charles Hoff 17.02.1926 New York City Charles Hoff 23.02.1926 New York City Charles Hoff 27.02.1926 Baltimore Charles Hoff 06.03.1926 Chicago Charles Hoff 16.03.1926 New York City Charles Hoff 20.03.1926 New York City Charles Hoff 27.03.1926 St. Louis Charles Hoff 09.04.1926 Chicago Sabin Carr 14.02.1927 New York City Sabin Carr 25.02.1928 New York City Keith Brown 15.03.1933 New York City Keith Brown 17.02.1934 New York City George Varoff 13.02.1937 Boston Cornelius Warmerdam 11.02.1939 Boston Earle Meadows 25.03.1939 Chicago Earle Meadows 08.02.1941 Boston Earle Meadows 08.03.1941 New York City Cornelius Warmerdam 07.02.1942 New York City Cornelius Warmerdam 07.02.1942 New York City Cornelius Warmerdam 14.02.1942 Boston Cornelius Warmerdam 14.02.1942 Boston Cornelius Warmerdam 20.03.1943 Chicago Don Bragg 13.02.1959 Philadelphia John Uelses 27.01.1962 Washington, DC John Uelses 02.02.1962 New York City John Uelses 03.02.1962 Boston Don Meyers 20.12.1962 Chicago Pentti Nikula 19.01.1963 Nastola David Tork 25.01.1963 Toronto Yang Chuan-Kwang 26.01.1963 Portland Pentti Nikula 02.02.1963 Nastola Pentti Nikula 02.02.1963 Nastola Pentti Nikula 02.02.1963 Nastola

World record progression (since 1966) Ratified Not ratified Ratified but later rescinded Pending ratification

Mark Athlete Nat. Date VenueIAAF ratified bests (1966–1986) John Pennel 22.01.1966 Los Angeles John Pennel 12.02.1966 Los Angeles Robert Seagren 05.03.1966 Albuquerque Robert Seagren 18.03.1966 Cleveland Robert Seagren 29.12.1966 Saskatoon Robert Seagren 28.01.1967 Albuquerque Robert Seagren 18.02.1967 Cleveland Robert Seagren 25.01.1968 New York City Robert Seagren 25.01.1969 Albuquerque Robert Seagren 08.02.1969 Inglewood Kjell Isaksson 08.03.1970 Gothenburg Jan Johnson 20.06.1970 Des Moines Kjell Isaksson 12.02.1971 Inglewood Wolfgang Nordwig 14.03.1971 Sofia Kjell Isaksson 19.03.1971 Cleveland Kjell Isaksson 25.02.1972 New York City Steve Smith 20.01.1973 Los Angeles Steve Smith 26.01.1973 New York City Dan Ripley 18.01.1975 Los Angeles Dan Ripley 09.01.1976 College Park Dan Ripley 06.02.1976 Inglewood Tadeusz Ślusarski 08.02.1976 Warsaw Władysław Kozakiewicz 13.02.1976 Toronto Dan Ripley 20.02.1976 New York City Mike Tully 07.01.1978 Long Beach, California Mike Tully 11.03.1978 Detroit Dan Ripley 03.03.1979 Fort Worth Konstantin Volkov 09.02.1980 Moscow Konstantin Volkov 06.07.1980 Moscow Thierry Vigneron 18.01.1981 Lyon Thierry Vigneron 22.02.1981 Grenoble Billy Olson 29.01.1982 Toronto Billy Olson 06.02.1982 Louisville Billy Olson 19.02.1982 San Diego Billy Olson 27.02.1982 Kansas City Billy Olson 14.01.1983 Ottawa Billy Olson 21.01.1983 Inglewood Billy Olson 04.02.1983 Toronto Sergey Bubka 15.01.1984 Vilnius Sergey Bubka 01.02.1984 Milan Sergey Bubka 10.02.1984 Inglewood Thierry Vigneron 04.03.1984 Gothenburg Billy Olson 28.12.1985 Saskatoon Sergey Bubka 15.01.1986 Osaka Billy Olson 17.01.1986 Inglewood Billy Olson 25.01.1986 Albuquerque Joe Dial 01.02.1986 Columbia Sergey Bubka 08.02.1986 Moscow Billy Olson 08.02.1986 East Rutherford Sergey Bubka 21.02.1986 Inglewood Sergey Bubka 28.02.1986 New York City Sergey Bubka 15.01.1987 OsakaIAAF ratified records (since 1987) Sergey Bubka 17.03.1987 Turin Rodion Gataulin 22.01.1989 Leningrad Rodion Gataulin 04.02.1989 Gomel Sergey Bubka 11.02.1989 Osaka Sergey Bubka 17.03.1990 Donetsk Sergey Bubka 09.02.1991 Volgograd Sergey Bubka 15.03.1991 San Sebastián Sergey Bubka 19.03.1991 Donetsk Sergey Bubka 23.03.1991 Grenoble Sergey Bubka 22.02.1992 Berlin Sergey Bubka 13.02.1993 Lievin Sergey Bubka 21.02.1993 Donetsk Renaud Lavillenie 15.02.2014 Donetsk Armand Duplantis 08.02.2020 Toruń Armand Duplantis 15.02.2020 Glasgow Armand Duplantis 07.03.2022 Belgrade Armand Duplantis 20.03.2022 Belgrade Armand Duplantis 25.02.2023 Clermont-Ferrand Armand Duplantis 28.02.2025 Clermont-Ferrand Armand Duplantis 12.03.2026 Uppsala

Other marks of note Demonstration Mark Athlete Nat. Date Venue Charles Hoff 11.02.1926 Brooklyn Bob Seagren 22.12.1966 Mobile Larry Jessee 16.10.1985 Newcastle, Australia

Unsanctioned meeting Mark Athlete Nat. Date Venue Herve D'Encausse 30.03.1967 Paris

Dubious professional records Mark Athlete Nat. Date Venue Robert Musgrave 16.03.1864 Islington Robert Musgrave 26.03.1869 Islington

Professional Mark Athlete Nat. Date Venue John Allison 19.04.1867 Islington Robert Musgrave 19.04.1867 Islington A Steve Smith 22.02.1974 Salt Lake City A Steve Smith 23.02.1974 Pocatello Steve Smith 17.01.1975 Montreal Steve Smith 11.04.1975 Portland Steve Smith 28.05.1975 New York City

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

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