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All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons.
•   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated          •   - Then World Record
Bamboo pole
  3.02 E.C. Farrell USA Sep 29, 1877  
  3.05 George McNichol USA Hoboken Aug 02, 1879  
  3.19 William Van Houten USA New York Sep 06, 1879  
  3.19 William Van Houten USA Mott Haven, NY Sep 20, 1879  
  3.33 William Van Houten USA Mott Haven, NY Sep 25, 1880  
  3.36 Hugh Baxter USA New York Jun 02, 1883  
  3.45 Hugh Baxter USA Elkton, MD Oct 08, 1887  
  3.48 Hugh Baxter USA Mott Haven, NY Oct 15, 1887  
• 3.49 Walter S. Rodenbaugh USA Philadelphia Sep 17, 1892  
• 3.50 Raymond Clapp USA New Haven May 07, 1898  
• 3.52 Jesse L. Hurlburt USA Worcester May 21, 1898  
  3.62 Raymond Clapp USA Chicago Jun 16, 1898 •
  3.69 Norman Dole USA Berkeley Apr 23, 1904 •
• 3.73 Alfred Gilbert USA Celtic Park May 30, 1906  
  3.74 Leroy Samse USA Chicago Jun 02, 1906 •
  3.78 Leroy Samse USA Chicago Jun 02, 1906 •
  3.79 Walter Dray USA New Haven May 18, 1907 •
  3.82 Walter Dray USA Philadelphia Apr 25, 1908 •
  3.855 Alfred Gilbert USA Philadelphia Jun 06, 1908 •
  3.86 Alfred Gilbert USA New Haven Jun 12, 1908 •
  3.90 Walter Dray USA Danbury Jun 13, 1908 •
  3.91 Leland Scott USA Berkeley Apr 30, 1910 •
  3.93 Leland Scott USA Boulder May 27, 1910 •
  3.985 Robert Gardner USA Philadelphia Jun 01, 1912 •
• 4.02 Marc Wright USA Cambridge Jun 08, 1912 •
  4.05 Frank Foss USA Chicago Aug 23, 1919 •
• 4.09 Frank Foss USA Antwerpen Aug 20, 1920 •
• 4.11 Lee Barnes USA Los Angeles Feb 27, 1926  
• 4.16 Lee Barnes USA Palo Alto May 15, 1926  
• 4.20 Sabin Carr USA Philadelphia May 28, 1926  
• 4.20 Lee Barnes USA Philadelphia May 28, 1926  
• 4.27 Sabin Carr USA Philadelphia May 27, 1927 •
• 4.27* Lee Barnes USA Fresno Apr 28, 1928  
• 4.27* R. Ward Edmonds USA Fresno Apr 28, 1928  
• 4.30 Lee Barnes USA Fresno Apr 28, 1928 •
• 4.32 William Miller USA Palo Alto Jul 16, 1932  
• 4.32* William Graber USA Palo Alto Jul 16, 1932  
• 4.37 William Graber USA Palo Alto Jul 16, 1932 •
• 4.39 Keith Brown USA Cambridge Jun 01, 1935 •
• 4.43 George Varoff USA Princeton Jul 04, 1936 •
  4.45 William Sefton USA Los Angeles Apr 10, 1937 •
  4.48 Earle Meadows USA Stanford May 08, 1937 •
  4.48* William Sefton USA Los Angeles May 29, 1937 •
• 4.54 William Sefton USA Los Angeles May 29, 1937 •
• 4.54* Earle Meadows USA Los Angeles May 29, 1937 •
  4.57 Cornelius Warmerdam USA Berkeley Apr 13, 1940 •
• 4.60 Cornelius Warmerdam USA Fresno Jun 29, 1940 •
  4.64 Cornelius Warmerdam USA Stanford Apr 12, 1941 •
  4.68 Cornelius Warmerdam USA Compton Jun 06, 1941 •
• 4.72 Cornelius Warmerdam USA Compton Jun 06, 1941 •
  4.74 Cornelius Warmerdam USA Berkeley May 02, 1942 •
• 4.77 Cornelius Warmerdam USA Modesto May 23, 1942 •
Aluminum pole
• 4.78 Robert Gutowski USA Palo Alto Apr 27, 1957 •
  4.82 Robert Gutowski USA Austin Jun 15, 1957 •
Synthetic pole
• 4.83 George Davies USA Boulder May 20, 1961 •
• 4.89 John Uelses USA Santa Barbara Mar 31, 1962 •
• 4.93 Dave Tork USA Walnut Apr 28, 1962 •
  4.95 John Pennel USA Memphis Mar 23, 1963 •
  4.98 John Pennel USA Natchitoches Apr 10, 1963 •
• 5.00 Brian Sternberg USA Philadelphia Apr 27, 1963 •
  5.05 John Pennel USA Monroe Apr 30, 1963 •
  5.05* Brian Sternberg USA Modesto May 25, 1963 •
• 5.08 Brian Sternberg USA Compton Jun 07, 1963 •
  5.10 John Pennel USA London Jul 14, 1963 •
  5.10* John Pennel USA Warsaw Jul 26, 1963 •
• 5.13 John Pennel USA London Aug 05, 1963 •
• 5.20 John Pennel USA Coral Gables Aug 24, 1963 •
  5.20* Fred Hansen USA Houston Jun 05, 1964 •
  5.23 Fred Hansen USA San Diego Jun 13, 1964 •
• 5.28 Fred Hansen USA Los Angeles Jul 25, 1964 •
• 5.32 Robert Seagren USA Fresno May 14, 1966 •
• 5.32* Robert Seagren USA Frederick, MD Jul 02, 1966 •
• 5.34 John Pennel USA Los Angeles Jul 23, 1966 •
• 5.36 Robert Seagren USA San Diego Jun 10, 1967 •
• 5.38 Paul Wilson USA Bakersfield Jun 23, 1967 •
• 5.41 Robert Seagren USA South Lake Tahoe Sep 12, 1968 •
• 5.44 John Pennel USA Sacramento Jun 21, 1969 •
• 5.50 Robert Seagren USA El Paso May 23, 1972  
  5.59 Robert Seagren USA El Paso May 23, 1972 •
• 5.63 Robert Seagren USA Eugene Jul 02, 1972 •
• 5.65 Dave Roberts USA Gainesville Mar 28, 1975 •
• 5.67 Earl Bell USA Wichita May 29, 1976 •
• 5.70 Dave Roberts USA Eugene Jun 22, 1976 •
• 5.71 Billy Olson USA Brownwood, TX Mar 20, 1982  
• 5.71* Larry Jessee USA Juarez May 31, 1982  
• 5.72 Dan Ripley USA Knoxville Jun 20, 1982  
• 5.72* Billy Olson USA Knoxville Jun 20, 1982  
• 5.73 Dave Volz USA Durham, NC Jun 26, 1982  
• 5.75 Dave Volz USA Nice Aug 14, 1982  
• 5.75* Brad Pursley USA Abilene Mar 29, 1983  
• 5.76 Jeff Buckingham USA Lawrence Jul 16, 1983  
• 5.77 Mike Tully USA Westwood May 20, 1984  
• 5.80 Earl Bell USA San Jose Jun 09, 1984  
• 5.81 Mike Tully USA Los Angeles Jun 21, 1984  
• 5.82 Mike Tully USA Eugene Jul 21, 1984  
• 5.83 Joe Dial USA Manhattan May 10, 1985  
• 5.85 Joe Dial USA Norman May 19, 1985  
• 5.86 Joe Dial USA Norman Apr 12, 1986  
• 5.88 Joe Dial USA El Paso Apr 20, 1986  
• 5.90 Joe Dial USA Norman Apr 25, 1986  
• 5.91 Joe Dial USA Lawrence Apr 18, 1987  
• 5.94 Joe Dial USA Albuquerque Jun 13, 1987  
• 5.96 Joe Dial USA Norman Jun 18, 1987  
• 5.97 Scott Huffman USA Knoxville Jun 18, 1994  
• 5.98 Lawrence Johnson USA Knoxville May 25, 1996  
• 6.00 Jeff Hartwig USA Saint-Denis Jun 04, 1998  
• 6.01 Jeff Hartwig USA New York Jul 21, 1998  
• 6.02 Jeff Hartwig USA Eugene Jun 27, 1999  
• 6.03 Jeff Hartwig USA Jonesboro Jun 14, 2000  
• 6.04 Brad Walker USA Eugene, OR Jun 08, 2008  
• 6.06 Sam Kendricks USA Des Moines, IA Jul 27, 2019  
  6.07 Lightfoot K C USA Nashville, TN Jun 02, 2023  
Indoor Records were equal to or better than the outdoor at the time they were made.
• 4.20 Sabin Carr USA New York Feb 14, 1927  
• 4.29 Sabin Carr USA New York Feb 25, 1928  
• 4.76 Cornelius Warmerdam USA Boston Feb 14, 1942  
• 4.79 Cornelius Warmerdam USA Chicago Mar 20, 1943  
• 4.81 Donald Bragg USA Philadelphia Feb 13, 1959  
• 4.83 John Uelses USA Washington Jan 27, 1962  
• 4.88 John Uelses USA New York Feb 02, 1962  
• 4.90 John Uelses USA Boston Feb 03, 1962  
• 4.93 David Tork USA Toronto Jan 25, 1963  
• 4.97 Brian Sternberg USA Milwaukee Mar 09, 1963  
• 5.71 Billy Olson USA Toronto Jan 29, 1982  
• 5.72 Billy Olson USA Louisville Feb 06, 1982  
• 5.73 Billy Olson USA San Diego Feb 19, 1982  
• 5.74 Billy Olson USA Kansas City Feb 27, 1982  
• 5.75 Billy Olson USA Ottawa Jan 14, 1983  
• 5.76 Billy Olson USA Los Angeles Jan 21, 1983  
• 5.80 Billy Olson USA Toronto Feb 04, 1983  
• 5.80* Billy Olson USA Los Angeles Feb 10, 1984  
• 5.86 Billy Olson USA Saskatoon Dec 28, 1985  
• 5.88 Billy Olson USA Los Angeles Jan 17, 1986  
• 5.89 Billy Olson USA Albuquerque Jan 25, 1986  
• 5.91 Joe Dial USA Columbia, MO Feb 01, 1986  
• 5.93 Billy Olson USA East Rutherford Feb 08, 1986