Main > Men, Pole Vault > World Championships Records Progression
All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons.
•   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated
 
• 5.40 Sergey Bubka URS Helsinki Aug 14, 1983
• 5.40* Konstantin Volkov URS Helsinki Aug 14, 1983
• 5.40* Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz POL Helsinki Aug 14, 1983
• 5.40* Thierry Vigneron FRA Helsinki Aug 14, 1983
• 5.40* Frantisek Jansa TCH Helsinki Aug 14, 1983
• 5.40* Miro Zalar SWE Helsinki Aug 14, 1983
• 5.40* Tom Hintnaus BRA Helsinki Aug 14, 1983
• 5.40* Felix Bohni SUI Helsinki Aug 14, 1983
• 5.40* Vladimir Polyakov URS Helsinki Aug 14, 1983
• 5.40* Tadeusz Slusarski POL Helsinki Aug 14, 1983
• 5.40* Jeff Buckingham USA Helsinki Aug 14, 1983
• 5.40* Veijo Vannesluoma FIN Helsinki Aug 14, 1983
• 5.50 Sergey Bubka URS Helsinki Aug 14, 1983
• 5.50* Tom Hintnaus BRA Helsinki Aug 14, 1983
• 5.50* Atanas Tarev BUL Helsinki Aug 14, 1983
• 5.50* Patrick Abada FRA Helsinki Aug 14, 1983
• 5.50* Miro Zalar SWE Helsinki Aug 14, 1983
• 5.55 Tadeusz Slusarski POL Helsinki Aug 14, 1983
• 5.60 Konstantin Volkov URS Helsinki Aug 14, 1983
• 5.60* Atanas Tarev BUL Helsinki Aug 14, 1983
• 5.60* Sergey Bubka URS Helsinki Aug 14, 1983
• 5.70 Sergey Bubka URS Helsinki Aug 14, 1983
• 5.70* Nikolay Nikolov BUL Rome Sep 05, 1987
• 5.70* Thierry Vigneron FRA Rome Sep 05, 1987
• 5.70* Sergey Bubka URS Rome Sep 05, 1987
• 5.70* Rodion Gataulin URS Rome Sep 05, 1987
• 5.70* Marian Kolasa POL Rome Sep 05, 1987
• 5.80 Rodion Gataulin URS Rome Sep 05, 1987
• 5.80* Thierry Vigneron FRA Rome Sep 05, 1987
• 5.80* Marian Kolasa POL Rome Sep 05, 1987
• 5.85 Sergey Bubka URS Rome Sep 05, 1987
• 5.90 Istvan Bagyula HUN Tokyo Aug 29, 1991
• 5.95 Sergey Bubka URS Tokyo Aug 29, 1991
• 6.00 Sergey Bubka URS Stuttgart Aug 19, 1993
• 6.01 Sergey Bubka URS Athens Aug 10, 1997
• 6.02 Maksim Tarasov RUS Seville Aug 26, 1999
• 6.05 Dmitriy Markov AUS Edmonton Aug 09, 2001
• 6.06 Armand Duplantis SWE Eugene, OR Jul 24, 2022
• 6.21 Armand Duplantis SWE Eugene, OR Jul 24, 2022
  6.30 Armand Duplantis SWE Tokyo Sep 15, 2025