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All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated Bamboo pole • 3.30 William Hoyt USA Athens Apr 10, 1896 • 3.30* Irving Baxter USA Paris Jul 15, 1900 • 3.35 Claude Allen USA St.Louis Sep 03, 1904 • 3.35* Ward McLanahan USA St.Louis Sep 03, 1904 • 3.35* Louis Wilkins USA St.Louis Sep 03, 1904 • 3.35* Leroy Samse USA St.Louis Sep 03, 1904 • 3.35* Charles Dvorák USA St.Louis Sep 03, 1904 • 3.43 Louis Wilkins USA St.Louis Sep 03, 1904 • 3.43* Leroy Samse USA St.Louis Sep 03, 1904 • 3.43* Charles Dvorák USA St.Louis Sep 03, 1904 • 3.50 Charles Dvorák USA St.Louis Sep 03, 1904 • 3.50* Samuel Bellah USA London Jul 24, 1908 • 3.50* Georgios Banikas GRE London Jul 24, 1908 • 3.50* Bruno Söderström SWE London Jul 24, 1908 • 3.50* Charles Jacobs USA London Jul 24, 1908 • 3.50* Edward Archibald CAN London Jul 24, 1908 • 3.50* Alfred Gilbert USA London Jul 24, 1908 • 3.50* Edward Cook USA London Jul 24, 1908 • 3.58 Bruno Söderström SWE London Jul 24, 1908 • 3.58* Charles Jacobs USA London Jul 24, 1908 • 3.58* Edward Archibald CAN London Jul 24, 1908 • 3.58* Alfred Gilbert USA London Jul 24, 1908 • 3.58* Edward Cook USA London Jul 24, 1908 • 3.66 Alfred Gilbert USA London Jul 24, 1908 • 3.66* Edward Cook USA London Jul 24, 1908 • 3.71 Edward Cook USA London Jul 24, 1908 • 3.71* Alfred Gilbert USA London Jul 24, 1908 • 3.75 Frank Nelson USA Stockholm Jul 11, 1912 • 3.75* Bertil Uggla SWE Stockholm Jul 11, 1912 • 3.75* Harold Babcock USA Stockholm Jul 11, 1912 • 3.75* Marc Wright USA Stockholm Jul 11, 1912 • 3.75* William Happenny CAN Stockholm Jul 11, 1912 • 3.75* Frank Murphy USA Stockholm Jul 11, 1912 • 3.75* Samuel Bellah USA Stockholm Jul 11, 1912 • 3.80 Frank Nelson USA Stockholm Jul 11, 1912 • 3.80* Harold Babcock USA Stockholm Jul 11, 1912 • 3.80* Marc Wright USA Stockholm Jul 11, 1912 • 3.80* Bertil Uggla SWE Stockholm Jul 11, 1912 • 3.80* William Happenny CAN Stockholm Jul 11, 1912 • 3.80* Frank Murphy USA Stockholm Jul 11, 1912 • 3.85 Harold Babcock USA Stockholm Jul 11, 1912 • 3.85* Frank Nelson USA Stockholm Jul 11, 1912 • 3.85* Marc Wright USA Stockholm Jul 11, 1912 • 3.90 Harold Babcock USA Stockholm Jul 11, 1912 • 3.95 Harold Babcock USA Stockholm Jul 11, 1912 • 4.00 Frank Foss USA Antwerpen Aug 20, 1920 • 4.09 Frank Foss USA Antwerpen Aug 20, 1920 • 4.10 Sabin Carr USA Amsterdam Aug 03, 1928 • 4.10* William Droegmuller USA Amsterdam Aug 03, 1928 • 4.20 Sabin Carr USA Amsterdam Aug 03, 1928 • 4.20* William Miller USA Los Angeles Aug 03, 1932 • 4.20* George Jefferson USA Los Angeles Aug 03, 1932 • 4.20* Shuhei Nishida JPN Los Angeles Aug 03, 1932 • 4.25 William Miller USA Los Angeles Aug 03, 1932 • 4.25* Shuhei Nishida JPN Los Angeles Aug 03, 1932 • 4.30 William Miller USA Los Angeles Aug 03, 1932 • 4.30* Shuhei Nishida JPN Los Angeles Aug 03, 1932 • 4.315 William Miller USA Los Angeles Aug 03, 1932 • 4.35 Earle Meadows USA Berlin Aug 05, 1936 • 4.40 Ragnar Lundberg SWE Helsinki Jul 22, 1952 • 4.40* Donald Laz USA Helsinki Jul 22, 1952 • 4.40* Pyotr Denisenko URS Helsinki Jul 22, 1952 • 4.40* Robert Richards USA Helsinki Jul 22, 1952 • 4.50 Donald Laz USA Helsinki Jul 22, 1952 • 4.50* Robert Richards USA Helsinki Jul 22, 1952 • 4.55 Robert Richards USA Helsinki Jul 22, 1952 • 4.56 Robert Richards USA Melbourne Nov 26, 1956 Steel pole • 4.60 Donald Bragg USA Rome Sep 07, 1960 • 4.60* Ron Morris USA Rome Sep 07, 1960 • 4.70 Donald Bragg USA Rome Sep 07, 1960 Synthetic pole • 4.70* Gennadiy Bliznyetsov URS Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.70* Fred Hansen USA Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.70* Pentti Nikula FIN Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.70* William Pemelton USA Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.70* Klaus Lehnertz FRG Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.70* Guerrino Moro CAN Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.70* Rudolf Tomasek TCH Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.70* John Pennel USA Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.70* Risto Ankio FIN Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.70* Romen Lesek YUG Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.70* Igor Feld URS Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.80 Fred Hansen USA Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.80* William Pemelton USA Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.80* Manfred Preussger GDR Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.80* Klaus Lehnertz FRG Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.80* Wolfgang Reinhardt FRG Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.80* Rudolf Tomasek TCH Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.80* Igor Feld URS Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.80* Pentti Nikula FIN Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.85 Gennadiy Bliznyetsov URS Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.85* Fred Hansen USA Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.85* Klaus Lehnertz FRG Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.85* Pentti Nikula FIN Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.90 Pentti Nikula FIN Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.90* Manfred Preussger GDR Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.90* Klaus Lehnertz FRG Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.90* Rudolf Tomasek TCH Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.90* Wolfgang Reinhardt FRG Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.95* Gennadiy Bliznyetsov URS Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 4.95* Klaus Lehnertz FRG Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 5.00 Fred Hansen USA Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 5.00* Wolfgang Reinhardt FRG Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 5.00* Manfred Preussger GDR Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 5.00* Klaus Lehnertz FRG Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 5.05 Wolfgang Reinhardt FRG Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 5.10 Fred Hansen USA Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 5.10* Gennadiy Bliznyetsov URS Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.10* Kiyoshi Niwa JPN Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.10* Klaus Schiprowski FRG Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.10* Ignacio Sola ESP Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.10* Heinfried Engel FRG Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.15 Ignacio Sola ESP Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.15* Christos Papanicolau GRE Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.15* Kjell Isaksson SWE Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.15* Kiyoshi Niwa JPN Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.15* Herve D'Encausse FRA Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.20 Gennadiy Bliznyetsov URS Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.20* Wolfgang Nordwig GDR Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.20* Heinfried Engel FRG Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.20* Klaus Schiprowski FRG Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.20* Robert Seagren USA Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.20* John Pennel USA Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.20* Ignacio Sola ESP Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.25 Herve D'Encausse FRA Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.25* Christos Papanicolau GRE Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.25* Klaus Schiprowski FRG Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.30 Wolfgang Nordwig GDR Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.30* Robert Seagren USA Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.30* Klaus Schiprowski FRG Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.30* Christos Papanicolau GRE Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.30* Gennadiy Bliznyetsov URS Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.30* John Pennel USA Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.35 Christos Papanicolau GRE Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.35* Wolfgang Nordwig GDR Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.35* Klaus Schiprowski FRG Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.35* John Pennel USA Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.40 Robert Seagren USA Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.40* Klaus Schiprowski FRG Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.40* Wolfgang Nordwig GDR Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 5.40* Wolfgang Nordwig GDR München Sep 02, 1972 • 5.40* Robert Seagren USA München Sep 02, 1972 • 5.45* Wolfgang Nordwig GDR München Sep 02, 1972 • 5.50 Wolfgang Nordwig GDR München Sep 02, 1972 • 5.50* Tadeusz Slusarski POL Montreal Jul 26, 1976 • 5.50* Antti Kalliomäki FIN Montreal Jul 26, 1976 • 5.50* Dave Roberts USA Montreal Jul 26, 1976 • 5.50* Jean-Michel Bellot FRA Moscow Jul 30, 1980 • 5.50* Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz POL Moscow Jul 30, 1980 • 5.55 Mariusz Klimczyk POL Moscow Jul 30, 1980 • 5.55* Konstantin Volkov URS Moscow Jul 30, 1980 • 5.55* Philippe Houvion FRA Moscow Jul 30, 1980 • 5.55* Tadeusz Slusarski POL Moscow Jul 30, 1980 • 5.60 Jean-Michel Bellot FRA Moscow Jul 30, 1980 • 5.60* Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz POL Moscow Jul 30, 1980 • 5.65 Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz POL Moscow Jul 30, 1980 • 5.65* Konstantin Volkov URS Moscow Jul 30, 1980 • 5.65* Philippe Houvion FRA Moscow Jul 30, 1980 • 5.65* Tadeusz Slusarski POL Moscow Jul 30, 1980 • 5.70 Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz POL Moscow Jul 30, 1980 • 5.75 Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz POL Moscow Jul 30, 1980 • 5.78 Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz POL Moscow Jul 30, 1980 • 5.80 Grigoriy Yegorov URS Seoul Sep 28, 1988 • 5.85 Rodion Gataulin URS Seoul Sep 28, 1988 • 5.90 Sergey Bubka URS Seoul Sep 28, 1988 • 5.92 Andrey Tivontchik GER Atlanta Aug 02, 1996 • 5.92* Jean Galfione FRA Atlanta Aug 02, 1996 • 5.92* Igor Trandenkov RUS Atlanta Aug 02, 1996 • 5.95 Tim Mack USA Athens Aug 27, 2004 • 5.96 Steven Hooker AUS Beijing Aug 22, 2008 • 5.97 Renaud Lavillenie FRA London Aug 10, 2012 • 6.03 Thiago Braz da Silva BRA Rio de Janeiro Aug 15, 2016