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Introduced into the Olympics in 1896, The World Championships in 1983, The European Championships 1934 and The Commonwealth Games in 1930. The records for the championships are listed below along with the world record progression. In the world record progression only records that have been ratified by the IAAF or are awaiting ratification have been used. All other records that have not been ratified or have been removed for whatever reason have not been included. * Equalled world record
Championship Records
Olympics	Steve Hooker	5.96	22-8-2008	Beijing
World	Dmitriy Markov	6.05	9-8-2001	Edmonton
European	Rodion Gataullin	6.00	11-8-1994	Helsinki
Commonwealth	Okkert Brits	5.75	30-7-2002	Manchester

World Record Progression

Sergey Bubka	6.14	31-07-1994	Sestriere	Event took place at altitude
Sergey Bubka	6.13	19-09-1992	Tokyo
Sergey Bubka	6.12	30-08-1992	Padova
Sergey Bubka	6.11	13-06-1992	Dijon
Sergey Bubka	6.10	05-08-1991	Malmo
Sergey Bubka	6.09	08-07-1991	Formia
Sergey Bubka	6.08	09-06-1991	Moscow
Sergey Bubka	6.07	06-05-1991	Shizuoka
Sergey Bubka	6.06	10-07-1988	Nice
Sergey Bubka	6.05	09-06-1988	Bratislava
Sergey Bubka	6.03	23-06-1987	Prague
Sergey Bubka	6.01	08-07-1986	Moscow
Sergey Bubka	6.00	13-07-1985	Paris
Sergey Bubka	5.94	31-08-1984	Rome
Thierry Vigneron	5.91	31-08-1984	Rome
Sergey Bubka	5.90	13-06-1984	London
Sergey Bubka	5.88	02-06-1984	Saint Denis
Sergey Bubka	5.85	26-05-1984	Bratislava
Thierry Vigneron	5.83	01-09-1983	Rome
Pierre Quinon	5.82	28-08-1983	Koln
Vladimir Polyakov	5.81	27-06-1981	Tbilisi
Thierry Vigneron	5.80	20-06-1981	Macon
Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz	5.78	01-08-1980	Moscow
Philippe Houvion	5.77	17-07-1980	Paris
Thierry Vigneron	5.75 *	29-06-1980	Lille
Thierry Vigneron	5.75	01-06-1980	Colombes
Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz	5.72	11-05-1980	Milano
David Roberts	5.70	22-06-1976	Eugene
Earl Bell	5.67	29-05-1976	Wichita
David Roberts	5.65	28-03-1975	Gainsville
Robert Seagren	5.63	02-07-1972	Eugene
Kjell Isaksson	5.55	12-06-1972	Helsingborg
Kjell Isaksson	5.54	15-04-1972	Los Angeles
Kjell Isaksson	5.51	08-04-1972	Austin
Christos Papanicolaou	5.49	24-10-1970	Pireas
Wolfgang Nordwig	5.46	03-09-1970	Torino
Wolfgang Nordwig	5.45	17-07-1970	Berlin
John Pennel	5.44	21-06-1969	Sacramento
Robert Seagren	5.41	12-09-1968	Echo Summit	Event took place at altitude
Paul Wilson	5.38	23-06-1967	Bakersfield
Robert Seagren	5.36	10-06-1967	San Diago
John Pennel	5.34	23-07-1966	Los Angeles
Robert Seagren	5.32	14-05-1966	Fresno
Frederick Hansen	5.28	25-07-1964	Los Angeles
Frederick Hansen	5.23	13-06-1964	San Diago
John Pennel	5.20	24-08-1963	Coral Gables
John Pennel	5.13	05-08-1963	London
Brian Sternberg	5.08	07-06-1963	Compton
Brian Sternberg	5.00	27-04-1963	Philadelphia
Pentti Nikula	4.94	22-06-1962	Kauhava
Dave Tork	4.93	28-04-1962	Walnut
John Uelses	4.89	31-03-1962	Santa Barbara
John Davis	4.83	20-05-1961	Boulder	Synthetic pole (Fibreglass) Event took place at altitude
Donald Bragg	4.80	02-07-1960	Stanford	Steel pole
Robert Gutowski	4.78	27-04-1957	Stanford	Aluminium pole
Cornelius Warmerdam	4.77	23-05-1942	Modesto
Cornelius Warmerdam	4.72	06-06-1941	Compton
Cornelius Warmerdam	4.60	29-06-1940	Fresno
Earle Meadows	4.54 *	29-05-1937	Los Angeles
Bill Sefton	4.54	29-05-1937	Los Angeles
George Varoff	4.43	04-07-1936	Princeton
Keith Brown	4.39	01-06-1935	Cambridge
Bill Graber	4.37	16-07-1932	Stanford
Lee Barnes	4.30	28-04-1928	Fresno
Sabin Carr	4.27	28-05-1927	Philadelphia
Charles Hoff	4.25	27-09-1925	Turku
Charles Hoff	4.23	13-08-1925	Oslo
Charles Hoff	4.21	00-07-1923	Copenhagen
Charles Hoff	4.12	03-09-1922	Copenhagen
Frank Foss	4.09	20-08-1920	Antwerp
Marcus Wright	4.02	08-06-1912	Cambridge

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