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14 August 1979. Medal record. Men's athletics. Commonwealth Games. 1998 Kuala Lumpur. Pole vault. 2002 Manchester. Pole vault. Paul Burgess (born 14 August 1979 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian pole vaulter who became only the thirteenth pole vaulter in the world to reach 6 metres .
Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2009-08-05. (p.546) Sergey Bubka set an indoor record of 6.15 m (20 ft 2 in) on February 21, 1993, in excess of the outdoor record, before this rule came into effect. Lavillenie's indoor world record was set after the rule came into effect, and thus since it exceeded Bubka's 6.14 m (20 ...
Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping was already practiced by the ancient Egyptians, ancient Greeks and the ancient Irish people, although modern pole vaulting, an athletic ...
In July 2006, at Jockgrim, Germany, Brad Walker, cleared 6 meters, the best performance of the year, in a pole vault competition. He won the gold in the world championships on September 1, 2007. On June 8, 2008 Walker jumped in Eugene to a new personal and American record with 6.04. [2] Walker qualified for the 2008 Olympics, but failed to ...
The pole vault at the Summer Olympics is grouped among the four track and field jumping events held at the multi-sport event. The men's pole vault has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896. The women's event is one of the latest additions to the programme, first being contested at the 2000 ...
Armand Gustav " Mondo " Duplantis [3] (born 10 November 1999) [4] is a Swedish-American pole vaulter, the current world outdoor and indoor record holder (6.25 metres (20 ft 6 in) and 6.22 metres (20 ft 5 in) respectively), two-time Olympic ( 2020 and 2024) champion, two-time World outdoor ( 2022 and 2023) and two-time indoor champion, the ...
Paul Burgess: Pole vault: 5.55 =16 Did not advance Benn Harradine: Discus throw: 58.55 31 Did not advance Steven Hooker: Pole vault: 5.65 12 q: 5.96 OR: Fabrice Lapierre: Long jump: 7.90 16 Did not advance Scott Martin: Shot put: 19.75 21 Did not advance
Combined events. Heptathlon. women. Decathlon. men. v. t. e. The men's pole vault event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was held on March 24.