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What is pole vault?
Pole vault is an athletic event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole than measure between 4 and 5 meters (which today is usually made either
of fiberglass or carbon fiber) as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, Cretans and Celts.
Rules
Once the vaulter leaves the ground, he/she may not move the lower hand above the upper hand on the pole, nor may he/she move the upper hand higher on the pole. Vaulters also may not steady the bar with their hands during the vault. A successful vault is one in which the crossbar remains in place when the vaulter has left the landing area.
Competitors may begin vaulting at any height announced by the chief judge, or may pass, at their own discretion. Three consecutive missed vaults, at any height or combination of heights, will eliminate the vaulter from competition.
The victory goes to the vaulter who clears the greatest height during the final. If two or more vaulters tie for first place, the tie-breakers are: 1) The fewest misses at the height at which the tie occurred; and 2) The fewest misses throughout the competition.
If the event remains tied, the vaulters have a jump-off, beginning at the next greater height. Each vaulter has one attempt. The bar is then alternately lowered and raised until only one vaulter succeeds at a given height.
Measures of the racetrack
Female world record
The female Word record is for Elena Isinbayeva
Here you can see the top 10.
Elena Isinbayeva
Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva born 3 June 1982 in Russia.
She is a two-time olympic gold medalist (2004 and 2008), a three-time World Champion (2005, 2007 and 2013.)
She has the female world record than is 5.06 m
Men`s record
The record for mens is for Sergey Bubka
Sergey bubka
Serhiy Nazarovych Bubka (born 4 December 1963) is a Ukrainian retired pole vaulter. He represented the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991, was twice named Athlete of the Year by Track & Field News
Bubka won six consecutive IAAF World Championships, an Olympics gold and broke the world record for men's pole vaulting 35 times (17 outdoor and 18 indoor records). He was the first to clear 6.0 metres and the remains the only (as of September 2013) to clear 6.10 metres.
He holds the current outdoor world record of 6.14 metres on 31 July 1994 in Italy