Athletics-Women's pole vault world record evolution

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Sunday, July 4, 2004

Reuters Internet Delivery System

Athletics-Women's pole vault world record evolution

LONDON, July 4 - Evolution of the women's pole vault world record after Svetlana Feofanova of Russia vaulted 4.88 at an international athletics meeting in Heraklion, Crete, on Sunday (tabulated under height, name, nationality, date):

4.05 metres Sun Caiyun (China) 21.5.92
4.06 Sun 25.3.95 4.08 Sun 18.5.95
Zhong Guiqing (China) 18.5.95
4.10 Daniela Bartova (Czech Republic) 21.5.95 4.12 Bartova 18.6.95 4.13 Bartova 24.6.95 4.14 Bartova 2.7.95 4.15 Bartova 5.7.95 4.16 Bartova 14.7.95 4.17 Bartova 15.7.95
4.18 Andrea Mueller (Germany) 5.8.95
4.20 Bartova 18.8.95 4.21 Bartova 22.8.95 4.22 Bartova 11.9.95
4.23 Sun 4.11.95
4.25 Emma George (Australia) 30.11.95
4.28 George 17.12.95 4.41 George 28.1.96 4.42 George 29.6.96 4.45 George 14.7.96 4.50 George 8.2.97 4.55 George 20.2.97 4.57 George 21.2.98 4.58 George 14.3.98 4.59 George 21.3.98 4.60 George 20.2.99
4.60 Stacy Dragila (U.S.) 21.8.99 ------------------------------------------------------------- Following a rule change in 2000 the IAAF no longer makes a distinction between indoor and outdoor marks. -------------------------------
4.61 (i) Dragila 19.2.00 4.62 (i) Dragila 3.3.00 4.63 Dragila 23.7.00 4.63 (i) Dragila 2.2.01
4.64 (i) Svetlana Feofanova (Russia) 11.2.01
4.66 (i) Dragila 17.2.01 4.70 (i) Dragila 17.2.01 4.70 Dragila 27.4.01 4.71 Dragila 9.6.01 4.81 Dragila 9.6.01
4.82 Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia) 13.7.03 4.83 (i) Isinbayeva 15.2.04
4.85 (i) Feofanova 22.2.04
4.86 (i) Isinbayeva 6.3.04 4.87 Isinbayeva 27.6.04
4.88 Feofanova 4.7.04

Note: (i) denotes indoor.