Pole Vault Record Tables

Pole Vault Records

The Pole Vault has has been contested In the Olympics by men since 1896 and women from 2000.

At the World Masters Athletics Champs, the event only became available to women from 1989.

Where Centre records are better performances than National or World records, this likely indicates that the athlete either failed to apply for the record within the application window or was unable to meet the stricter paperwork requirements. More recent records could still be in the processing stage at World or National level.

Note: Athletes move. Wellington records applicable to athletes registered to Wellington at time of performance. Island championship records applicable to athletes registered to that island at time of performance. NZ records applicable to athletes registered appropriately to NZMA at time of performance. Oceania championship records applicable to athletes registered to OMA at time of performance. World records quote national affiliation of athlete at time of performance.

Prior to the September 2016 agreement on shared membership between Athletics New Zealand and New Zealand Masters Athletics, only those masters athletes who had joined NZMA were eligible to claim records. Now domestic Masters Records can be claimed by both ANZ and NZMA members.

	Wellington	North Island Champs	South Island Champs	NZMA Champs	NZ National	NZ Indoor	Oceania Champs	World	World Indoor
M35	2.80 Mark Macfarlane	3.20 Dave Rondon (1998)	3.20 Wayne Doyle (2000)	3.70 Brian Senior (1980)	4.15 P Gibbons (2007)	no record	4.40 Rob Hill AUS (2008)	5.90 Otto Bjorn GER (2013)	5.90 Bjorn Otto GER (2013)
M40	2.80 Mark Macfarlane (2006)	3.00 Stephen Te Whaiti (2006)	3.50 Stephen McKee (2004)	3.70 Brian Senior (1982)	4.00 Simon Poelman (2005)	no record	3.85 Brian Senior NZL (1982)	5.70 Jeff Hartwig USA (2008)	5.36 Patrick Manson USA (2008)
M45	3.60 Robin Ball (1984)	3.20 Murray Andersen (1995)	3.35 Brian Senior (1985)	3.75 Stephen McKee (2007)	3.90 Stephen McKee (2006)	2.75 Roland van der Tillaar (2019)	3.65 Stephen McKee NZL (2006)	5.25 Oscar Janson SWE (2022)	5.14 Paul Babits USA (2008)
M50	3.81 Robin Ball	2.50 Grenville Simpson (2000)	3.30 Wayne Doyle (2014)	3.71 Stephen McKee (2010)	3.71 Stephen McKee (2010)	no record	3.10 Jim McGrath AUS (1982) Tim McGrath AUS (2014)	4.75 Gary Hunter USA (2007)	4.75 Paul Babits USA (2013)
M55	2.40 Gary Rawson (2016)	3.20 Murray Andersen (2003)	2.80 Paul Davies (2020 & 2021)	3.25 Mark Lett (2018)	3.40 David Blackford (2022)	3.40 Mark Lett (2018)	3.05 Mark Lett NZL (2018)	4.60 Wolfgang Ritte GER (2008)	4.52 Paul Babits USA (2016)
M60	2.10 Gary Rawson (2020)	2.70 Robin Ball (1998) 1997 Champs held in calendar year 1998	2.29 Morris Shirley (1990)	3.10 Robin Ball (1996)	3.20 Mark Judge (2018)	3.20 Mark Judge (2022)	3.00 Bob Barclay AUS (2002)	4.32 Wolfgang Ritte GER (2013)	4.16 Wolfgang Ritte GER (2015)
M65	2.16 E Drummond (1989)	2.60 Robin Ball (2004)	2.05 Brian Senior (2005)	2.30 Ron Johnson (2000)	2.70 Murray Andersen (2017)	no record	2.70 Geoff Shaw AUS (2014)	4.05 Wolfgang Ritte GER (2018)	3.96 Wolfgang Ritte GER (2018)
M70	1.40 Bill Nicholson (1995)	2.40 Ron Johnson (2002)	1.75 Colin O’Brien (2001) William Newton (2001) Brian Senior (2010)	2.70 Murray Andersen (2020)	2.70 Murray Andersen (2020)	2.40 David Anstiss (2018)	2.50 Jim Poulter AUS (2014)	3.49 John Altendorf USA (2016)	3.35 Arthur Parry USA (2016)
M75	1.40 Bill Nicholson	2.00 Ron Johnson (2007)	1.53 Colin O'Brien (2007)	2.41 David Anstiss (2021)	2.42 David Anstiss (2022)	2.30 David Anstiss (2022)	1.85 Donald Chambers AUS (2014)	3.20 Don Isett USA (2014)	3.00 Zoltan Kurenczi HUN (2014)
M80	no record	1.30 Wallace Opperman (2009)	no record	1.60 Ron Johnson (2015)	1.60 Ron Johnson (2015)	no record	1.45 Wallace Opperman NZL (2006)	2.75 Bud Held USA (2008)	2.77 Don Isett USA (2020)
M85	no record	1.30 Wallace Opperman (2011)	no record	1.50 Ron Johnson (2018)	1.50 Ron Johnson (2017 & 2018)	no record	1.00 Wallace Opperman NZL (2012)	2.28 Frank Dickey USA (2017)	2.44 William K. Bell USA (2007)
M90	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	2.05 William Bell USA (2013)	1.82 Donald Pellmann USA (2005)
M95	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	1.35 William Bell USA (2017)	no record
	Wellington	North Island Champs	South Island Champs	NZMA Champs	NZ National	NZ Indoor	Oceania Champs	World	World Indoor

	Wellington	North Island Champs	South Island Champs	NZMA Champs	NZ National	NZ Indoor	Oceania Champs	World	World Indoor
W35	no record	no record	1.52 Janice Maxwell (1995)	3.40 Cassandra Kelly (2000)	3.90 Cassandra Kelly (1998)	no record	2.50 Ros Montse AUS (2014)	4.91 Jennifer Suhr USA (2019)	4.85 Jennifer Suhr USA (2019)
W40	no record	2.30 Joanne Andersen (1994)	1.10 Janice Maxwell (1999)	2.50 Sonja Bowe (2018)	2.61 Sonja Bowe (2019)	2.50 Sonja Bowe (2018)	2.40 Joanne Andersen NZL (1994)	4.10 Doris Auer AUT (2011)	4.05 Doris Auer AUT (2012)
W45	no record	2.20 Joanne Andersen (1995)	no record	2.90 Deborah Murphy (2005)	2.90 Deborah Murphy (2005)	2.45 Sonja Bowe (2022)	2.20 Joanne Andersen NZL (1998) Wilma Perkins AUS (1998)	3.76 Irie Hill GBR (2015)	3.55 Irie Hill GBR (2014)
W50	no record	2.05 Delwyn Smith (2018)	no record	2.40 Delwyn Smith (2020)	2.45 Delwyn Smith (2020)	2.45 Delwyn Smith (2019)	2.40 Delwyn Smith NZL (2019)	3.46 rie Hill GBR (2019)	3.51 Irie Hill GBR (2019)
W55	no record	1.80 Joanne Andersen (2006)	no record	2.35 Delwyn Smith (2021)	2.46 Delwyn Smith (2021)	2.50 Delwyn Smith (2022)	2.20 Wilma Perkins AUS (2006)	3.26 Dawn Hartigan AUS (2013 )	3.02 Brigitte van de Kamp NED (2018)
W60	no record	no record	1.80 Alison Newall (2021)	1.75 Alison Newall (2021)	2.00 Alison Newall (2020)	no record	2.30 Wilma Perkins AUS (2010)	3.12 Nadine O'Connor USA (2006)	3.01 Nadine O'Connor USA (2006)
W65	no record	no record	no record	1.35 Shirley Peterson (1995)	1.70 Anne Deleiros (2017)	1.65 Anne Deleiros (2017)	no record	3.19 Nadine O'Connor USA (2009)	2.90 Nadine O'Connor USA (2009)
W70	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	1.60 Anne Deleiros (2018)	no record	2.95 Nadine O'Connor USA (2012)	2.33 Ute Ritte GER (2022)
W75	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	2.03 Florence Meiler USA (2010)	1.95 Florence Meiler USA (2011)
W80	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	1.83 Florence Meiler USA (2014)	1.76 Florence Meiler USA (2016)
W85	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	1.55 Florence Meiler USA (2019)	1.65 Florence Meiler USA (2020)
	Wellington	North Island Champs	South Island Champs	NZMA Champs	NZ National	NZ Indoor	Oceania Champs	World	World Indoor

World Records from World Masters Athletics as at 3 February 2023.

Oceania Championship Records from Oceania Athletics as at September 2019.

NZ Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at 16 February 2023.

NZMA Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at 16 February 2023.

South Island Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at February 2023.

North Island Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at January 2023.

Wellington Records as at 7 May 2023.