World Rankings — Men’s

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1947 1949 1...... (US) 1...... (US) 2...... (US) 2...... John Montgomery (US) 3...... (US) 3...... George Rasmussen (US) 4...... Bill Moore (US) 4...... Bob Smith (US) 5...... George Rasmussen (US) 5...... () 6...... Bob Richards (US) 6...... Tom Bennett (US) 7...... Ray Maggard (US) 7...... Bill Carroll (US) 8...... Bob Hart (US) 8...... (US) 9...... Ray Kring (US) 9...... Erkki Kataja (Finland) 10...... Tom Bennett (US) 10...... (US) 1948 1950 1...... Guinn Smith (US) 1...... Bob Richards (US) 2...... Boo Morcom (US) 2...... Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 3...... Bob Richards (US) 3...... Bob Smith (US) 4...... John Montgomery (US) 4...... Don Laz (US) 5...... Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 5...... George Mattos (US) 6...... Erkki Kataja (Finland) 6...... Bill Carroll (US) 7...... Erling Kaas (Norway) 7...... George Rasmussen (US) 8...... Harry Cooper (US) 8...... Walt Jensen (US) 9...... Earle Meadows (US) 9...... John Montgomery (US) 10...... George Rasmussen (US) 10...... Don Cooper (US)

© Track & Field News 2019 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1951 1955 1...... Bob Richards (US) 1...... Bob Richards (US) 2...... Don Laz (US) 2...... (US) 3...... Don Cooper (US) 3...... Don Laz (US) 4...... Walt Jensen (US) 4...... Eeles Landström (Finland) 5...... Bob Smith (US) 5...... Bob Smith (US) 6...... Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 6...... Ron Morris (US) 7...... Torfi Bryngeirsson (Iceland) 7...... Walt Levack (US) 8...... Victor Sillon () 8...... Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 9...... Dick Coleman (US) 9...... Vitaliy Chernobay () 10...... Pyotr Denisenko (Soviet Union) 10...... Edward Adamczyk () 1952 1956 1...... Bob Richards (US) 1...... Bob Richards (US) 2...... Don Laz (US) 2...... (US) 3...... Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 3...... Don Bragg (US) 4...... Pyotr Denisenko (Soviet Union) 4...... Georgios Roubanis () 5...... Don Cooper (US) 5...... George Mattos (US) 6...... George Mattos (US) 6...... Jim Graham (US) 7...... John Rowan (US) 7...... Ron Morris (US) 8...... Valto Olenius (Finland) 8...... Eeles Landström (Finland) 9...... Bob Smith (US) 9...... Zenon Ważny (Poland) 10...... Viktor Knyazev (Soviet Union) 10...... Fred Barnes (US) 1953 1957 1...... Bob Richards (US) 1...... Bob Gutowski (US) 2...... George Mattos (US) 2...... Bob Richards (US) 3...... Fred Barnes (US) 3...... Don Bragg (US) 4...... Pyotr Denisenko (Soviet Union) 4...... Ron Morris (US) 5...... Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 5...... Georgios Roubanis (Greece) 6...... Don Laz (US) 6..... Manfred Preussger (East ) 7...... Bob Smith (US) 7...... Eeles Landström (Finland) 8...... Milakov (Yugoslavia) 8...... Vladimir Bulatov (Soviet Union) 9...... Ray Kring (US) 9...... Vitaliy Chernobay (Soviet Union) 10...... Dave Kenly (US) 10...... George Mattos (US) 1954 1958 1...... Bob Richards (US) 1...... Bob Gutowski (US) 2...... Don Laz (US) 2...... Ron Morris (US) 3...... Bob Smith (US) 3..... Manfred Preussger (East Germany) 4...... Eeles Landström (Finland) 4...... Eeles Landström (Finland) 5...... Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 5...... Georgios Roubanis (Greece) 6...... Earl Poucher (US) 6...... Vladimir Bulatov (Soviet Union) 7...... Fred Barnes (US) 7...... Zenon Ważny (Poland) 8...... Jerry Welbourn (US) 8...... Jim Brewer (US) 9...... Támas Homonnay () 9...... Don Bragg (US) 10...... Pyotr Denisenko (Soviet Union) 10...... Vitaliy Chernobay (Soviet Union)

© Track & Field News 2019 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1959 1963 1...... Don Bragg (US) 1...... (US) 2...... Jim Graham (US) 2...... (US) 3...... Bob Gutowski (US) 3...... Ron Morris (US) 4...... Mel Schwarz (US) 4...... John Uelses (US) 5...... Vladimir Bulatov (Soviet Union) 5...... (Finland) 6...... Aubrey Dooley (US) 6...... C.K. Yang (Taiwan) 7...... Eeles Landström (Finland) 7...... Rolando Cruz (Puerto Rico) 8...... Ron Morris (US) 8...... (US) 9...... George Mattos (US) 9...... Gerald Pratt (US) 10...... J.D. Martin (US) 10..... Rudolf Tomásek () 1960 1964 1...... Don Bragg (US) 1...... Fred Hansen (US) 2...... Ron Morris (US) 2...Wolfgang Reinhardt () 3...... J.D. Martin (US) 3..... Manfred Preussger (East Germany) 4...... Jim Graham (US) 4...... John Pennel (US) 5...... Bob Gutowski (US) 5...... Rudolf Tomásek (Czechoslovakia) 6..... Manfred Preussger (East Germany) 6...... Klaus Lehnertz (West Germany) 7...... Henry Wadsworth (US) 7...... (US) 8...... Aubrey Dooley (US) 8...... Ron Morris (US) 9...... Eeles Landström (Finland) 9.....Gennadiy Bliznetsov (Soviet Union) 10...... Janis Krasovskis (Soviet Union) 10...... Don Meyers (US) 1961 1965 1...... Ron Morris (US) 1...... John Pennel (US) 2...... George Davies (US) 2...... (East Germany) 3...... John Uelses (US) 3.....Gennadiy Bliznetsov (Soviet Union) 4...... Henry Wadsworth (US) 4...... Jeff Chase (US) 5...... Jim Brewer (US) 5...... Bob Seagren (US) 6...... John Cramer (US) 6...... John Cramer (US) 7...... Rolando Cruz (Puerto Rico) 7...... Paul Wilson (US) 8..... Manfred Preussger (East Germany) 8...... Klaus Lehnertz (West Germany) 9...... Don Bragg (US) 9...... Aulis Kairento (Finland) 10...... Janis Krasovskis (Soviet Union) 10...... Mel Hein (US) 1962 1966 1...... Ron Morris (US) 1...... John Pennel (US) 2...... Pentti Nikula (Finland) 2...... Bob Seagren (US) 3...... Dave Tork (US) 3...... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 4...... John Uelses (US) 4...... Paul Wilson (US) 5...... John Cramer (US) 5...... Chris Papanicoláou (Greece) 6..... Manfred Preussger (East Germany) 6...... Marc Savage (US) 7...... John Belitza (US) 7...... Hervé D’Encausse (France) 8...... Rudolf Tomásek (Czechoslovakia) 8.....Gennadiy Bliznetsov (Soviet Union) 9...... Dick Plymale (US) 9...... Jeff Chase (US) 10...... Rolando Cruz (Puerto Rico) 10...... Sam Kirk (US)

© Track & Field News 2019 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1967 1971 1...... Paul Wilson (US) 1...... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 2...... Bob Seagren (US) 2...... (Sweden) 3...... Chris Papanicoláou (Greece) 3...... Dave Roberts (US) 4...... Hervé D’Encausse (France) 4...... (US) 5...... (US) 5...... () 6...... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 6...... Chris Papanicoláou (Greece) 7.....Gennadiy Bliznetsov (Soviet Union) 7...... Hans Lagerqvist (Sweden) 8...... Dennis Phillips (US) 8...... Yuriy Isakov (Soviet Union) 9...... Klaus Lehnertz (West Germany) 9. Hans-Jürgen Ziegler (West Germany) 10...... Igor Fyeld (Soviet Union) 10...... Volker Ohl (West Germany) 1968 1972 1...... Bob Seagren (US) 1...... Kjell Isaksson (Sweden) 2...... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 2...... Bob Seagren (US) 3..... Claus Schiprowski (West Germany) 3...... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 4...... Chris Papanicoláou (Greece) 4...... Dave Roberts (US) 5...... John Pennel (US) 5...... Jan Johnson (US) 6.....Gennadiy Bliznetsov (Soviet Union) 6...... Steve Smith (US) 7...... Hervé D’Encausse (France) 7...... Renato Dionisi (Italy) 8...... Jon Vaughn (US) 8...... Chris Papanicoláou (Greece) 9...... Dick Railsback (US) 9...... Hans Lagerqvist (Sweden) 10...... Altti Alarotu (Finland) 10... Reinhard Kuretzky (West Germany) 1969 1973 1...... Bob Seagren (US) 1...... Steve Smith (US) 2...... John Pennel (US) 2...... Antti Kalliomäki (Finland) 3...... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 3...... Yuriy Isakov (Soviet Union) 4...... Dick Railsback (US) 4...... François Tracanelli (France) 5...... Renato Dionisi (Italy) 5...... Mike Cotton (US) 6...... Casey Carrigan (US) 6...... Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 7...... Chris Papanicoláou (Greece) 7..... Reinhard Kuretzky (West Germany) 8.....Gennadiy Bliznetsov (Soviet Union) 8...... Janis Lauris (Soviet Union) 9...... Jon Vaughn (US) 9...... (US) 10...... Erkki Mustakari (Finland) 10...... Dave Roberts (US) 1970 1974 1...... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 1...... Vladimir Kishkun (Soviet Union) 2...... Chris Papanicoláou (Greece) 2...... Tadeusz Ślusarski (Poland) 3...... Renato Dionisi (Italy) 3...... Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 4...... François Tracanelli (France) 4...... Casey Carrigan (US) 5...... Kjell Isaksson (Sweden) 5...... Wojciech Buciarski (Poland) 6...... Sam Caruthers (US) 6...... Yuriy Isakov (Soviet Union) 7...... Altti Alarotu (Finland) 7...... Antti Kalliomäki (Finland) 8...... John Pennel (US) 8...... Kjell Isaksson (Sweden) 9...... Bob Seagren (US) 9....Vladimir Trofimyenko (Soviet Union) 10...... Risto Ivanoff (Finland) 10...... (Canada)

© Track & Field News 2019 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1975 1979 1...... Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 1...... Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 2...... Wojciech Buciarski (Poland) 2...... (US) 3...... (US) 3...... (France) 4...... Antti Kalliomäki (Finland) 4...... (France) 5...... (US) 5...... Konstantin Volkov (Soviet Union) 6...... Dave Roberts (US) 6...... Günther Lohre (West Germany) 7...... () 7...... Patrick Desruelles (Belgium) 8...... Yuriy Isakov (Soviet Union) 8...... Dan Ripley (US) 9...... Mike Tully (US) 9....Vladimir Trofimyenko (Soviet Union) 10...... Vic Dias (US) 10...... Jean-Michel Bellot (France) 1976 1980 1...... Dave Roberts (US) 1...... Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 2...... Tadeusz Ślusarski (Poland) 2...... Konstantin Volkov (Soviet Union) 3...... Antti Kalliomäki (Finland) 3...... (France) 4...... Earl Bell (US) 4...... Philippe Houvion (France) 5...... Wojciech Buciarski (Poland) 5...... Tadeusz Ślusarski (Poland) 6...... Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 6...... Jean-Michel Bellot (France) 7...... Yuriy Prokhoryenko (Soviet Union) 7...... Mariusz Klimczyk (Poland) 8...... Dan Ripley (US) 8...... Tom Hintnaus (US) 9...... Vladimir Kishkun (Soviet Union) 9...... (US) 10. Vladimir Trofimyenko (Soviet Union) 10...... Mike Tully (US) 1977 1981 1...... Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 1...... Konstantin Volkov (Soviet Union) 2...... Mike Tully (US) 2...... Thierry Vigneron (France) 3...... Tadeusz Ślusarski (Poland) 3...... Jean-Michel Bellot (France) 4...... Earl Bell (US) 4...... Vladimir Polyakov (Soviet Union) 5...... Antti Kalliomäki (Finland) 5...... Aleksandr Krupskiy (Soviet Union) 6....Vladimir Trofimyenko (Soviet Union) 6...... Earl Bell (US) 7...... Mariusz Klimczyk (Poland) 7...... Philippe Houvion (France) 8...... Wojciech Buciarski (Poland) 8...... Patrick Desruelles (Belgium) 9...... Dan Ripley (US) 9...... Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 10...... Vladimir Kishkun (Soviet Union) 10...... Mariusz Klimczyk (Poland) 1978 1982 1....Vladimir Trofimyenko (Soviet Union) 1...... Billy Olson (US) 2...... Antti Kalliomäki (Finland) 2...... Dave Volz (US) 3...... Mike Tully (US) 3...... Viktor Spasov (Soviet Union) 4...... Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 4...... Aleksandr Krupskiy (Soviet Union) 5...... Dan Ripley (US) 5...... Jean-Michel Bellot (France) 6...... Yevgeniy Tananika (Soviet Union) 6...... Dan Ripley (US) 7...... Jeff Taylor (US) 7...... Atanas Tarev (Bulgaria) 8...... Tadeusz Ślusarski (Poland) 8...... Thierry Vigneron (France) 9...... Rauli Pudas (Finland) 9...... Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 10...... Wojciech Buciarski (Poland) 10...... Vladimir Polyakov (Soviet Union)

© Track & Field News 2019 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1983 1987 1...... (Soviet Union) 1...... Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 2...... Konstantin Volkov (Soviet Union) 2...... Thierry Vigneron (France) 3...... Thierry Vigneron (France) 3...... Earl Bell (US) 4...... Patrick Abada (France) 4...... Ferenc Salbert (France) 5...... Atanas Tarev (Bulgaria) 5...... Rodion Gataullin (Soviet Union) 6...... Tadeusz Ślusarski (Poland) 6...... (US) 7...... Felix Böhni (Switzerland) 7...... Marian Kolasa (Poland) 8...... Vladimir Polyakov (Soviet Union) 8...... Mike Tully (US) 9...... Jeff Buckingham (US) 9...... (US) 10...... (France) 10...... Vladimir Polyakov (Soviet Union) 1984 1988 1...... Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 1...... Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 2...... Konstantin Volkov (Soviet Union) 2...... Rodion Gataullin (Soviet Union) 3...... Pierre Quinon (France) 3...... (Soviet Union) 4...... Mike Tully (US) 4...... Kory Tarpenning (US) 5...... Thierry Vigneron (France) 5...... Earl Bell (US) 6...... Aleksandr Krupskiy (Soviet Union) 6...... Philippe Collet (France) 7...... Earl Bell (US) 7...... Thierry Vigneron (France) 8...... Vladimir Polyakov (Soviet Union) 8...... Mirosław Chmara (Poland) 9...... Pavel Bogatyryov (Soviet Union) 9...... Mike Tully (US) 10...... Joe Dial (US) 10...... (US) 1985 1989 1...... Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 1...... Rodion Gataullin (Soviet Union) 2...... Pierre Quinon (France) 2...... Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 3...... Thierry Vigneron (France) 3...... Grigoriy Yegorov (Soviet Union) 4...... Aleksandr Krupskiy (Soviet Union) 4...... Mirosław Chmara (Poland) 5...... Vasiliy Bubka (Soviet Union) 5...... Philippe Collet (France) 6...... Marian Kolasa (Poland) 6...... Kory Tarpenning (US) 7...... Joe Dial (US) 7...... (Soviet Union) 8...... Mike Tully (US) 8...... Tim Bright (US) 9...... Pavel Bogatyryov (Soviet Union) 9...... (Soviet Union) 10...... Philippe Collet (France) 10...... Vasiliy Bubka (Soviet Union) 1986 1990 1...... Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 1...... Rodion Gataullin (Soviet Union) 2...... Rodion Gataullin (Soviet Union) 2...... Grigoriy Yegorov (Soviet Union) 3...... Philippe Collet (France) 3...... Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 4...... Thierry Vigneron (France) 4...... Tim Bright (US) 5...... Earl Bell (US) 5...... Kory Tarpenning (US) 6...... Mike Tully (US) 6...... Viktor Ryzhenkov (Soviet Union) 7...... Vasiliy Bubka (Soviet Union) 7...... Hermann Fehringer () 8...... Joe Dial (US) 8...... Vladimir Polyakov (Soviet Union) 9...... Billy Olson (US) 9...... Maksim Tarasov (Soviet Union) 10...... Atanas Tarev (Bulgaria) 10...... (Soviet Union)

© Track & Field News 2019 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1991 1995 1...... Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 1...... Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) 2...... István Bagyula (Hungary) 2...... (South Africa) 3...... Rodion Gataullin (Soviet Union) 3...... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 4...... Maksim Tarasov (Soviet Union) 4...... Igor Trandenkov (Russia) 5...... Grigoriy Yegorov (Soviet Union) 5...... (US) 6...... Igor Potapovich (Soviet Union) 6...... (France) 7...... Kory Tarpenning (US) 7...... Rodion Gataullin (Russia) 8...... Scott Huffman (US) 8...... Dean Starkey (US) 9...... Tim Bright (US) 9...... Igor Potapovich (Kazakhstan) 10...... Viktor Ryzhenkov (Soviet Union) 10...... (US) 1992 1996 1...... Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) 1...... Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) 2...... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 2...... Igor Trandenkov (Russia) 3...... Igor Trandenkov (Russia) 3...... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 4...... Rodion Gataullin (Russia) 4...... Andrei Tivontchik (Germany) 5...... Grigoriy Yegorov (Kazakhstan) 5...... Igor Potapovich (Kazakhstan) 6...... Jean Galfione (France) 6...... Jean Galfione (France) 7...... Kory Tarpenning (US) 7...... (Germany) 8...... Dean Starkey (US) 8...... () 9...... Igor Potapovich (Kazakhstan) 9...... Pyotr Bochkaryov (Russia) 10...... Philippe Collet (France) 10...... Pat Manson (US) 1993 1997 1...... Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) 1...... Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) 2...... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 2...... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 3...... Rodion Gataullin (Russia) 3...... Tim Lobinger (Germany) 4...... Grigoriy Yegorov (Kazakhstan) 4...... Okkert Brits (South Africa) 5...... Igor Trandenkov (Russia) 5...... Dmitri Markov (Belarus) 6...... Denis Petushinskiy (Russia) 6...... Pat Manson (US) 7...... Scott Huffman (US) 7...... Lawrence Johnson (US) 8...... Igor Potapovich (Kazakhstan) 8...... (South Africa) 9...... Valeriy Bukreyev (Estonia) 9...... Dean Starkey (US) 10...... Jean Galfione (France) 10...... Igor Potapovich (Kazakhstan) 1994 1998 1...... Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) 1...... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 2...... Rodion Gataullin (Russia) 2...... (US) 3...... Igor Trandenkov (Russia) 3...... Dmitri Markov (Belarus) 4...... Dean Starkey (US) 4...... (Germany) 5...... Kory Tarpenning (US) 5...... Tim Lobinger (Germany) 6...... Okkert Brits (South Africa) 6...... Jean Galfione (France) 7...... Jean Galfione (France) 7...... Riaan Botha (South Africa) 8...... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 8...... Pat Manson (US) 9...... Scott Huffman (US) 9...... Lawrence Johnson (US) 10...... Pat Manson (US)19 10...... Vadim Strogalyov (Russia)

© Track & Field News 2019 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1999 2003 1...... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 1...... Okkert Brits (South Africa) 2...... Jeff Hartwig (US) 2...... Tim Lobinger (Germany) 3...... Dmitri Markov (Australia) 3...... (Italy) 4...... Tim Lobinger (Germany) 4...... Dmitri Markov (Australia) 5...... Danny Ecker (Germany) 5...... (US) 6...... (US) 6...... Denys Yurchenko (Ukraine) 7...... Jean Galfione (France) 7...... (France) 8...... (Germany) 8...... Patrik Kristiansson (Sweden) 9...... (Israel) 9...... Jeff Hartwig (US) 10...... Viktor Chistyakov (Australia) 10...... Tim Mack (US) 2000 2004 1...... Nick Hysong (US) 1...... Tim Mack (US) 2...... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 2...... (US) 3...... Jeff Hartwig (US) 3...... Giuseppe Gibilisco (Italy) 4...... Tim Lobinger (Germany) 4...... Derek Miles (US) 5...... Michael Stolle (Germany) 5...... (Russia) 6...... Lawrence Johnson (US) 6...... Aleksandr Averbukh (Israel) 7...... Okkert Brits (South Africa) 7...... Denys Yurchenko (Ukraine) 8...... Danny Ecker (Germany) 8...... Patrik Kristiansson (Sweden) 9...... Dmitri Markov (Australia) 9...... Tim Lobinger (Germany) 10...... Yevgeniy Smiryagin (Russia) 10...... Jeff Hartwig (US) 2001 2005 1...... Dmitri Markov (Australia) 1...... Brad Walker (US) 2...... Jeff Hartwig (US) 2...... Tim Lobinger (Germany) 3...... Aleksandr Averbukh (Israel) 3...... () 4...... Danny Ecker (Germany) 4...... Giuseppe Gibilisco (Italy) 5...... Lawrence Johnson (US) 5...... Derek Miles (US) 6...... Nick Hysong (US) 6...... (Russia) 7...... Michael Stolle (Germany) 7...... Igor Pavlov (Russia) 8...... Romain Mesnil (France) 8...... Toby Stevenson (US) 9...... Tye Harvey (US) 9...... Daichi Sawano () 10...... Viktor Chistyakov (Australia) 10...... (Australia) 2002 2006 1...... Jeff Hartwig (US) 1...... Steve Hooker (Australia) 2...... Tim Lobinger (Germany) 2...... Brad Walker (US) 3...... Aleksandr Averbukh (Israel) 3...... (Australia) 4...... Lars Börgeling (Germany) 4...... Tim Lobinger (Germany) 5...... Tim Mack (US) 5...... Toby Stevenson (US) 6...... Nick Hysong (US) 6...... (Germany) 7...... Vasiliy Gorshkov (Russia) 7...... Aleksandr Averbukh (Israel) 8...... Okkert Brits (South Africa) 8...... Alhaji Jeng (Sweden) 9...... Viktor Chistyakov (Australia) 9...... Lars Börgeling (Germany) 10...... Patrik Kristiansson (Sweden) 10...... Daichi Sawano (Japan)

© Track & Field News 2019 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 2007 2011 1...... Brad Walker (US) 1...... (France) 2...... Danny Ecker (Germany) 2...... Paweł Wojciechowski (Poland) 3...... Björn Otto (Germany) 3...... Lázaro Borges (Cuba) 4...... Igor Pavlov (Russia) 4...... Malte Mohr (Germany) 5...... Steve Hooker (Australia) 5...... Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) 6...... Romain Mesnil (France) 6...... Łukasz Michalski (Poland) 7...... Yevgeniy Lukyanenko (Russia) 7...... Maksym Mazuryk (Ukraine) 8...... Tim Lobinger (Germany) 8...... Mateusz Didenkow (Poland) 9...... Aleksandr Averbukh (Israel) 9...... Jeremy Scott (US) 10...... Denys Yurchenko (Ukraine) 10...... Dmitriy Starodubtsev (Russia) 2008 2012 1...... Yevgeniy Lukyanenko (Russia) 1...... Renaud Lavillenie (France) 2...... Steve Hooker (Australia) 2...... Björn Otto (Germany) 3...... Derek Miles (US) 3...... Malte Mohr (Germany) 4...... Brad Walker (US) 4...... Steve Lewis (Great Britain) 5...... Denys Yurchenko (Ukraine) 5...... (Germany) 6...... Maksym Mazuryk (Ukraine) 6...... Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) 7...... Alexander Straub (Germany) 7...... Dmitriy Starodubtsev (Russia) 8...... Jérôme Clavier (France) 8...... Jan Kudlička (Czech Republic) 9...... Dmitriy Starodubtsev (Russia) 9...... Brad Walker (US) 10...... Danny Ecker (Germany) 10...... Yevgeniy Lukyanenko (Russia) 2009 2013 1...... Steve Hooker (Australia) 1...... Renaud Lavillenie (France) 2...... Renaud Lavillenie (France) 2...... Björn Otto (Germany) 3...... Romain Mesnil (France) 3...... Raphael Holzdeppe (Germany) 4...... Maksym Mazuryk (Ukraine) 4...... Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) 5...... Derek Miles (US) 5...... Malte Mohr (Germany) 6...... Damiel Dossévi (France) 6...... Brad Walker (US) 7...... Viktor Chistyakov (Russia) 7...... Jan Kudlicka (Czech Republic) 8...... Alexander Straub (Germany) 8...... Augusto Dutra (Brazil) 9...... (Russia) 9...... (Russia) 10...... Steve Lewis (Great Britain) 10...... Seito Yamamoto (Japan) 2010 2014 1...... Renaud Lavillenie (France) 1...... Renaud Lavillenie (France) 2...... Steve Hooker (Australia) 2...... Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) 3...... Malte Mohr (Germany) 3...... Malte Mohr (Germany) 4...... Derek Miles (US) 4...... Changrui Xue (China) 5...... Maksym Mazuryk (Ukraine) 5...... Jan Kudlička (Czech Republic) 6...... Łukasz Michalski (Poland) 6...... (Brazil) 7...... Przemysław Czerwiński (Poland) 7...... (US) 8...... Giuseppe Gibilisco (Italy) 8...... (Poland) 9...... Romain Mesnil (France) 9...... (Poland) 10...... Fabian Schulze (Germany) 10...... Paweł Wojciechowski (Poland)

© Track & Field News 2019 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 2015 2017 1...... Renaud Lavillenie (France) 1...... (US) 2...... Shawn Barber (Canada) 2...... Piotr Lisek (Poland) 3...... Piotr Lisek (Poland) 3...... Renaud Lavillenie (France) 4...... Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) 4...... Paweł Wojciechowski (Poland) 5...... Raphael Holzdeppe (Germany) 5...... (Australia) 6...... Paweł Wojciechowski (Poland) 6...... Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) 7...... Sam Kendricks (US) 7...... Shawn Barber (Canada) 8...... Thiago Braz (Brazil) 8...... Changrui Xue (China) 9...... Tobias Scherbarth (Germany) 9...... Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) 10...... Kévin Menaldo (France) 10...... Kévin Menaldo (France) 2016 2018 1...... Renaud Lavillenie (France) 1...... Sam Kendricks (US) 2...... Sam Kendricks (US) 2...... (Russia) 3...... Thiago Braz (Brazil) 3...... Renaud Lavillenie (France) 4...... Shawn Barber (Canada) 4...... Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) 5...... Piotr Lisek (Poland) 5...... Piotr Lisek (Poland) 6...... Jan Kudlička (Czech Republic) 6...... Kurtis Marschall (Australia) 7...... Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) 7...... Paweł Wojciechowski (Poland) 8...... Changrui Xue (China) 8...... Shawn Barber (Canada) 9...... Robert Sobera (Poland) 9...... Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) 10...... Paweł Wojciechowski (Poland) 10...... Raphael Holzdeppe (Germany)

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