Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis has broken his world record again.
The Olympic champion crossed 6.19 meters at the indoor meeting in Belgrade and thus increased his previous record by one centimeter. Duplantis set the old world record on February 15, 2020 in Glasgow.
“I think I tried 6.19 meters 50 times,” said Duplantis: “It took a long time. I’ve never had a height that caused me so much trouble, so it’s a very good feeling. I have I’ve fought hard for it over the past two years.”
At the meetings in Karlsruhe and Berlin this winter, the 22-year-old only narrowly failed at 6.19 meters. In Belgrade, where the World Indoor Championships in athletics will also take place from March 18th to 20th, it worked on the third attempt. Duplantis thus confirmed his role as favorite for the World Cup at the same place in just under two weeks.
Development of the world record in pole vaulting since 1983:
5.82 Pierre Quinon (France) 1983 Cologne
5.83 Thierry Vigneron (France) 1983 Rome
5.85 Sergei Bubka (USSR) 1984 Bratislava
5.88 Sergei Bubka (USSR) 1984 Saint Denis
5.90 Sergei Bubka (USSR) 1984 London
5.91 Thierry Vigneron (France) 1984 Rome
5.94 Sergei Bubka (USSR) 1984 Rome
6.00 Sergei Bubka (USSR) 1985 Paris
6.01 Sergei Bubka (USSR) 1986 Moscow
6.03 Sergei Bubka (USSR) 1987 Prague
6.05 Sergei Bubka (USSR) 1988 Bratislava
6.06 Sergei Bubka (USSR) 1988 Nice
6.07 Sergei Bubka (USSR) 1991 Shizuoka
6.08 Sergei Bubka (USSR) 1991 Moscow
6.09 Sergei Bubka (USSR) 1991 Formia
6.10 Sergei Bubka (USSR) 1991 Malmo
6.11 Sergei Bubka (Ukraine) 1992 Dijon
6.12 Sergei Bubka (Ukraine) 1992 Padua
6.13 Sergei Bubka (Ukraine) 1992 Tokyo
6.14 Sergei Bubka (Ukraine) 1994 Sestriere
6.15 Sergej Bubka (Ukraine) 1995 Donetsk (hall)*
6.16 Renaud Lavillenie (France) 2014 Donetsk (indoor)
6.17 Armand Duplantis (Sweden) 2020 Torun (indoor)
6.18 Armand Duplantis (Sweden) 2020 Glasgow (indoor)
6.19 Armand Duplantis (Sweden) 2022 Belgrade (indoor)
*At that time only an indoor world record, only since 2000 has the world association recognized indoor performances in certain disciplines as general world records