pole vault
noun
: a vault with the aid of a pole
specifically
: a field event consisting of a vault for height over a crossbar
pole-vaulter
noun
or pole vaulter
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Likewise, of the Diamond League ‘plus’ events in 2025 — four events are selected at each meet for higher prize monies — just 15 of the 56 events were field ones, and eight of those were pole vault.
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Liam Tharme, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
NurPhoto via Getty Images In a perfect world, Mondo Duplantis would have broken the world record on his seventh try in the men’s pole vault, issuing a perfect series of jumps at the World Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Monday in Tokyo.
—Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
In chronological order, the finals for the day are in women's triple jump, women's shot put, men's pole vault, women's 400-meter, men's 400-meter, women's 1,500-meter, men's 1,500-meter, women's 100-meter hurdles, men's 3,000-meter steeplechase, and women's 3,000-meter steeplechase.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
The defiance resulted in a trans athlete winning a girls pole vault competition in February, and then an in-person verbal spat between Trump and Mills at a Feb. 21 White House meeting of governors.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2025
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Liam Tharme, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
NurPhoto via Getty Images In a perfect world, Mondo Duplantis would have broken the world record on his seventh try in the men’s pole vault, issuing a perfect series of jumps at the World Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Monday in Tokyo.
—Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
In chronological order, the finals for the day are in women's triple jump, women's shot put, men's pole vault, women's 400-meter, men's 400-meter, women's 1,500-meter, men's 1,500-meter, women's 100-meter hurdles, men's 3,000-meter steeplechase, and women's 3,000-meter steeplechase.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
The defiance resulted in a trans athlete winning a girls pole vault competition in February, and then an in-person verbal spat between Trump and Mills at a Feb. 21 White House meeting of governors.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2025
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“Pole vault.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pole%20vault. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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