What is Pole vault?
[[File:Pole vault9.jpg|thumb|Pole Vault [[competition]].]] '''Pole vault''' is a [[track and field]] event in which a person uses a long, flexible stick (which today is usually made either of [[fiberglass]] or [[carbon fiber]]) as an aid to leap over a [[#bar|bar]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVaQSNwf7Ls The Vault - pole vault video mix]</ref> Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient [[Greece|Greeks]], as well as the [[Crete|Cretans]] and [[Celt]]s. It has been a full medal event at the [[Olympics]] since the Summer Olympics at 1896 for men and [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000]] for women. It started in the ancient Greece. ==Related pages== *[[High jump]] *[[Sport]] ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commonscat}} * [http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/ytbyeve_Men.html#Pole_vault Statistics] *[http://www.mastersathletics.net/fileadmin/html/Rankings/All_Time/polevaultmen.htm All-time Masters men's Pole Vault list] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216192331/http://www.mastersathletics.net/fileadmin/html/Rankings/All_Time/polevaultmen.htm |date=2020-02-16 }} *[http://www.mastersathletics.net/fileadmin/html/Rankings/All_Time/polevaultwomen.htm All-time Masters women's Pole Vault list] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929070944/http://www.mastersathletics.net/fileadmin/html/Rankings/All_Time/polevaultwomen.htm |date=2018-09-29 }} *[http://trackfieldevents.com/history/pole-vault-history Pole Vault History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402003129/http://www.trackfieldevents.com/history/pole-vault-history |date=2013-04-02 }} *[http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/records/inout=o/discType=5/disc=PV/detail.html Pole Vault World Records] - by the International Association of Athletics Federations [[Category:Events in athletics]]