Pole vault at the World Championships in Athletics
Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki details Sergey Bubka ( URS ) Konstantin Volkov ( URS ) Atanas Tarev ( BUL )
1987 Rome details Sergey Bubka ( URS ) Thierry Vigneron ( FRA ) Radion Gataullin ( URS )
1991 Tokyo details Sergey Bubka ( URS ) István Bagyula ( HUN ) Maksim Tarasov ( URS )
1993 Stuttgart details Sergey Bubka ( UKR ) Grigoriy Yegorov ( KAZ ) Maksim Tarasov ( RUS ) Igor Trandenkov ( RUS )
1995 Gothenburg details Sergey Bubka ( UKR ) Maksim Tarasov ( RUS ) Jean Galfione ( FRA )
1997 Athens details Sergey Bubka ( UKR ) Maksim Tarasov ( RUS ) Dean Starkey ( USA )
1999 Seville details Maksim Tarasov ( RUS ) Dmitri Markov ( AUS ) Aleksandr Averbukh ( ISR )
2001 Edmonton details Dmitri Markov ( AUS ) Aleksandr Averbukh ( ISR ) Nick Hysong ( USA )
2003 Saint-Denis details Giuseppe Gibilisco ( ITA ) Okkert Brits ( RSA ) Patrik Kristiansson ( SWE )
2005 Helsinki details Rens Blom ( NED ) Brad Walker ( USA ) Pavel Gerasimov ( RUS )
2007 Osaka details Brad Walker ( USA ) Romain Mesnil ( FRA ) Danny Ecker ( GER )
2009 Berlin details Steve Hooker ( AUS ) Romain Mesnil ( FRA ) Renaud Lavillenie ( FRA )
2011 Daegu details Paweł Wojciechowski ( POL ) Lázaro Borges ( CUB ) Renaud Lavillenie ( FRA )
2013 Moscow details Raphael Holzdeppe ( GER ) Renaud Lavillenie ( FRA ) Björn Otto ( GER )
2015 Beijing details Shawnacy Barber ( CAN ) Raphael Holzdeppe ( GER ) Renaud Lavillenie ( FRA ) Pawel Wojciechowski ( POL ) Piotr Lisek ( POL )
2017 London details Sam Kendricks ( USA ) Piotr Lisek ( POL ) Renaud Lavillenie ( FRA )
2019 Doha details Sam Kendricks ( USA ) Armand Duplantis ( SWE ) Piotr Lisek ( POL )
Medalists -- Men
The pole vault at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by men since 1983 and women since 1999. The championship records for the event are 6.05 for men, set by Dmitri Markov in 2001, and 5.01 m for women, set by Yelena Isinbayeva in 2005.