2020 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Pole Vault (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Pole vault
gender	Men
Attendees	?? Athletes from ?? Countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 1st to 4th, 2020

The men's pole vault competition at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will take place in the newly built Olympic Stadium from August 1st to 4th .

Current title holders

Olympic champion	Thiago Braz da Silva ( Brazil )	6.03 m	Rio de Janeiro 2016
World Champion	Sam Kendricks ( United States )	5.97 m	Doha 2019
European champion	Armand Duplantis ( Sweden )	6.05 m	Berlin 2018
North / Central America / Caribbean champions	Scott Houston ( United States )	5.45 m	Toronto 2018
South American champion	Augusto Dutra de Oliveira ( Brazil )	5.61 m	Lima 2019
Asian champion	Ernest Obiena ( Philippines )	5.71 m	Doha 2019
African champions			Algiers 2020
Oceania Champion	Angus Armstrong ( Australia )	5.40 m	Townsville 2019

Existing records

World record	Serhij Bubka ( Ukraine )	6.14 m	Sestriere , Italy	July 31, 1994
Olympic record	Thiago Braz da Silva ( Brazil )	6.03 m	Final of Rio de Janeiro , Brazil	15th August 2016

Web links

• Athletics on the Tokyo 2020 official homepage