6.00 Meter Club
A list of all pole vaulters who have cleared 6.00 meters or higher.
Courtesy of Vitaly Petrov
with helpful additions by Tim Mack, Shawn Devereaux and Gerard Dumas.
Name |
Country |
PR (cm) |
Year |
Height (cm) |
Weight (kg) |
Pole Grip (cm) |
Pushoff (cm) |
Velocity last 5m (m/sec) |
Index of the 5.20m pole |
Age training began |
PR At Age 14 (cm) |
17 |
20 |
23 |
27 |
Age when jumped PR |
Sergei Bubka |
Ukraine |
615 |
1992 |
183 |
80 |
518 |
117 |
9.94 |
10.6 |
10 |
360 |
510 |
594 |
601 |
612 |
28 |
Maxim Tarasov |
Russia |
605 |
1999 |
194 |
81 |
515 |
110 |
9.75 |
11.2 |
10 |
380 |
540 |
585 |
590 |
605 |
29 |
Dmitri Markov |
Australia |
605 |
2001 |
181 |
80 |
514 |
111 |
9.84 |
11.8 |
12-HJ
14-PV |
360 |
510 |
565 |
600 |
605 |
25 |
Okert Brits |
South Africa |
603 |
1995 |
196 |
88 |
512 |
111 |
9.74 |
10.4 |
14 |
n/a |
480 |
570 |
603 |
603 |
22 |
Jeff Hartwig |
USA |
603 |
2000 |
194 |
92 |
508 |
115 |
9.73 |
10.8 |
15 |
n/a |
470 |
510 |
541 |
566 |
33 |
Rodion Gataulin |
USSR |
602 |
1989 |
190 |
81 |
510 |
112 |
9.75 |
11.4 |
11 |
400 |
520 |
575 |
590 |
602 |
24 |
Igor Tradenkov |
Russia |
601 |
1996 |
190 |
78 |
508 |
113 |
9.47 |
11.7 |
12 |
330 |
510 |
550 |
565 |
585 |
30 |
Tim Mack |
USA |
601 |
2004 |
188 |
80 |
500 |
121 |
~9.5 |
12.6 |
13 |
320 |
411 |
530 |
560 |
581 |
32 |
Tim Lobinger |
Germany |
600 |
1997 |
190 |
82 |
503 |
118 |
9.62 |
11.4 |
9 |
450 |
490 |
550 |
590 |
600 |
25 |
Danny Ecker |
Germany |
600 |
1999 |
193 |
78 |
505 |
115 |
9.71 |
11.7 |
11 |
380 |
490 |
572 |
600 |
600 |
22 |
Jean Galfione |
France |
600 |
1999 |
184 |
82 |
505 |
115 |
9.68 |
11.9 |
10-Dec
15-PV |
n/a |
516 |
580 |
592 |
594 |
28 |
Toby Stevenson |
USA |
600 |
2004 |
186 |
82 |
|
|
9.52 |
12.6 |
|
|
|
540 |
573 |
600 |
27 |
Paul Burgess |
Australia |
600 |
2005 |
183 |
83 |
|
|
|
11.6 |
|
n/a |
535 |
560 |
575 |
600 |
25 |
Brad Walker |
USA |
600 |
2006 |
188 |
84 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
427 |
548 |
582 |
n/a |
25 |
Steve Hooker |
Australia |
600 |
2008 |
187 |
83 |
507 |
113 |
|
11.5 |
|
|
500 |
525 |
587 |
n/a |
25 |
|