National Depth--Pole Vault

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The charts summarize the number of athletes each country placed in the world top-100 outdoor rankings for 2004 (plus ties) and the highest-ranked of these. In my other national depth charts (posted on the U. S. t-and-f mailing list), I don't list countries with fewer than three athletes in the top 100, but for this purpose, I've included all of the countries listed. The data base drawn upon is the world deep list from Mirko Jalava's web site <http://www.tilastopaja.net>.

To accommodate the rather difficult formatting of columnar material on PoleVaultPower, I've adopted an x / y strategy, where x is the number of athletes the country placed in the world top 100 and y is the highest-ranked of these. That is, USA placed 26 in the top 102 and the highest-ranked of these (Tim Mack) was #1 on the world list.

MEN'S POLE VAULT 2004 (Top 102)

United States 26 / 1
France 10 / 13
Germany 9 / 12
Russia 8 / 19
Australia 4 / 11
Ukraine 4 / 27
Netherlands 3 / 8
Sweden 3 / 17
Czech Republic 3 / 33
Finland 3 / 41
Israel 2 / 4
Italy 2 / 5
Japan 2 / 10
Bulgaria 2 / 31
Great Britain 2 / 32
South Africa 2 / 40
Poland 2 / 47
Greece 2 / 51
Mexico 2 / 57
China 2 / 73
Denmark 1 / 44
Slovenia 1 / 55
Korea 1 / 63
Spain 1 / 69
Uzbeckistan 1 / 74
Brazil 1 / 77
Kazakhstan 1 / 78
Argentina 1 / 83
Switzerland 1 / 102

29 countries represented
100th = 5.50m = 18' 1/2"

As usual, South Africa's two representatives are Okkert Brits and Riaan Botha. What is unusual is that Brits, at 5.67m, ranks only #40. I think that must be the first time in at least eleven years that he hasn't been in the top 20.



WOMEN'S POLE VAULT 2004 (Top 104)

United States 24 / 3
Russia 10 / 1
Germany 10 / 8
Poland 5 / 5
China 5 / 24
France 4 / 18
Greece 4 / 20
Australia 4 / 20
Ukraine 3 / 15
Spain 3 / 19
Canada 3 / 21
Hungary 3 / 41
Iceland 2 / 11
Czech Republic 2 / 17
Bulgaria 2 / 22
Japan 2 / 45
Slovenia 2 / 64
Sweden 2 / 68
Netherlands 2 / 77
Argentina 1 / 27
Switzerland 1 / 55
Cyprus 1 / 62
New Zealand 1 / 63
Brazil 1 / 70
Tunisia 1 / 90
Portugal 1 / 93
Belgium 1 / 94
Puerto Rico 1 / 100
Great Britain 1 / 102
Denmark 1 / 103

30 countries represented
100th = 4.15m = 13'7 1/4"

Number 104 in the women's list, and in the "top 100" only by virtue of a five-way tie at 4.15m, is Vala Flosadottir, five-time national record breaker for Iceland with a PB in 2000 of 4.50m. If this should mark the end of her career as a high-ranked vaulter, she can retire with a secure sense of accomplishment.

[VaultBrad]

i love the U.S.A

[VaultNinja]

Thanks for the info. Pretty impressive to look at really.

[BritDawg]

Is there a site, or does anyone know the National Records for each country (or at least some of them)? men and women.

[Vault&Flip]

I think there is a post on this forum somewhere that lists the known records...I don't know where to find it though

Women
http://polevaultpower.com/forum/viewtop ... al+records