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As almost every track fan on this side of the solar system would know, in its August 2nd issue Sports Illustrated offered its medal picks. For the men's pole vault, they were: Gold--Dimitri Markov, Australia Silver--Toby Stevenson, United States Bronze--Tim Mack, United States At the risk of having ...

Heading into the Olympic competition, these are the best vaulters for the 52 countries represented in Mirko Jalava's 2004 outdoor world deep list (minimum of 3.60m for list inclusion). Argentina Alejandra Garcia 4.43 Australia Kym Howe/Wendy Young 4.40 Austria Carmen Klausbruckner 3.90 Belarus Svetl...

> and yeah I know there are 4 Poles listed - that's what they had on the Olympic site

Maybe the reason Poland has entered four is that shipping poles to meets has gotten to be very undependable and they're sending a spare?

NATIONAL OUTDOOR POLE VAULT RECORDSâ€â€

The following charts show the number of performances for each vaulter in the top 100 recorded during this outdoor season. The bracketed heights are the highest and lowest in the top 100 for that vaulter: Men's Most Consistent Performers a/o 2 August Toby Stevenson USA 9 (6.00 - 5.71) Jeff Hartwig US...

Men's Olympic PV Qualifiers, by Country, a/o 29 July 2004 With the end of the qualifying period just nine days away, here's an update on men who have met the entry standards. A-standard 5.65m (18'6 1/4"); B-standard 5.55m (18'2 1.5") Qualifying period--1 Jan 2003 to 9 August 2004 A country may enter...

Women's Olympic PV Qualifiers, best height by country, a/o 29 July 2004 With the end of the qualifying period just eleven days away, here's an update on women who have met the entry standards. A-standard 4.40m (14'5"); B-standard 4.25m (13'11 1/4") Qualifying period--1 Jan 2003 to 9 August 2004 A co...

My files currently include women's national records for 109 countries, men's national records for 201 countries. By far the most comprehensive publication of records in all track and field events is "National Athletics Records for All Countries of the World," edited by Winfried Kramer, et. al. The 2...

NATIONAL OUTDOOR POLE VAULT RECORDSâ€â€

Not a new topic, really, but I'm not sure where my contribution would fit in. I'm posting this in mid-stream of a series of others on the USA women's olympic trials that I've sent to the VaultCanada and t-and-f mailing lists. If you're on either of those, I apologize for the repetition. However, if ...

From two sources, I read about Roslinda Samsu clearing 4.05 meters at a meet in Texas, probably Austin, the last week of June. I haven't been able to verify the location or exact date, or learn of her placing. It would be a new national record for Malaysia. Can anyone help?