Armand Duplantis in action during the men's pole vault final.
Men’s Pole Vault Final.
2023 World Championships. Budapest, Hungary.
Gold: Armand Duplantis (SWE) -- 6.10 meters
Silver: E.J. Obiena (PHI) -- 6.00
Bronze: Kurtis Marschall (AUS) -- 5.95
Bronze: Chris Nilsen (USA) -- 5.95
5. Thibaut Collet (FRA) -- 5.90
6. Huang Bokei (CHN) -- 5.75
7. Ben Broeders (BEL) -- 5.75
8. Zach McWhorter (USA) -- 5.75
After winning the competition Armand Duplantis made three attempts to improve his own World Record
of 6.21 m. With the bar at 6.23, he just failed.
However, on Sunday 17th September 2023 at the Diamond League Final in Eugene he did clear 6.23m,
to better his own World record. The on 20th April 2024 he improved the record to 6.24m in Xiamen, China.