The men's pole vault was held as a straight final at the 2026 World Athletics Ultimate Championship at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest, Hungary on 11 September 2026. It was the first time the World Ultimate Championship is held. Athletes qualified by wildcard or by their world ranking.
Background
+ Global records before the 2026 World Athletics Ultimate Championship Record Athlete (nation) Location Date World record Uppsala, Sweden 12 March 2026 World lead
+ Area records before the 2026 World Athletics Ultimate Championship Record Athlete (nation) Location Date African record 6.03 m Cologne, Germany 18 August 1995 Asian record 6.00 m Bergen, Norway 10 June 2023 Budapest, Hungary 26 August 2023 European record Uppsala, Sweden 12 March 2026 North, Central American,and Caribbean record 6.07 m Nashville, United States 2 June 2023 Oceanian record Boston, United States 7 February 2009 South American record 6.03 m Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 15 August 2016
Qualification For the pole vault, eight athletes qualified, up to three by wildcard for winners of the event at the 2024 Summer Olympic, the 2025 World Athletics Championships, or the 2026 Diamond League final and the others by their position at the World Athletics Rankings for the event on 3 September 2026.
Results Final The final was held on 12 September at 18:18 (UTC+2).
Place Athlete Nation 5.60 5.80 5.95 6.05 6.15 6.20 6.25 6.32 Result Notes Armand Duplantis o - o o o o - xxx 6.20 m 2 Emmanouil Karalis o o o xxo o x- xx 6.15 m 3 Sondre Guttormsen o o oxxx 5.95 m 4 Kurtis Marschall o x- xoxxx 5.95 m 5 Zachery Bradford xo xo xoxxx 5.95 m 6 Baptiste Thiery o oxxx 5.80 m 6 Sam Kendricks o oxxx 5.80 m 8 Christopher Nilsen o xoxxx 5.80 m
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