| Landmarks |
First over 4m:
4.00 Zhang Chunzhen CHN 1991
First official world record: 4.05 Sun Caiyun CHN 1992
First over 4.20: 4.20 Daniela Bartovā CZE 1995
First over 4.40: 4.41 Emma George AUS 1996
First over 4.50: 4.55 Emma George 1997
First over 4.60: 4.60 Emma George 1999Subsequent record progression:
4.60 Stacy Dragila USA 1999
4.60 Stacy Dragila 2000
4.62 Stacy Dragila 2000
4.63 Stacy Dragila 2000
Most competitions over 4.50m: Stacy Dragila 16 (as at 7 Sep
2000) |
| Superlatives |
| First World
Champion: Stacy Dragila 1999 |
| Two all-time greats |
Emma George (AUS): The former acrobat set her first world record of 4.25m in
1995, one year after taking up the event, and raised it in several instalments to 4.60m in
1999. |
Stacy Dragila (USA): The successor to Emma George as world record holder, the
Californian won both inaugural world - indoors in 1997 and outdoors in 1999 - and has
attempted as high as 4.90m. |
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