Six Metres Club
The "six metres club" consists of pole vaulters who have reached at least 6 metres (19 ft 8¼ in), is very prestigious. In 1985 Sergey Bubka became the first pole vaulter to clear 6 metres; he also holds the current outdoor world record at 6.14 metres, set on 31 July 1994 in Sestriere.
| Name of athlete | Nation | Outdoors | Indoors | Year first cleared 6 metres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergey Bubka | Soviet Union / Ukraine | 6.14 m (20 ft 1½ in) | 6.15 m (20 ft 2 in) | 1985 |
| Rodion Gataullin | Soviet Union / Russia | 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in) | 6.02 m (19 ft 9 in) | 1989 |
| Okkert Brits | South Africa | 6.03 m (19 ft 9¼ in) | 1995 | |
| Igor Trandenkov | Russia | 6.01 m (19 ft 8½ in) | 1996 | |
| Tim Lobinger | Germany | 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in) | 1997 | |
| Maksim Tarasov | Russia | 6.05 m (19 ft 10 in) | 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in) | 1997 |
| Dmitri Markov | Australia | 6.05 m (19 ft 10 in) | 1998 | |
| Jeff Hartwig | United States | 6.03 m (19 ft 9¼ in) | 6.02 m (19 ft 9 in) | 1998 |
| Jean Galfione | France | 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in) | 1999 | |
| Danny Ecker | Germany | 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in) | 2001 | |
| Timothy Mack | United States | 6.01 m (19 ft 8½ in) | 2004 | |
| Toby Stevenson | United States | 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in) | 2004 | |
| Paul Burgess | Australia | 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in) | 2005 | |
| Brad Walker | United States | 6.04 m (19 ft 9¾ in) | 2006 | |
| Steven Hooker | Australia | 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in) | 6.06 m (19 ft 10½ in) | 2008 |
| Yevgeniy Lukyanenko | Russia | 6.01 m (19 ft 8½ in) | 2008 | |
| Renaud Lavillenie | France | 6.01 m (19 ft 8½ in) | 6.03 m (19 ft 9¼ in) | 2009 |
| Björn Otto | Germany | 6.01 m (19 ft 8½ in) | 2012 |
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