Athletes in action in Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń
Last three sets of world indoor medallists
2022 - 1. Armand Duplantis (SWE) 6.20m; 2. Thiago Braz (BRA) 5.95m; 3. Christopher Nilsen (USA) 5.90m
2024 - 1. Armand Duplantis (SWE) 6.05m; 2. Sam Kendricks (USA) 5.90m; 3. Emmanouil Karalis (GRE) 5.85m
2025 - 1. Armand Duplantis (SWE) 6.15m; 2. Emmanouil Karalis (GRE) 6.05m; 3. Sam Kendricks (USA) 5.90m
Highest winning jumps
Armand Duplantis (SWE) – 6.20m (2022)
Armand Duplantis (SWE) - 6.15m (2025)
Armand Duplantis (SWE) - 6.05m (2024)
Lowest winning jump
Sergey Bubka (URS) – 5.75m (1985)
Biggest winning margin
0.31m - 2010: Steve Hooker (AUS) 6.01m, Malte Mohr (GER) 5.70m
Smallest winning margin
0.00m - 2014: Konstadinos Filippidis (GRE) 5.80m, Malte Mohr (GER) 5.80m
Highest jumps on Polish soil
6.26m 1 Armand Duplantis (SWE) - Chorzow 25.08.2024
6.17m 1 Armand Duplantis (SWE) - Torun 08.02.2020
6.10m 1 Armand Duplantis (SWE) - Chorzow 06.08.2022
Repeat winners
4 - Sergey Bubka (URS/UKR) 1985, 1987, 1991, 1995
3 - Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 2012, 2016, 2018
3 - Armand Duplantis (SWE) 2022, 2024, 2025
2 - Radion Gataullin (URS/RUS) 1989, 1993
By country
4 - France
4 - Soviet Union
3 - Sweden
3 - Russia
2 - United States
1 - Australia
1 - Ukraine
1 - Kazakhstan
1 - Germany
1 - Greece
Top eight entrants (based on final entries)
Armand Duplantis (SWE) 6.31m
Emmanouil Karalis (GRE) 6.17m
Sondre Guttormsen (NOR) 6.06m
Zachery Bradford (USA) 6.01m
Kurtis Marschall (AUS) 6.00m
Baptiste Thiery (FRA) 5.90m
Christopher Nilsen (USA) 5.85m
Thibaut Collet (FRA) 5.85m
Historic facts
- Armand Duplantis (SWE) has won the last three world indoor pole vault titles with the three highest vaults in World Indoor Championships history
- Seven world indoor pole vault finals have been won with 6.00m-plus vaults, including four of the last five finals
- The 2025 World Indoor Championships was the first time that two vaulters have cleared 6.00m or higher in the same competition: 1. Armand Duplantis (SWE) 6.15m; 2. Emmanouil Karalis (GRE) 6.05m
- Armand Duplantis (SWE) cleared his first ever world record with 6.17m in Torun in February 2020. Reflecting on his first world record, he said: "It’s a very life-changing moment, going from, in one instance, being not the world record holder to the world record holder, which is one of my biggest childhood dreams."
- Duplantis also achieved his 100th vault at 6.00m or higher at the 2025 World Indoor Championships in Nanjing
Potential storylines and notes
- Can Armand Duplantis (SWE) match Sergey Bubka by winning four world indoor pole vault titles?
- For the first time in history, six pole vaulters have cleared 6.00m or higher in the same year (Matvey Volkov is absent due to the ongoing RUS/BLR suspension)
- Could we see three (or more) athletes clear 6.00m or higher in a major championships for the first time? This has only happened once before (Silesia 2025 Diamond League - 1. Duplantis 6.26m WR, 2. Kendricks 6.00m, 3. Karalis 6.00m)
- Duplantis has a 40-1 head-to-head record over Karalis. However, Karalis’ sole victory over Duplantis did come at the World Indoor Championships back in 2018 (5. Karalis, 7. Duplantis)
- There was also a Greek winner when Poland hosted the 2014 World Indoor Championships in Sopot. Konstadinos Filippidis won the title on countback at 5.80m
