Athletics in France

Athletics in France is governed by Fédération française d'athlétisme founded on 20 November 1920.[1]

World records

Event Performance Athlete Venue Date
Pole vault 3.69 Fernand Gonder France Paris 23 June 1904
Pole vault 3.74 Fernand Gonder France Bordeaux 6 August 1905
10,000 metres 30:58:8 Jean Bouin France Paris 16 November 1911
Hours 19.219 km Jean Bouin Sweden Stockholm 6 July 1913
20 km race walk 1:37:57 Émile Anthoine France Paris 13 July 1913
800 metres 1:50:6 Séraphin Martin France Paris 14 July 1928
1500 metres 3:49:2 Jules Ladoumègue France Paris 5 October 1930
100 metres 10:0 Roger Bambuck United States Sacramento 20 June 1968
110 metres hurdles 13:0 Guy Drut Germany Berlin 22 August 1975
Pole vault 5.77 m
5.82 m
5.91 m
Philippe Houvion
Pierre Quinon
Thierry Vigneron
France Paris
Germany Cologne
Italy Rome
17 July 1980
28 August 1983
31 August 1984
4 x 100 metres relay 37:79 Max Morinière
Daniel Sangouma
Jean-Charles Trouabal
Bruno Marie-Rose
Croatia Split 1 September 1990
Pole vault 6.16 m Renaud Lavillenie Ukraine Donetsk 15 February 2014
50 kilometres race walk 3:32:33 Yohann Diniz Switzerland Zurich 15 August 2014

All-time top lists

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The lists are updated to 22 February 2013,[2] and regards to the 21 individuals Olympic specialities. For high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump and shot put performance also affects indoor competitions (measures are identified by (i) in the tables).

  Performance achieved in the current year

Pole vault

Men
#AthleteBornPerformanceVenueDate
1 Renaud Lavillenie 1986 6.16 m (i) Ukraine Donetsk 15 February 2014
2 Jean Galfione 1971 6.00 m (i) Japan Maebashi 6 March 1999
3 Romain Mesnil 1977 5.95 m France Castres 6 August 2003
4 Thierry Vigneron 1960 5.91 m Italy Rome 31 August 1984
5 Ferenc Salbert 1963 5.90 m (i) France Grenoble 14 March 1987
Pierre Quinon 1962 5.90 m France Nice 16 July 1985
7 Alain Andji 1974 5.85 m France Bonneuil-sur-Marne 18 May 1997
Philippe Collet 1963 5.94 m (i) France Grenoble 10 March 1990
9 Jérôme Clavier 1983 5.81 m (i) France Villeurbanne 22 January 2011
10 Khalid Lachheb 1975 5.80 m Switzerland Lausanne 25 August 1998
Gérald Baudouin 1975 5.80 m France Villeneuve d'Ascq 8 July 1994
Women

See also

References

  1. "Historique de l’Athlétisme" (in French). athle.fr. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  2. "National Lists of France (Men)". apulanta.fi. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

External links

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