Yelena Isinbayeva, Bob Richards and Armand Duplantis are the only athletes to win two Olympic pole vault titles.

France's Fernand Gonder entered as the world record holder and delivered by winning in an Olympic record-equalling mark.

[3] In addition to the main 1900 Olympic men's pole vault, a handicap competition was held four days later.

LeRoy Samse, the runner-up in the main Olympic pole vault, won with 3.58 m and a handicap of one inch.

[5] These events are no longer considered part of the official Olympic history of the pole vault or the athletics programme in general.