Duplantis sets new pole vault world record of 6.29m
Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis bettered his pole vault world record by a centimetre on Tuesday, clearing 6.29 metres at the athletics meet in Budapest.
6.29m!!!
— Track & Field Gazette (@TrackGazette) August 12, 2025
WORLD RECORD!!!!!!🤯🔥🔥
Mondo Duplantis 🇸🇪 has just cleared 6.29m in the men's Pole Vault at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial in Budapest!
The 13th World Record of his career! Wow. pic.twitter.com/YZhHHAZiGA
Sweden's Duplantis broke the world record for the 13th time as he soared over the bar at the second attempt to improve on his 6.28m from Stockholm in June.
It was the 25-year-old's third record of 2025 having also cleared 6.27m in Clermont-Ferrand in February.
Duplantis notched up his 33rd competition victory, clearing 6.11m on his first attempt to finish ahead of Greece's Emmanouil Karalis (6.02m) and Australia's Kurtis Marschall (5.83m).
🙌🙌Born to break World Records.
— Making of Champions (@MakingOfChamps) August 12, 2025
Swedish Pole Vaulter, Mondo Duplantis has broken the World Record in the Pole Vault for a record 13th time.
Duplantis improved on his WR, jumping a height of 6.29m to win at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial. pic.twitter.com/hSwsVexOOq
On his second attempt at 6.29m, Duplantis touched the bar with one leg and his stomach, but it held, and the jump was validated.
Since Ukrainian Sergey Bubka became the first athlete to clear 6 metres on July 13, 1985 in Paris, the world record has been broken 26 times, including 12 times by Bubka, 13 times by Duplantis and once by Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie.
The US-born Duplantis first broke the world record in 2020 with 6.17m.
Duplantis is favourite for a third consecutive outdoor world title in a month's time in Tokyo.
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