Welcome to the website of the 1st both side pole vault World championships!


The event will happen 13 April 2019 in Finland (Helsinki Liikuntamylly "Mylly") at 5 PM.

The competition rules are simple:

In the first round all athletes jump from their normal side, most pole vaulters being right-handed, we call this The Right Side. This is a normal, official pole vault competition with IAAF rules.

After the first competition is over, what follows is, we start another competition from The Left Side. It is also normal, official competition that follows IAAF rules.

However, what is not so normal, we combine the results of the both competitions and declare the winner based on the results.

                                                                     


There has been a little bit speculation about the order of the competitions.

Some people say it would obviously be better for the audience to see pole vaulters finishing the competition by jumping as high as possible (i.e. on the right side).

But from the point of view of the athlete it's better that they can focus on the normal competition first. For most pole vaulters the first competition is a chance to jump a good mark in front of an audience.

Thus, in the early stages of the event we respect the point of view of the athletes more.
So, the right side competition will happen first.

As the event gains more popularity in the future, maybe this will change then.



                                                                       

You can send questions as an e-mail to: unitedpolevaulters@gmail.com

No entrance fee, no participation money for international athletes!

Welcome!


Time: April 13 2019 (5PM)
Place: Liikuntamylly
Jauhokuja 3
00920 HELSINKI
FINLAND