Athletics in France

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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 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[]

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[]

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.

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