在体育运动中,与跳高运动一样,撑竿跳高也是人类向高空发起的一种挑战。进入八十年代时,田径运动专家们曾预言,在1990年,此项运动的世界纪录将超过六米大关。从目前的情况看,预言将成为现实。撑竿跳高是一项历史悠久的运动项目。早在1896年首届奥运会在雅典举行时,美国运动员霍伊特就曾以3.30米的成绩成为奥运会史上第一个冠军。从此,在奥运会八十四年的历程 In sports, like the high jump, the pole vault is also a human challenge to altitude. In the 1980s, track and field experts predicted that in 1990 the world record of the sport would exceed the six-meter mark. From the current situation, the prophecy will become a reality. Pole vault is a long history of sports. As early as 1896 when the first Olympic Games were held in Athens, American athlete Hoyt had the first title in Olympic history with 3.30 meters. Since then, during the Olympic Games eighty-four years