pole vault

See also: pole-vault

English

Noun

pole vault (plural pole vaults)

1. (athletics) a jumping event contested in track and field which requires an athlete to carry a fiberglass pole down a runway, plant the pole into a vaulting box and vault over a fiberglass bar, landing on a matted pit

Usage notes

The plural pole vaults generally refers to multiple competitions. Individual jumps are usually called a vault, the plural of which is vaults.

Related terms

• pole-vault
• pole-vaulter, pole vaulter
• pole-vaulting, pole vaulting

Translations

jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole

• Azerbaijani: şüvüllə tullanma
• Bulgarian: овчарски скок m (ovčarski skok)
• Catalan: salt de perxa m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 撐竿跳高／撑竿跳高 (zh) (chēnggāntiàogāo)

• Czech: skok o tyči m
• Danish: stangspring (da) n
• Dutch: polsstokspringen (nl) n
• Finnish: seiväshyppy (fi)
• French: saut à la perche (fr) m
• German: Stabhochsprung (de) m
• Greek: άλμα επί κοντώ (el) n (álma epí kontó)
• Hungarian: rúdugrás (hu)
• Icelandic: stangarstökk n
• Italian: salto con l'asta m
• Japanese: 棒高跳 (ja) (ぼうたかとび, bōtakatobi), 棒高跳び (ja) (ぼうたかとび, bōtakatobi)
• Kazakh: таяқпен секiру (taäqpen sekiru)
• Maori: peke tītoko
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stavsprang n

  Nynorsk: stavsprang n

• Polish: skok o tyczce (pl) m
• Portuguese: salto com vara m, salto à vara m
• Romanian: săritură cu prăjina f
• Russian: прыжо́к с шесто́м (ru) m (pryžók s šestóm)
• Spanish: salto con pértiga m, salto con garrocha m
• Swedish: stavhopp (sv) n
• Tagalog: baliksuwa, luksong-tikin
• Turkish: sırıkla atlama (tr)
• Ukrainian: стрибки́ з жерди́ною m pl (strybký z žerdýnoju)
• Vietnamese: nhảy sào (vi)