pole vault

See also: pole-vault

English

Noun

pole vault (plural pole vaults)

(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

Translations

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

Chinese:
Mandarin: 撐竿跳高 (zh), 撑竿跳高 (zh) (chēnggāntiàogāo)
Czech: skok o tyči m
Danish: stangspring (da) 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)
Maori: peke tītoko
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stavsprang n

Nynorsk: stavsprang n
Polish: skok o tyczce (pl) m
Portuguese: salto com 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
Tagalog: baliksuwa, luksong-tikin

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