Masters M70 pole vault world record progression

This is the progression of world record improvements of the pole vault M70 division of Masters athletics.

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Height	Athlete	Nationality	Birthdate	Age	Location	Date	Ref
3.53	Wolfgang Ritte	Germany	7 January 1953	70 years, 261 days	Pescara	25 September 2023	[1]
3.52	Wolfgang Ritte	Germany	7 January 1953	70 years, 130 days	Reken	17 May 2023
3.51	Wolfgang Ritte	Germany	7 January 1953	70 years, 119 days	Dortmund	6 May 2023
3.50	Wolfgang Ritte	Germany	7 January 1953	70 years, 114 days	Wipperfürth	1 May 2023
3.56 i	Wolfgang Ritte	Germany	7 January 1953	70 years, 83 days	Toruń	31 March 2023	[2]
3.55 i	Wolfgang Ritte	Germany	7 January 1953	70 years, 7 days	Horn-Bad Meinberg	14 January 2023
3.49	John Altendorf	United States	12 March 1946	70 years, 21 days	McMinnville	2 April 2016
3.40	Robert "Bob" Fulton	United States	29 January 1940	70 years, 141 days	Joplin	19 June 2010
3.31	Robert Brown	Great Britain	9 April 1932	70 years, 135 days	Potsdam	22 August 2002
3.30	Herbert Schmidt	Germany	11 January 1910	70 years, 189 days	Duisburg	18 July 1980