Vaulting at Altitude

[roger/over]

A note today from Gérard remarks that he has never seen the sense of indicating vault marks as having been achieved at altitude. You may be interested in the data in my reply:

"I agree that labeling vault marks made at altitude makes about as much sense as labeling shot put marks made at altitude (which, incidentally, the lists do). This year, 8 out of the top 509 men had their best vault at altitude (top ranking was #70 at 5.50m). 21 out of the top 777 women had their best vault at altitude (top ranking was #73 at 4.21m). In the vault, altitude certainly counts for less than wind conditions."

Anyone care to give a reason for disagreeing?

[vaultmd]

The last time I jumped 14' was indoors at Reno in 2000. I had no business jumping that high with the body I had at the time.

Of course, it was a 13'10" jump where the bar stayed up, but that's another story . . .