The fourth day of track and field inside Stade de France at the 2024 Paris Olympics was capped off with a world record in the men's pole vault and another three gold medalists were crowned.

Leading up to the grand finale, gold medalists were crowned in the women's pole vault, 800m and 5,000m, and we caught a glimpse of what's to come in the men's steeplechase and both the men's and women's 200m. There was also some chaos involved in the women's 5,000m. You can read about that here. 

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Mondo Duplantis Broke World Record On Final Attempt, Clears 6.25m For Gold

For the ninth time in his professional career, Mondo Duplantis broke the world record. But this time he did it in front of over 70,000 fans.

Duplantis took his time and did what he needed to do, clearing his first five bars in as many attempts.

He passed at 5.5m, 5.8m and 5.9m, but cleared 5.7m, 5.85m, 5.95m, 6.0m and 6.1m, before breaking his own world record with a clearance of 6.25m on his final attempt. 

Duplantis now owns 10 of the 12 best clearances in world history.

American Sam Kendricks won his second Olympic medal, this time earning silver after clearing a season best of 5.95m. The bronze went to Greece's Emmanouil Karalis, who cleared 5.90m on his first jump.

Morocco's Mohamed Tindouft And Soufiane El Bakkali Sweep Steeple Heats

The defending Olympic champion and two-time world champion cruised to a win in the first of three steeple heats, running 8:17.9. 

Uganda's Leonard Chemutai and Ethiopia's Getnet Wale went 2-3 in 8:18.19 and 8:18.25.

El Bakkali's countryman Tindouft made it a Moroccan sweep, as he lowered his personal best down to 8:10.62, as he led six other guys under 8:20.

Ethiopia's Samuel Firewu and Kenya's Abrahaam Kibiwot crossed in 8:11.61 and 8:12.02, followed by Ryuji Miura (JAP) and Avinash Mukund Sable (IND).

The third and final heat saw world record holder Lamecha Girma (ETH) hold off American Kenneth Rooks 8:23.89-8:24.95. Rooks just out-leaned Kenya's Simon Kiprop Koech who also finished in 8:14.95.

Noah Lyles Leads All Three American Men To 200m Semi-Finals

Liberia's Joseph Fahnbulleh, Ugandan star Tarsis Orogot and Botswana's Letsile Tebogo won the first half of heats after second-half surges. 

The trio stopped the clock in 20.20, 20.32 and 20.10, respectively.

The final three heats were won by the three American men in the field, with Kenny Bednarek becoming the first man to break 20 seconds in the first round in Olympic history. Following a seventh-place finish in the 100m last night, Bednarek cruised to a 19.96. 

Erriyon Knighton dipped under 20 seconds as well, winning his heat in 19.99, while the 100m Olympic champion Noah Lyles looked calm, running a controlled 20.19.

Wayde van Niekerk, the world record-holder at 400 meters from his performance at the 2016 Rio Olympics, made his Paris debut, running 20.42 for third over the first heat. 

Gabby Thomas And Julien Alfred Make It Look Easy, Set To Meet In Final

Just a few days removed from giving St. Lucia its first ever Olympic medal, 100m gold medalist Julien Alfred dipped under 22 seconds. 

Nigeria's Favour Ofili was right behind her in 22.05, while American McKenzie Long was third behind the pair. The American didn't auto-qualify but she was able to snag the final time qualifier.

In typical Gabby Thomas form, the U.S. champion didn't break a sweat in the second semifinal, coasting across the finish in 21.86, with Dina Asher-Smith finishing second in 22.31.

The last heat belonged to American Brittany Brown, who pulled away from with Daryll Neita and finished close in 22.12 and 22.24, respectively. 

Jessika Gbai of Côte d'Ivoire was the other time qualifier behind Long, running 22.36 in the third semifinal.

Valarie Allman Dominates Women's Discus Final, Wins Back-To-Back Gold

In the end, it was Allman's fourth throw wound up being her best of the competition, as she threw 69.50m to win by nearly two meters. 

In fact, you could have used any of Allman's four marks, as each one would have been more than enough to win gold.

Bing Feng, who won gold in Eugene in 2022 finished with a silver, while two-time Olympic champion Sandra Elkasević earned bronze. 

The pair's best marks of the competition were 67.51m and 67.51m, respectively.

Allman solidified herself as one of the best to ever do it, now a two-time Olympic champion and two-time world medalist.

Keely Hodgkinson Overcomes Streak Of Silver, Wins Olympic Gold

The amount of pressure surrounding Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson was truly surreal, as the 22-year-old was the runaway favorite for the first time in her career. 

When it was all said and done, though, the fastest woman in the world this year stopped the clock at 1:56.72, over a quarter of a second ahead of silver medalist Tsige Duguma of Ethiopia.

After beating Hodgkinson in Budapest a year ago, Mary Moraa finished over half of a second behind her in 1:57.42.

Juliette Whittaker held her own in her first Olympic final, as the 20-year old from Stanford took seventh in 1:58.5.

When Are The Paris 2024 Olympic Games?

The Olympics begin on July 26 and end on August 11. The track and field events will begin on Aug. 1. 

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