International Amateur Athletic Federation officials are waiting...

International Amateur Athletic Federation officials are waiting for Soviet documents to begin the process of recognizing Rodion Gataullin’s pole vault mark of 19 feet 8 1/4 inches as a world indoor record.

Gataullin, a silver medalist at the Seoul Olympics and the bronze medalist in the 1987 World Championships, cleared the height at a meet in Leningrad, the Soviet news agency Tass reported Monday.

The previous record of 19-7 was set in 1987 by Seoul gold medalist Sergei Bubka, also of the Soviet Union.