Marschall needed three attempts to clear his second height of 5.50m, before a first-up success at 5.60m put him in the box seat.

Locals Adam Hague and Harry Coppell then went straight to 5.65m to try and overtake Marschall, but they were unsuccessful.

Hague (5.55m) finished with the silver and Coppell (5.50m) took the bronze.

With the gold medal in his keeping, Marschall cleared 5.70m before having three unsuccessful cracks at what would have been a Commonwealth record of 5.81m.

It completed a double triumph for coach Paul Burgess's squad after Nina Kennedy won the women's vault earlier in the Games.

The victory was also a welcome return to form for Marschall, who bombed out in qualifying at the world championships in Eugene.

Five-time Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah celebrated Jamaican Independence Day in style by adding the 200m crown to her 100m gold.

Thompson-Herah clocked 22.02 seconds, while Australian Ella Connolly was sixth in 23.21.

Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo also completed a prestigious double, surging home to win the 5000m in 13:08.08, having previously won the 10,000m title.

Australians Jack Rayner and Matt Ramsden were eighth and 10th.

National record holder Catriona Bisset (1:59.41) was fifth in a high-quality women's 800m final won by Mary Moraa in 1:57.07.

The Kenyan claimed the victory in a most unusual fashion, running the fastest first and last 200m splits, while being slowest in the field for the middle 400m.

England's world and Olympics silver medallist Keely Hodgkinson was second and Scotland's Laura Muir was third.

Canada's Camryn Rogers destroyed the field in the women's hammer throw, claiming gold with 74.08m.

Australian Alex Hulley was sixth with 66.26m, having finished second four years ago on the Gold Coast.

Australian Associated Press