2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault

Last updated

Women's pole vault
at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue Oregon Convention Center
DatesMarch 17
Competitors9 from 7 nations
Winning height4.90
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
  2014
2018  

The women's pole vault at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 17, 2016. [1] [2] Jennifer Suhr of the United States won gold.

Contents

The men's and women's pole vault competition were the only events on the opening day. They were conducted simultaneously with two parallel runways down the center of the arena. The women's entrants included eight of the top 20 vaulters in history, most of them peaking in the weeks before the competition. One day after her 35th birthday, Fabiana Murer improved upon the listed Masters W35 world record by clearing 4.60. At 4.70, Eliza McCartney set her indoor New Zealand National Record, but barely a footnote considering she had cleared 4.80 at her outdoor national championships just 12 days earlier. She passed her next jump to that same 4.80 mark. At 4.75, the world record holder (improved earlier this season) Jenn Suhr took only her second attempt of the competition to tie for the lead with Ekaterini Stefanidi, who had jumped clean at 5 heights. Nicole Büchler missed twice at 4.75 and put all her marbles on a final attempt at a personal best 4.80. She made it, setting the Swiss National Record. Sandi Morris also made it on her first attempt and Stefanidi kept her perfect streak going. At 4.85, Stefanidi and Büchler failed while both Americans Morris and Suhr were successful. Having nothing to gain at 4.85 Stefanidi and Büchler took their remaining attempts at 4.90. After everyone else failed at 4.90, Suhr cleared it on only her fourth attempt of the competition which ultimately gave her the gold. With silver confirmed, Morris took her last attempt at 4.95 but after it failed, Suhr packed up her poles. Stefanidi's perfect round until 4.80 gave her the bronze.

Records

Gold medal winner, Jennifer Suhr Jennifer Suhr Portland 2016.jpg
Gold medal winner, Jennifer Suhr
Runner-up, Sandi Morris Sandi Morris Portland 2016.jpg
Runner-up, Sandi Morris
Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record Flag of the United States.svg  Jennifer Suhr  (USA)5.02 Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States 2 March 2013
Championship record Flag of Russia.svg  Elena Isinbaeva  (RUS)4.86 Budapest, Hungary 6 March 2004
World LeadingFlag of the United States.svg  Jennifer Suhr  (USA)5.03 Brockport, New York, United States30 January 2016
African record Flag of South Africa.svg  Elmarie Gerryts  (RSA)4.41 Birmingham, Great Britain 20 February 2000
Asian record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Ling  (CHN)4.70 Doha, Qatar 19 February 2016
European record Flag of Russia.svg  Elena Isinbaeva  (RUS)5.01 Stockholm, Sweden 23 February 2012
North and Central American
and Caribbean record
Flag of the United States.svg  Jennifer Suhr  (USA)5.02Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States2 March 2013
Oceanian Record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Kym Howe  (AUS)4.72 Donetsk, Ukraine 10 February 2007
South American record Flag of Brazil.svg  Fabiana Murer  (BRA)4.83 Nevers, France 7 February 2015

Qualification standards

IndoorOutdoor
4.71

Schedule

DateTimeRound
17 March 201619:05 Final

Results

The final was started at 19:05. [3]

RankNameNationality4.354.504.604.704.754.804.854.904.95ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Jennifer Suhr Flag of the United States.svg United States oooo4.90 CR
Silver medal icon.svg Sandi Morris Flag of the United States.svg United States oooxoooxx–x4.85
Bronze medal icon.svg Katerina Stefanidi Flag of Greece.svg Greece ooooox–xx4.80
4 Nicole Büchler Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland oxxoxxoxx-ox–xx4.80 NR
5 Eliza McCartney Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand oxoxxx4.70 NR
6 Fabiana Murer Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil ooxxx4.60
6 Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou Flag of Greece.svg Greece ooxxx4.60
8 Romana Maláčová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic xooxxx4.50
NM Marta Onofre Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal xxxNM
DNS Alana Boyd Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia DNS

References

  1. "IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  2. Start list
  3. Final results