2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault

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Women's pole vault
at the 2017 World Championships
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Katerina Stefanidi, the winner of the event.
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates4 August (qualification)
6 August (final)
Competitors31 from 19 nations
Winning height4.91 m (16 ft 1+14 in) WL NR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
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The women's pole vault at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 4 and 6 August. [1]

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Summary

It essentially took a clearance at 4.50 metres to make it into the final. The one clearance (with earlier misses) brought 13 still in at 4.55 metres each thinking there was more work to do. Lisa Ryzih, Sandi Morris and Robeilys Peinado remained perfect at 4.55 metres, with Olympic Champion Katerina Stefanidi passing all the way until the automatic qualifier height of 4.60 metres.

In the final, four women were perfect to 4.55 metres including home team favourite, Holly Bradshaw, Yarisley Silva, Peinado and Morris with Stefanidi again still passing. At Stefanidi's starting height 4.65 meters, she cleared on her first attempt and was only matched with a perfect round by Morris. Ryzih, Peinado and Silva all missed once before clearing. Ryzih's earlier miss at 4.45 metres dropping out of the tie that defined the tied bronze medalists as none of them could go any higher. So it was a repeat battle from the Olympics. Morris and Stefanidi still perfect over 4.75 metres. At 4.82 metres, Morris missed but Stefanidi made it. Morris passed to try 4.89 metres for the win, but she couldn't make it. Neither did Stefanidi, but she really didn't need to. After Morris missed her last attempt, Stefanidi passed to 4.91 metres, which she made on her first attempt for a national record, stamping an exclamation point on her win. Stefanidi then moved the bar up to 5.02 metres try to join Morris and become the fourth woman over 5 metres and set a new championship record, but she missed all three attempts. [2]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [3]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
World 5.06 Yelena Isinbayeva Flag of Russia.svg RUS 28 Aug 2009 Zürich, Switzerland
Championship 5.01 Yelena Isinbayeva Flag of Russia.svg RUS 12 Aug 2005 Helsinki, Finland
World leading4.85 Katerina Stefanidi Flag of Greece.svg GRE 8 Jun 2017 Rome, Italy
African 4.42 Elmarie Gerryts Flag of South Africa.svg RSA 12 Jun 2000 Wesel, Germany
Asian 4.66 Li Ling Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN 6 Jun 2015 Wuhan, China
NACAC 5.02  i Jennifer Suhr Flag of the United States.svg USA 2 Mar 2013 Albuquerque, United States
South American 4.87 Fabiana Murer Flag of Brazil.svg BRA 3 Jul 2016 São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
European 5.06 Yelena Isinbayeva Flag of Russia.svg RUS 28 Aug 2009 Zürich, Switzerland
Oceanian 4.82 Eliza McCartney Flag of New Zealand.svg NZL 26 Feb 2017 Auckland, New Zealand

The following records were set at the competition: [4]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.Date
Greek 4.91 Katerina Stefanidi Flag of Greece.svg GRE 6 Aug 2017
Venezuelan 4.65 Robeilys Peinado Flag of Venezuela.svg VEN 6 Aug 2017

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 4.55 metres. [5]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows: [6]

DateTimeRound
4 August19:45 Qualification
6 August19:00 Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on 4 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 19:50 and Group B starting at 19:49. Athletes attaining a mark of 4.60 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. [7] The overall results were as follows: [8]

RankGroupNameNationality4.204.354.504.554.60MarkNotes
1B Katerina Stefanidi Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)----o4.60 Q
2B Lisa Ryzih Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)--oo4.55 q
A Sandi Morris Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)-ooo4.55 q
A Robeilys Peinado Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN)oooo4.55 q
5A Alysha Newman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)-oxxoo4.55 q
6B Yarisley Silva Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)--oxo4.55 q
7B Nicole Büchler Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)--xxoxo4.55 q
8B Angelica Bengtsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)oooxxo4.55 q
B Olga Mullina ANA flag (2017).svg Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)oooxo4.55 q
10B Anicka Newell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)-ooxxx4.50 q
A Holly Bradshaw Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)--o-4.50 q
12A Eliza McCartney Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)-xoxoxxx4.50 q
13A Angelica Moser Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)oxoxxoxxx4.50
14A Silke Spiegelburg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)ooxxx4.35
15A Liz Parnov Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)xooxxx4.35
B Tina Šutej Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)xooxxx4.35
17A Lisa Gunnarsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)xxooxxx4.35
18A Romana Maláčová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)oxoxxx4.35
B Jirina Ptacnikova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)oxoxxx4.35
20B Ninon Guillon-Romarin Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)oxxx4.20
B Friedelinde Petershofen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)oxxx4.20
A Fanny Smets Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)oxxx4.20
A Minna Nikkanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)oxxx4.20
24B Maryna Kylypko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)xoxxx4.20
B Jennifer Suhr Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)---xxx NH
B Amálie Švábíková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)xxx NH
B Emily Grove Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)xxx NH
A Kelsie Ahbe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)xxx NH
A Iryna Zhuk Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)xxx NH
A Anzhelika Sidorova ANA flag (2017).svg Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)--xxx NH
A Michaela Meijer Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)-xxx NH

Final

The final took place on 6 August at 19:01. The results were as follows: [9]

RankNameNationality4.304.454.554.654.754.824.894.915.02MarkNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Katerina Stefanidi Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)ooox-oxxx4.91 WL NR
Silver medal icon.svg Sandi Morris Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)oooox-xx4.75
Bronze medal icon.svg Robeilys Peinado Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN)oooxoxxx4.65=NR
Yarisley Silva Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)ooxoxxx4.65
5 Lisa Ryzih Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)xooxoxxx4.65
6 Holly Bradshaw Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)oxxoxxx4.65
7 Alysha Newman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)xoooxxoxxx4.65
8 Olga Mullina ANA flag (2017).svg Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)xoooxxx4.55
9 Eliza McCartney Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)oxoxxx4.55
10 Angelica Bengtsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)xooxoxxx4.55
11 Nicole Büchler Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)oxxx4.45
12 Anicka Newell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)xoxoxxx4.45

References

  1. Start list
  2. "Report: women's pole vault final – IAAF World Championships London 2017". IAAF . 6 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  3. "Pole Vault Women – Records". IAAF . Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  4. "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  5. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. "Pole Vault Women − Timetable". IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. "Pole Vault Women − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. "Pole Vault Women − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  9. "Pole Vault Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.