2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's pole vault

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Women's pole vault
at the 2019 World Championships
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Sandi Morris at Doha 2019
Venue Khalifa International Stadium
Dates27 September (qualification)
29 September (final)
Competitors32 from 22 nations
Winning height4.95
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   ANA flag (2017).svg  Authorised Neutral Athletes
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
  2017
2022  
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The women's pole vault at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 27 to 29 September 2019. [1]

Contents

Summary

During qualifications, 17 women made it to the final by clearing 4.60 m. In the final, they started at 4.50 m but jumped next to 4.70 m, taking the field down to a dozen, nine still with clean rounds. At 4.80 m, six were over, but only Anzhelika Sidorova and Sandi Morris were still clean. At 4.85 m, defending and Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi missed once, while Morris and Sidorova remained clean. Angelica Bengtsson, Alysha Newman, and Holly Bradshaw could not get over the bar. Bradshaw saved one attempt for 4.90 m but missed, and then Stefanidi missed. When Morris and Sidorova cleared on their first attempts, Stefanidi saved her two remaining attempts for 4.95 m. At this height, only three women had ever cleared 4.95 m (16 ft 2+34 in), one of them Morris, who had done it four times. Through the first two rounds of attempts, nobody cleared, eliminating Stefanidi with the bronze. On her final attempt, Morris missed. Then, Sidorova cleared. The tie was broken, and Sidorova became only the fourth woman in history to clear 4.95 m.

Morris congratulated her opponent after the winning vault, an act which earned her a place on the shortlist for the International Fair Play Award that year. [2]

The final is noted as one of the best finals in the history of the World Championships. Six women cleared 4.80 m, a record for the event. Prior to 2019, the maximum number of women who cleared 4.80 m in a World Championship final was three, in 2013 and 2015. In fact, the winning height of 4.95 m would have won all previous World Championships except for 2005 when Yelena Isinbayeva won with a then-world record of 5.01 m.

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 leading4.91 Jennifer Suhr Flag of the United States.svg USA 30 Mar 2019 Austin, United States
African 4.42 Elmarie Gerryts Flag of South Africa.svg RSA 12 Jun 2000 Wesel, Germany
Asian 4.72 Li Ling Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN 18 May 2019 Shanghai, 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 4.94 Eliza McCartney Flag of New Zealand.svg NZL 17 Jul 2018 Jockgrim, Germany

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows: [4]

DateTimeRound
27 September17:30 Qualification
29 September20:01 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 4.60 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q). [5] [6]

RankGroupNameNationality4.204.354.504.554.60MarkNotes
1A Holly Bradshaw Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)o4.60 Q
B Sandi Morris Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)oo4.60 Q
A Katie Nageotte Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)oo4.60 Q
A Alysha Newman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)ooo4.60 Q
B Katerina Stefanidi Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)o4.60 Q
A Anzhelika Sidorova ANA flag (2017).svg  Authorised Neutral Athletes  (ANA)o4.60 Q
A Iryna Zhuk Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)ooo4.60 Q
8A Nikoleta Kiriakopoulou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)xoo4.60 Q
B Yarisley Silva Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)oxoo4.60 Q
10A Li Ling Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)oxxoo4.60 Q
11A Angelica Moser Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)ooooxo4.60 Q
B Robeilys Peinado Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN)ooooxo4.60 Q
B Jennifer Suhr Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)xo4.60 Q
14A Lisa Ryzih Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)oxoxo4.60 Q
15B Angelica Bengtsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)oxxo4.60 Q
16B Ninon Guillon-Romarin Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)oxoxxo4.60 Q
17B Tina Šutej Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)oooxxoxxo4.60 Q
18B Nicole Büchler Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)oxoxoxxx4.55SB
19B Xu Huiqin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)ooxxx4.50
20A Fanny Smets Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)oxooxxx4.50
21A Maryna Kylypko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)ooxxoxxx4.50
22B Kelsie Ahbe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)ooxxx4.35
A Romana Maláčová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)ooxxx4.35
A Wilma Murto Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)ooxxx4.35
25A Michaela Meijer Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)xooxxx4.35
B Lene Onsrud Retzius Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)xooxxx4.35
27B Alyona Lutkovskaya ANA flag (2017).svg  Authorised Neutral Athletes  (ANA)oxoxxx4.35
28B Liz Parnov Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)xoxoxxx4.35
29A Roberta Bruni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)oxxoxxx4.35
B Irina Ivanova ANA flag (2017).svg  Authorised Neutral Athletes  (ANA)oxxoxxx4.35
31A Killiana Heymans Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)oxxx4.20
B Katharina Bauer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)xxx NH

Final

The final was started on 29 September at 20:01. [7]

RankNameNationality4.504.704.804.854.904.95MarkNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Anzhelika Sidorova ANA flag (2017).svg  Authorised Neutral Athletes  (ANA)oooooxxo4.95 WL, PB
Silver medal icon.svg Sandi Morris Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)oooooxxx4.90 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Katerina Stefanidi Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)ooxoxox-xx4.85 SB
4 Holly Bradshaw Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)ooxoxx-x4.80
5 Alysha Newman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)xooxoxxx4.80
6 Angelica Bengtsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)oxxoxxoxxx4.80=NR
7 Katie Nageotte Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)ooxxx4.70
Robeilys Peinado Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN)ooxxx4.70=NR
Jenn Suhr Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)oxxx4.70
Iryna Zhuk Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)ooxx-x4.70=NR
11 Yarisley Silva Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)xxooxxx4.70
12 Ninon Guillon-Romarin Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)oxoxxx4.70
13 Nikoleta Kiriakopoulou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)oxxx4.50
Li Ling Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)ox-xx4.50
Angelica Moser Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)oxxx4.50
Tina Šutej Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)oxxx4.50
17 Lisa Ryzih Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)xoxxx4.50

References

  1. "Start list" (PDF).
  2. Shortlist announced for International Fair Play Award. IAAF (2019-10-07). Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  3. "Pole Vault Women – Records". IAAF . Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  4. "Pole Vault Women − Timetable". IAAF . Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  5. "Women's pole vault − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF . 27 September 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  6. "Women's pole vault − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF . 27 September 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  7. "Final results" (PDF).