2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault

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Women's pole vault
at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Venue Omnisport Apeldoorn [1]
Location Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Dates6 March 2025 (qualification)
8 March 2025 (final)
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The women's pole vault at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships is scheduled to be held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 6 and 7 March 2025. This will be the 15th time the event is contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

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The qualifying round is scheduled for 6 March during the evening session. The final is scheduled for 8 March during the evening session.

Background

The women's pole vault was contested 14 times before 2025, held every time since 1996. [2] The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships will be held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. [3] The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024. [3]

Jenn Suhr is the world record holder in the event, with a height of 5.03 m, set in 2016. [4] Yelena Isinbayeva is the European record holder, with a height of 5.01 m, set in 2012. Isinbayeva also holds the championship record, set at the 2005 championships.

Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships
RecordAthlete (nation)Height (m)LocationDate
World record [4] Flag of the United States.svg  Jenn Suhr  (USA)5.03 Brockport, United States30 January 2016
European record [4] Flag of Russia.svg  Yelena Isinbayeva  (RUS)5.01 Stockholm, Sweden23 February 2012
Championship record [5] Flag of Russia.svg  Yelena Isinbayeva  (RUS)4.90 Madrid, Spain6 March 2005
World leading [6] Flag of the United States.svg  Amanda Moll  (USA)4.88 Albuquerque, United States15 February 2025
European leading [6] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Molly Caudery  (GBR)4.85 Madrid, Spain28 February 2025

Qualification

For the women's pole vault, the qualification period runs from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025. [7] Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standards of 4.70 m or by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event. [7] There is a target number of 18 athletes. [7]

Rounds

Qualification

The qualifying round is scheduled for 6 March, starting at 19:05 (UTC+1) in the evening. [8]

Final

The final is scheduled for 8 March, starting at 19:35 (UTC+1) in the evening. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Six months until Apeldoorn! New track surface for 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships", European Athletics , 6 September 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  2. ↑ András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics . Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Omnisport with renovated track is ready for European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025", European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025, 6 September 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "All time Top lists – Senior – high jump women", World Athletics . Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-03-05. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  6. 1 2 "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – Pole vault women", World Athletics , 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 "Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics , 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics , 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
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