2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault

Women's pole vault at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Venue	Omnisport Apeldoorn [1]
Location	Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Dates	6 March 2025 (qualification) 8 March 2025 (final)
Competitors	16 from 11 nations
Winning mark	4.80
Medalists
Angelica Moser     Switzerland   Tina Šutej    Slovenia   Marie-Julie Bonnin    France
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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.

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

Record	Athlete (nation)	Height (m)	Location	Date
World record [4]	Jenn Suhr  (USA)	5.03	Brockport, United States	30 January 2016
European record [4]	Yelena Isinbayeva  (RUS)	5.01	Stockholm, Sweden	23 February 2012
Championship record [5]	Yelena Isinbayeva  (RUS)	4.90	Madrid, Spain	6 March 2005
World leading [6]	Amanda Moll  (USA)	4.88	Albuquerque, United States	15 February 2025
European leading [6]	Molly Caudery  (GBR)	4.85	Madrid, Spain	28 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] All athletes meeting the Qualification Standard of 4.65 m (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) advance to the Final. ^[9]

Results of the qualification round ^{[10] [11]}

Rank	Athlete	Nation	4.10	4.30	4.45	4.55	4.65	Result	Notes	PB
1	Elina Lampela	Finland	−	o	o	o		4.55	q	4.63
1	Angelica Moser	Switzerland	−	−	o	o		4.55	q	4.88
1	Tina Šutej	Slovenia	−	−	o	o		4.55	q	4.82
1	Amálie Švábíková	Czech Republic	−	−	o	o		4.55	q	4.80
5	Roberta Bruni	Italy	−	o	xo	o		4.55	q	4.73
5	Elien Vekemans	Belgium	−	o	xo	o		4.55	q	4.56
7	Marie-Julie Bonnin	France	−	−	o	xo		4.55	q	4.71
8	Elisa Molinarolo	Italy	−	o	o	xxx		4.45	q	4.70
9	Saga Andersson	Finland	−	o	xo	xxx		4.45		4.52
9	Hanga Klekner	Hungary	o	o	xo	xxx		4.45	=SB	4.57
11	Alix Dehaynain	France	−	o	xxo	xxx		4.45		4.53
12	Ariadni Adamopoulou	Greece	xxo	o	xxo	xxx		4.45	SB	4.50
13	Virginia Scardanzan	Italy	o	o	xxx			4.30		4.45
14	Anjuli Knäsche	Germany	o	xo	xxx			4.30		4.55
15	Kitty Friele Faye	Norway	o	xxx				4.10		4.55
	Lene Retzius	Norway	−	xxx				NM		4.70

Final

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

Results of the final ^[12]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	4.30	4.45	4.55	4.65	4.70	4.75	4.80	4.89	Result	Notes
	Angelica Moser	Switzerland	–	o	o	o	xo	xo	o	xxx	4.80	=NR
	Tina Šutej	Slovenia	–	o	o	xo	o	xxo	xxx		4.75	SB
	Marie-Julie Bonnin	France	–	–	xo	xo	xo	xxx			4.70
4	Elina Lampela	Finland	xo	o	xo	xo	xo	xxx			4.70	PB
5	Roberta Bruni	Italy	o	o	o	o	xxo	xxx			4.70	=SB
6	Amálie Švábíková	Czech Republic	–	o	o	o	xxx				4.65	=SB
7	Elien Vekemans	Belgium	o	o	o	xxx					4.55
7	Elisa Molinarolo	Italy	o	o	o	xxx					4.55

References

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2. András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics . Retrieved 21 November 2024.
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4. "All time Top lists – Senior – pole vault women", World Athletics . Retrieved 13 January 2025.
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6. "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – Pole vault women", World Athletics , 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
7. "Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics , 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
8. "Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics , 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
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