Women's pole vault at the 2025 World Athletics Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | National Stadium | |||||||||
Location | Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||
Dates | 15 September (qualification) 17 September (final) | |||||||||
Winning height | 4.90 m SB | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Events at the 2025 World Championships | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | women |
10,000 m | men | women |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | women |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
mixed | ||
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | women |
35 km walk | men | women |
Field events | ||
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | women |
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | women |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
World Team event | ||
World Team | ||
The women's pole vault at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 15 and 17 September 2025. [1]
They expected thirty entrants for the competition, but co-defending champion and Olympic Gold medalist Nina Kennedy dropped out at the last minute when a nagging injury did not recover in time. [2] . Co-champion because 2023 ended with Kennedy and Katie Moon deciding to not break the tie and share the medal. Moon was also the 2022 champion and Olympic silver medalist. Olympic bronze medalist Alysha Newman was also injured. Wilma Murto is the returning bronze medalist. Also here is Sandi Morris, a member of the 5 metres club, with silvers from 2017, 2019 and 2022, plus the 2016 Olympics.
In the qualification round, 5 couldn't get over 4.25m including Murto. Former World Indoor Champion Molly Caudery did not start. With the auto qualifier 4.70m, they stopped the A group vaulting at 4.60m with seven over. The B group also got seven over 4.60m taking 14 to the final.
In the final, 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Eliza McCartney had to withdraw before clearing a height. 9 made it over 4.65m, but only 4 made it over 4.75m, Amálie Švábíková and Tina Šutej on their last attempt. Morris and Moon still had clean rounds going. At 4.80m, Moon made her first attempt while Morris and Šutej took two putting Moon in the lead. After missing two, Švábíková passed to try a last attempt at 4.85m which failed settling the medalists. Moon missed her first attempt at 4.85m. When Morris cleared on her first attempt, to seize the lead, Moon passed. Šutej took all three of her attempts a 4.85m and after missing them settled for the bronze. Now at 4.90m, Morris and Moon missed their first attempts, then Morris her second. Moon was down to her final attempt. Moon went up and hit the bar with her chest on the way down. The bar danced and landed back on the pegs. Moon had taken the lead back. Morris walked to the table to pass to the next height. When she missed, Morris was the silver medalist. Already with gold, Moon had the bar moved to the championship record 5.01m. After one shot at it, she withdrew with a threepeat. [3] [4]
Before the competition records were as follows: [5]
Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
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World Record | ![]() | 5.06 m | Zürich, Switzerland | 28 August 2009 |
Championship Record | 5.01 m | Helsinki, Finland | 12 August 2005 | |
World Leading | ![]() | 4.91 m | Indianapolis, United States | 28 February 2025 |
African Record | ![]() | 4.42 m | Wesel, Germany | 12 June 2000 |
Asian Record | ![]() | 4.72 m | Shanghai, China | 18 May 2019 |
European Record | ![]() | 5.06 m | Zürich, Switzerland | 28 August 2009 |
North, Central American and Caribbean Record | ![]() | 5.02 m | Albuquerque, United States | 2 March 2013 |
South American Record | ![]() | 4.87 m | Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil | 3 July 2016 |
Oceanian Record | ![]() | 4.94 m | Jockgrim, Germany | 17 July 2018 |
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 4.73 m. [6]
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows: [1]
Date | Time | Round |
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15 September | 09:05 | Qualification |
17 September | 20:10 | Final |
All athletes over 4.70 m ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) advanced to the final.
Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.25 | 4.45 | 4.60 | 4.70 | Mark | Notes |
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1 | Imogen Ayris | ![]() | o | o | o | 4.60 m | q | |
1 | Juliana de Menis Campos | ![]() | o | o | o | 4.60 m | q | |
3 | Roberta Bruni | ![]() | o | xo | o | 4.60 m | q | |
3 | Katie Moon | ![]() | - | xo | o | 4.60 m | q | |
5 | Niu Chunge | ![]() | xo | xo | o | 4.60 m | q | |
6 | Amálie Švábíková | ![]() | - | o | xo | 4.60 m | q | |
7 | Hana Moll | ![]() | xo | xxo | xo | 4.60 m | q | |
8 | Elina Lampela | ![]() | x | o | xxx | 4.45 m | ||
9 | Lea Bachmann | ![]() | xxo | o | xxx | 4.45 m | ||
10 | Kitty Friele Faye | ![]() | o | xo | xxx | 4.45 m | ||
10 | Kajsa Roth | ![]() | o | xo | xxx | 4.45 m | PB | |
10 | Elien Vekemans | ![]() | o | xo | xxx | 4.45 m | ||
13 | Marleen Mülla | ![]() | xxo | xxx | 4.25 m | |||
– | Yana Hladiychuk | ![]() | xxx | NM | ||||
– | Jennifer Elizarov | ![]() | xxx | NM | ||||
– | Miré Reinstorf | ![]() | xxx | NM | ||||
– | Molly Caudery | ![]() | DNS | |||||
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Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.25 | 4.45 | 4.60 | 4.70 | Mark | Notes |
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1 | Amanda Moll | ![]() | o | o | o | 4.60 m | q | |
1 | Sandi Morris | ![]() | - | o | o | 4.60 m | q | |
1 | Angelica Moser | ![]() | - | o | o | 4.60 m | q | |
1 | Tina Šutej | ![]() | o | o | o | 4.60 m | q | |
5 | Eliza McCartney | ![]() | o | xo | o | 4.60 m | q | |
6 | Marie-Julie Bonnin | ![]() | - | o | xo | 4.60 m | q | |
7 | Olivia McTaggart | ![]() | o | o | xxo | 4.60 m | q | |
8 | Elisa Molinarolo | ![]() | xo | xo | xxx | 4.45 m | ||
9 | Maryna Kylypko | ![]() | o | xxo | xxx | 4.45 m | ||
9 | Pascale Stöcklin | ![]() | o | xxo | xxx | 4.45 m | ||
9 | Lene Onsrud Retzius | ![]() | o | xxo | xxx | 4.45 m | ||
12 | Ariadni Adamopoulou | ![]() | o | xxx | 4.25 m | |||
13 | Hanga Klekner | ![]() | xo | xxx | 4.25 m | |||
14 | Saga Andersson | ![]() | xxo | xxx | 4.25 m | |||
14 | Misaki Morota | ![]() | xxo | xxx | 4.25 m | |||
– | Beatriz Chagas | ![]() | xxx | NM | ||||
– | Wilma Murto | ![]() | xxx | NM | ||||
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Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.45 | 4.65 | 4.75 | 4.80 | 4.85 | 4.90 | 4.95 | 5.01 | Mark | Notes |
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![]() | Katie Moon | ![]() | o | o | o | o | x– | xo | – | xr | 4.90 | SB |
![]() | Sandi Morris | ![]() | o | o | o | xo | o | xx– | x | 4.85 | SB | |
![]() | Tina Šutej | ![]() | o | o | xxo | xo | xxx | 4.80 | SB | |||
4 | Amálie Švábíková | ![]() | o | o | xxo | xx– | x | 4.75 | SB | |||
5 | Angelica Moser | ![]() | o | o | xxx | 4.65 | ||||||
6 | Hana Moll | ![]() | o | xo | xxx | 4.65 | ||||||
6 | Amanda Moll | ![]() | o | xo | xxx | 4.65 | ||||||
8 | Marie-Julie Bonnin | ![]() | xo | xo | xxx | 4.65 | ||||||
8 | Olivia McTaggart | ![]() | xo | xo | xxx | 4.65 | ||||||
10 | Imogen Ayris | ![]() | o | xxx | 4.45 | |||||||
11 | Roberta Bruni | ![]() | xo | xxx | 4.45 | |||||||
11 | Niu Chunge | ![]() | xo | xxx | 4.45 | |||||||
Juliana de Menis Campos | ![]() | xxx | NM | |||||||||
Eliza McCartney | ![]() | x– | r | NM | ||||||||
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