Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's pole vault

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Women's pole vault
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date21–24 August
Competitors35 from 22 nations
Winning height4.91 m WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Yelena Isinbayeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Silver medal icon.svg Svetlana Feofanova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg Anna Rogowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
  2000
2008  

The women's pole vault competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 21–24 August. [1] The winning margin was 16cm.

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. Athletes start with a qualifying round. Jumping in turn, each athlete attempts to achieve the qualifying height. If they fail at three jumps in a row, they are eliminated. After a successful jump, they receive three more attempts to achieve the next height. Once all jumps have been completed, all athletes who have achieved the qualifying height go through to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieve the qualifying standard, the best 12 athletes go through. Cleared heights reset for the final, which followed the same format until all athletes fail three consecutive jumps. [2]

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 21 August 200419:00Qualification
Tuesday, 24 August 200420:55Final

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of Russia.svg  Yelena Isinbayeva  (RUS)4.90 m London, United Kingdom 30 July 2004
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Stacy Dragila  (USA)4.60 m Sydney, Australia 25 September 2000

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityResultRecord
24 AugustFinal Yelena Isinbayeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4.91 m WR

Results

Key

Qualifying round

Rule: Qualifying standard 4.45 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

RankGroupNameNationality3.804.004.154.304.404.45ResultNotes
1A Monika Pyrek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland --oox-o4.45Q
2A Pavla Hamáčková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic --oxxo-xo4.45Q, SB
3B Anna Rogowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland --xoo-xxo4.45Q
4A Svetlana Feofanova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia ----o-4.40q
4B Kateřina Baďurová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic -oooo-4.40q
4B Dana Cervantes Flag of Spain.svg  Spain --ooo-4.40q
4B Yelena Isinbayeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia ----o-4.40q
8A Naroa Agirre Flag of Spain.svg  Spain -oxooo-4.40q
8B Dana Ellis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada --oxoo-4.40q
10B Þórey Edda Elísdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland --xoxxoo-4.40q
11B Vanessa Boslak Flag of France.svg  France --ooxo-4.40q
12B Alejandra García Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina -xoooxo-4.40q
13A Anzhela Balakhonova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine ---oxxo-4.40q
14A Stephanie McCann Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada --oxoxxo-4.40q, =SB
15B Silke Spiegelburg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany xoxoooxxo-4.40q
16B Kym Howe Flag of Australia.svg  Australia -oooxxx4.30
17B Jillian Schwartz Flag of the United States.svg  United States --xxooxxx4.30
18A Anastasiya Ivanova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia --oxoxx4.30
19A Stacy Dragila Flag of the United States.svg  United States ---xoxxx4.30
19A Krisztina Molnár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary -ooxoxxx4.30
19A Yeoryia Tsiliggiri Flag of Greece.svg  Greece -ooxoxxx4.30
22B Carolin Hingst Flag of Germany.svg  Germany --oxxoxxx4.30
23A Zhao Yingying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China -oxoxxoxxx4.30
24A Melina Hamilton Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand -ooxxx4.15
24A Floé Kühnert Flag of Germany.svg  Germany -ooxxx4.15
24A Teja Melink Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia oooxxx4.15
24A Tanya Stefanova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria -ooxxx4.15
24A Kellie Suttle Flag of the United States.svg  United States --oxxx4.15
24B Anna Fitidou Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus oooxxx4.15
24B Nadine Rohr Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland -ooxxx4.15
24B Gao Shuying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China -ooxxx4.15
32B Takayo Kondo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan -oxxoxxx4.15
33A Carolina Torres Flag of Chile.svg  Chile -xoxxx4.00=SB
34A Marie Poissonnier Flag of France.svg  France -xxoxxx4.00
B Afroditi Skafida Flag of Greece.svg  Greece xxxNM

Final

RankNameNationality4.004.204.404.554.654.704.754.804.854.904.91ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Yelena Isinbayeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia --ooox-x-oo-o4.91 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Svetlana Feofanova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia --ooooxox-x-x4.75
Bronze medal icon.svg Anna Rogowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland -ooxxoooxxx4.70
4 Monika Pyrek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland -oooxxx4.55
5 Þórey Edda Elísdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland -oxxoxoxx-x4.55
6 Vanessa Boslak Flag of France.svg  France -ooxxx4.40
6 Naroa Agirre Flag of Spain.svg  Spain oooxxx4.40
6 Dana Ellis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada -ooxxx4.40
6 Anzhela Balakhonova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine -ooxxx4.40
10 Stephanie McCann Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada -xooxxx4.40=SB
11 Pavla Hamáčková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic ooxxoxxx4.40
12 Kateřina Baďurová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic oxoxxx4.20
13 Silke Spiegelburg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany oxxoxxx4.20
13 Alejandra García Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina oxxoxxx4.20
Dana Cervantes Flag of Spain.svg  Spain -xxxNM

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