Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's pole vault

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Women's pole vault
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Carrara Stadium
Dates13 April
Competitors14 from 8 nations
Winning height4.75 m GR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
  2014
2022  

The women's pole vault at the 2018 Commonwealth Games , as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 13 April 2018. [1]

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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: [2]

World record Flag of Russia.svg  Yelena Isinbayeva  (RUS)5.06 m Zürich, Switzerland 28 August 2009
Games record Flag of Australia.svg  Kym Howe  (AUS)4.62 m Melbourne, Australia 25 March 2006

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: [1]

DateTimeRound
Friday 13 April 201819:25Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

With fourteen entrants, the event was held as a straight final. [2]

Final

RankName3.503.703.854.004.154.304.404.504.554.604.654.704.754.80ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Alysha Newman  (CAN)oxooooxx–oxr4.75 GR , =NR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of New Zealand.svg  Eliza McCartney  (NZL)ooxo x–xx4.70
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Nina Kennedy  (AUS)oooooxxx4.60
4Flag of England.svg  Holly Bradshaw  (ENG)ooxo xxx4.60
5Flag of England.svg  Molly Caudery  (ENG)ooxoxxx4.40 PB
Flag of Australia.svg  Liz Parnov  (AUS)ooxoxxx4.40R 180.3a
7Flag of England.svg  Lucy Bryan  (ENG)oooxxx4.30
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Anicka Newell  (CAN)oxxx4.30
9Flag of New Zealand.svg  Olivia McTaggart  (NZL)oxooxoxxx4.30
10Flag of Wales 2.svg  Sally Peake  (WAL)oxxoxxo xxx4.30
11Flag of Australia.svg  Lisa Campbell  (AUS)xoxxx4.00
12Flag of Cyprus.svg  Maria Aristotelous  (CYP)ooxxx3.85
13Flag of Malaysia.svg  Chuah Yu Tian  (MAS)oxo xxx3.70
14Flag of Singapore.svg  Rachel Yang  (SGP)oxxx3.50

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Holly Bradshaw</span> British pole vaulter

Holly Bethan Bradshaw is a British track and field athlete who specialises in the pole vault. She is the current British record holder in the event indoors and outdoors, with clearances of 4.87 metres and 4.90 metres. Bradshaw won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She also won bronze at the 2012 World Indoor Championships, gold at the 2013 European Indoor Championships, bronze at the 2018 European Championships, and silver at the 2019 European Indoor Championships. She also won at the 2018 Athletics World Cup. Coached by Scott Simpson, she has been consistently ranked among the world's best and has been ranked in the world top ten on the Track and Field News merit rankings four times.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule – Women's pole vault". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 Athletics | Women's Pole Vault - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 198. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.