2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault

The women's pole vault at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 4 and 6 August.[1]

Women's pole vault
at the 2017 World Championships
Katerina Stefanidi, the winner of the event.
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates4 August (qualification)
6 August (final)
Competitors31 from 19 nations
Winning height4.91 m (16 ft 1+14 in) WL NR
Medalists
gold medal    Greece
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Venezuela
bronze medal    Cuba
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Summary

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It essentially took a clearance at 4.50 metres to make it into the final. The one clearance (with earlier misses) brought 13 still in at 4.55 metres each thinking there was more work to do. Lisa Ryzih, Sandi Morris and Robeilys Peinado remained perfect at 4.55 metres, with Olympic Champion Katerina Stefanidi passing all the way until the automatic qualifier height of 4.60 metres.

In the final, four women were perfect to 4.55 metres including home team favourite, Holly Bradshaw, Yarisley Silva, Peinado and Morris with Stefanidi again still passing. At Stefanidi's starting height 4.65 meters, she cleared on her first attempt and was only matched with a perfect round by Morris. Ryzih, Peinado and Silva all missed once before clearing. Ryzih's earlier miss at 4.45 metres dropping out of the tie that defined the tied bronze medalists as none of them could go any higher. So it was a repeat battle from the Olympics. Morris and Stefanidi still perfect over 4.75 metres. At 4.82 metres, Morris missed but Stefanidi made it. Morris passed to try 4.89 metres for the win, but she couldn't make it. Neither did Stefanidi, but she really didn't need to. After Morris missed her last attempt, Stefanidi passed to 4.91 metres, which she made on her first attempt for a national record, stamping an exclamation point on her win. Stefanidi then moved the bar up to 5.02 metres try to join Morris and become the fourth woman over 5 metres and set a new championship record, but she missed all three attempts.[2]

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 5.06 Yelena Isinbayeva   RUS 28 Aug 2009 Zürich, Switzerland
Championship 5.01 Yelena Isinbayeva   RUS 12 Aug 2005 Helsinki, Finland
World leading 4.85 Katerina Stefanidi   GRE 8 Jun 2017 Rome, Italy
African 4.42 Elmarie Gerryts   RSA 12 Jun 2000 Wesel, Germany
Asian 4.66 Li Ling   CHN 6 Jun 2015 Wuhan, China
NACAC 5.02 i Jennifer Suhr   USA 2 Mar 2013 Albuquerque, United States
South American 4.87 Fabiana Murer   BRA 3 Jul 2016 São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
European 5.06 Yelena Isinbayeva   RUS 28 Aug 2009 Zürich, Switzerland
Oceanian 4.82 Eliza McCartney   NZL 26 Feb 2017 Auckland, New Zealand

The following records were set at the competition:[4]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date
Greek 4.91 Katerina Stefanidi   GRE 6 Aug 2017
Venezuelan 4.65 Robeilys Peinado   VEN 6 Aug 2017

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 4.55 metres.[5]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:[6]

Date Time Round
4 August 19:45 Qualification
6 August 19:00 Final

Results

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Qualification

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The qualification round took place on 4 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 19:50 and Group B starting at 19:49. Athletes attaining a mark of 4.60 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.[7] The overall results were as follows:[8]

Rank Group Name Nationality 4.20 4.35 4.50 4.55 4.60 Mark Notes
1 B Katerina Stefanidi   Greece (GRE) - - - - o 4.60 Q
2 B Lisa Ryzih   Germany (GER) - - o o 4.55 q
A Sandi Morris   United States (USA) - o o o 4.55 q
A Robeilys Peinado   Venezuela (VEN) o o o o 4.55 q
5 A Alysha Newman   Canada (CAN) - o xxo o 4.55 q
6 B Yarisley Silva   Cuba (CUB) - - o xo 4.55 q
7 B Nicole Büchler   Switzerland (SUI) - - xxo xo 4.55 q
8 B Angelica Bengtsson   Sweden (SWE) o o o xxo 4.55 q
B Olga Mullina   Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) o o o xo 4.55 q
10 B Anicka Newell   Canada (CAN) - o o xxx 4.50 q
A Holly Bradshaw   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) - - o - 4.50 q
12 A Eliza McCartney   New Zealand (NZL) - xo xo xxx 4.50 q
13 A Angelica Moser   Switzerland (SUI) o xo xxo xxx 4.50
14 A Silke Spiegelburg   Germany (GER) o o xxx 4.35
15 A Liz Parnov   Australia (AUS) xo o xxx 4.35
B Tina Šutej   Slovenia (SLO) xo o xxx 4.35
17 A Lisa Gunnarsson   Sweden (SWE) xxo o xxx 4.35
18 A Romana Maláčová   Czech Republic (CZE) o xo xxx 4.35
B Jirina Ptacnikova   Czech Republic (CZE) o xo xxx 4.35
20 B Ninon Guillon-Romarin   France (FRA) o xxx 4.20
B Friedelinde Petershofen   Germany (GER) o xxx 4.20
A Fanny Smets   Belgium (BEL) o xxx 4.20
A Minna Nikkanen   Finland (FIN) o xxx 4.20
24 B Maryna Kylypko   Ukraine (UKR) xo xxx 4.20
B Jennifer Suhr   United States (USA) - - - xxx NH
B Amálie Švábíková   Czech Republic (CZE) xxx NH
B Emily Grove   United States (USA) xxx NH
A Kelsie Ahbe   Canada (CAN) xxx NH
A Iryna Zhuk   Belarus (BLR) xxx NH
A Anzhelika Sidorova   Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) - - xxx NH
A Michaela Meijer   Sweden (SWE) - xxx NH

Final

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The final took place on 6 August at 19:01. The results were as follows:[9]

Rank Name Nationality 4.30 4.45 4.55 4.65 4.75 4.82 4.89 4.91 5.02 Mark Notes
  Katerina Stefanidi   Greece (GRE) o o o x- o xxx 4.91 WL NR
  Sandi Morris   United States (USA) o o o o x- xx 4.75
  Robeilys Peinado   Venezuela (VEN) o o o xo xxx 4.65 =NR
Yarisley Silva   Cuba (CUB) o o xo xxx 4.65
5 Lisa Ryzih   Germany (GER) xo o xo xxx 4.65
6 Holly Bradshaw   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) o xxo xxx 4.65
7 Alysha Newman   Canada (CAN) xo o o xxo xxx 4.65
8 Olga Mullina   Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) xo o o xxx 4.55
9 Eliza McCartney   New Zealand (NZL) o xo xxx 4.55
10 Angelica Bengtsson   Sweden (SWE) xo o xo xxx 4.55
11 Nicole Büchler   Switzerland (SUI) o xxx 4.45
12 Anicka Newell   Canada (CAN) xo xo xxx 4.45

References

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  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ "Report: women's pole vault final – IAAF World Championships London 2017". IAAF. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Pole Vault Women – Records". IAAF. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Pole Vault Women − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Pole Vault Women − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Pole Vault Women − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Pole Vault Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.