2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault

Fabiana Murer celebrating her victory at Daegu
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The Women's Pole vault event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics took place at the Daegu Stadium on August 28 and 30.

Anna Rogowska of Poland was the defending champion, while 2008 Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva had returned to form after a career break in 2010. American Jennifer Suhr had the two best clearances prior to the competition and Martina Strutz was ranked second in the world behind her. Silke Spiegelburg (the Diamond League leader), world indoor champion Fabiana Murer and Olympic medalist Svetlana Feofanova were the other main potential medalists.[1]

The event was conducted in swirling winds. World record holder Isinbayeva was the last to start, clearing her opening height but then struggling with her next three attempts, going under the bar on the last one. World leader Suhr seemed off this night but cleared 4.70 on her second attempt, while Yarisley Silva set the Cuban national record at the same height on her third attempt. Murer and previous world record holder Feofanova were clean through 4.75, but were pushed into a tie for second place by Strutz' German National Record 4.80 on her first attempt. Murer cleared on her second attempt while Feofanova missed all three attempts. At 4.85 Murer tied her own National and Area record, clearing on her first attempt and making Strutz pass to 4.90 to try to win. Neither cleared on their two attempts, then Murer had the bar raised to 4.92 for her final attempt.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Fabiana Murer
 Brazil (BRA)
Martina Strutz
 Germany (GER)
Svetlana Feofanova
 Russia (RUS)

Records

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

World record  Elena Isinbaeva (RUS) 5.06 Zürich, Switzerland 28 August 2009
Championship record  Elena Isinbaeva (RUS) 5.01 Helsinki, Finland 12 August 2005
World leading  Jennifer Suhr (USA) 4.91 Rochester, NY, United States 8 July 2011
African record  Elmarie Gerryts (RSA) 4.42 Wesel, Germany 12 June 2000
Asian record  Shuying Gao (CHN) 4.62 New York City, NY, United States 2 June 2007
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Jennifer Suhr (USA) 4.91 Eugene, OR, United States 6 July 2008
South American record  Fabiana Murer (BRA) 4.85 San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain 4 June 2010
European record  Elena Isinbaeva (RUS) 5.06 Zürich, Switzerland 28 August 2009
Oceanian record  Kym Howe (AUS) 4.65 Saulheim, Germany 30 June 2007

Qualification standards

A standard B standard
4.50 4.40

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 28, 2011 09:30 Qualification
August 30, 2011 19:05 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 4.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Name Nationality 4.10 4.25 4.40 4.50 4.55 Result Notes
1 B Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia (RUS) - - - - o 4.55 q
1 B Fabiana Murer  Brazil (BRA) - - - - o 4.55 q
1 B Anna Rogowska  Poland (POL) - - o - o 4.55 q
1 A Martina Strutz  Germany (GER) - - o o o 4.55 q
5 B Jiřina Ptáčníková  Czech Republic (CZE) - o xo o o 4.55 q
6 A Jenn Suhr  United States (USA) - - - xxo o 4.55 q
7 A Svetlana Feofanova  Russia (RUS) - - o - xo 4.55 q
7 A Silke Spiegelburg  Germany (GER) - - o o xo 4.55 q
9 B Yarisley Silva  Cuba (CUB) - - xo xo xo 4.55 q
10 B Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou  Greece (GRE) - o xxo o xxo 4.55 q
11 A Monika Pyrek  Poland (POL) - o o o xxx 4.50 q
11 B Kristina Gadschiew  Germany (GER) - - o o xxx 4.50 q
13 A Alana Boyd  Australia (AUS) o xo o xo xxx 4.50
13 B Kate Dennison  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) - o xo xo - 4.50
15 A Kylie Hutson  United States (USA) - o o xxo xxx 4.50
16 B Nicole Büchler  Switzerland (SUI) o o xxo xxo xxx 4.50 =NR
17 A Anna Katharina Schmid  Switzerland (SUI) o o o xxx 4.40
18 A Anastasiya Shvedova  Belarus (BLR) - xo o xx 4.40
18 B Choi Yun-hee  South Korea (KOR) o xo o xxx 4.40 =NR
20 B Lacy Janson  United States (USA) - xxo o xxx 4.40
21 A Tina Šutej  Slovenia (SLO) o o xo xxx 4.40
22 B Anna Giordano Bruno  Italy (ITA) o o xxo xxx 4.40
23 A Dailis Caballero  Cuba (CUB) o xxo xxo xxx 4.40
24 A Kelsie Hendry  Canada (CAN) - o xxx 4.25
25 A Malin Dahlström  Sweden (SWE) o xo xxx 4.25
25 B Caroline Bonde Holm  Denmark (DEN) o xo xxx 4.25
25 B Jillian Schwartz  Israel (ISR) o xo xxx 4.25
25 A Maria Leonor Tavares  Portugal (POR) o xo xxx 4.25
29 B Li Ling  China (CHN) o xxo xxx 4.25
30 B Tori Pena  Ireland (IRL) o xxx 4.10
A Holly Bleasdale  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) - xxx NM
A Cathrine Larsåsen  Norway (NOR) xxx NM
B Ana Piñero  Spain (ESP) - xxx NM
A Wu Sha  China (CHN) DNS
B Minna Nikkanen  Finland (FIN) DNS

Final

Rank Name Nationality 4.30 4.45 4.55 4.65 4.70 4.75 4.80 4.85 4.90 4.92 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Fabiana Murer  Brazil (BRA) - - o o - o xo o xx- x 4.85 =AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Martina Strutz  Germany (GER) - xo o o o xo o x- xx 4.80 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Svetlana Feofanova  Russia (RUS) - o o o - o xxx 4.75 SB
4 Jenn Suhr  United States (USA) - - o - xo xxx 4.70
5 Yarisley Silva  Cuba (CUB) - o o o xxo - xxx 4.70 NR
6 Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia (RUS) - - - o - x- xx 4.65
7 Jiřina Ptáčníková  Czech Republic (CZE) o o xo o xxx 4.65 SB
8 Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou  Greece (GRE) o - o xo xxx 4.65
9 Silke Spiegelburg  Germany (GER) - xxo xo xxo xxx 4.65
10 Kristina Gadschiew  Germany (GER) o o o xxx 4.55
10 Monika Pyrek  Poland (POL) - o o xxx 4.55
10 Anna Rogowska  Poland (POL) - o o - xxx 4.55

References

  1. ^ Martin, David (2011-08-20). Women's Pole Vault - PREVIEW Archived 2012-05-03 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-27.

External links

  • Pole vault results at IAAF website