2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault

16 ft 1+14 in) WL NRMedalists
gold medal Katerina Stefanidi   Greece
silver medal Sandi Morris   United States
bronze medal Robeilys Peinado   Venezuela
bronze medal Yarisley Silva   Cuba
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The women's pole vault at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 4 and 6 August.[1]

Summary

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

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

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

Schedule

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

Qualification

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

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Katerina Stefanidi  Greece (GRE) o o o x- o xxx 4.91 WL NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sandi Morris  United States (USA) o o o o x- xx 4.75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  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.