2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault

The women's pole vault at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 24 and 26 August.[1][2] 2013 Champion and world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva did not defend her title having given birth to her first child in 2014.

Women's pole vault
at the 2015 World Championships
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates24 August (qualification)
26 August (final)
Competitors29 from 19 nations
Winning height4.90 m (16 ft 34 in)
Medalists
gold medal    Cuba
silver medal    Brazil
bronze medal    Greece
← 2013
2017 →

Fourteen athletes qualified at 4.55, but two were unable to get over the opening height of 4.50 in the finals. Minna Nikkanen set her National Record at 4.60, but there were still seven in at 4.70, five of them with clean rounds to that point making for a five-way tie including Angelica Bengtsson's National Record and returning silver medalist Jenn Suhr, who had confidently passed to 4.60. 4.80 decided the medalists with Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou taking it on the first attempt to take over the lead. 2011 champion Fabiana Murer took it on her second attempt and was ahead of Yarisley Silva who had struggled earlier at 4.70. Both Silva and Murer made 4.85 on their first attempt, giving Murer the lead. Murer also again equalled her own South American record. Kyriakopoulou missed at what would have been her National Record. Having no strategic advantage to clearing it with one miss, she passed to 4.90. Everybody missed their first two attempts at 4.90, making Kyriakopoulou the bronze medalist. On her final attempt, Silva made it, to leap past Murer into gold medal position. Murer was unable to answer on her final attempt and had to settle for silver. Murer was pleased to win a medal in Beijing seven years after the 2008 Olympics, where she underperformed following her poles being misplaced by the organization, and became optimistic for the 2016 Summer Olympics at her own Brazil, when she will have to set a masters world record to be in the medal hunt.[3][4]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.[5]

World record   Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) 5.06 Zürich, Switzerland 28 August 2009
Championship record   Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) 5.01 Helsinki, Finland 12 August 2005
World leading   Yarisley Silva (CUB) 4.91 Beckum, Germany 2 August 2015
African record   Elmarie Gerryts (RSA) 4.42 Wesel, Germany 12 June 2000
Asian record   Li Ling (CHN) 4.66 Wuhan, China 6 June 2015
North, Central American and Caribbean record   Jennifer Suhr (USA) 4.92 Eugene, OR, United States 6 July 2008
South American record   Fabiana Murer (BRA) 4.85 San Fernando, Spain 4 June 2010
European record   Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) 5.06 Zürich, Switzerland 28 August 2009
Oceanian record   Alana Boyd (AUS) 4.76 Perth, Australia 24 February 2012

Qualification standards

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Entry standards[6]
4.50

Schedule

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Date Time Round
24 August 2015 09:30 Qualification
26 August 2015 19:00 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

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KEY: Q Qualified q 12 best performers NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Qualification

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Qualification: 4.60 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).[7]

Rank Group Name Nationality 4.15 4.30 4.45 4.55 Mark Notes
1 B Angelica Bengtsson   Sweden (SWE) o o o 4.55 q
1 A Fabiana Murer   Brazil (BRA) o 4.55 q
1 B Holly Bradshaw   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) o o o 4.55 q, SB
1 A Martina Strutz   Germany (GER) o o o 4.55 q
1 A Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou   Greece (GRE) o o 4.55 q
6 B Lisa Ryzih   Germany (GER) xo o 4.55 q
6 B Minna Nikkanen   Finland (FIN) o o xo o 4.55 q
6 A Michaela Meijer   Sweden (SWE) o o xo o 4.55 q, PB
9 B Jenn Suhr   United States (USA) xo 4.55 q
9 B Yarisley Silva   Cuba (CUB) o xo 4.55 q
11 A Li Ling   China (CHN) o o xxo 4.55 q
11 A Sandi Morris   United States (USA) o o xxo 4.55 q
11 B Alana Boyd   Australia (AUS) o xxo 4.55 q
11 B Anzhelika Sidorova   Russia (RUS) o xxo 4.55 q
15 B Katerina Stefanidi   Greece (GRE) xo o xxx 4.45
16 A Naroa Agirre   Spain (ESP) xo xxo o xxx 4.45
17 A Nicole Büchler   Switzerland (SUI) o xxo xxx 4.45
17 A Silke Spiegelburg   Germany (GER) o xxo xxx 4.45
19 B Demi Payne   United States (USA) o xxx 4.30
20 A Tori Pena   Ireland (IRL) xo o xxx 4.30
21 B Femke Pluim   Netherlands (NED) xo xxx 4.30
21 A Marion Lotout   France (FRA) xo xxx 4.30
23 A Robeilys Peinado   Venezuela (VEN) xo xo xxx 4.30
24 B Malin Dahlström   Sweden (SWE) o xxx 4.15
25 B Angelica Moser   Switzerland (SUI) xxo xxx 4.15
25 B Ren Mengqian   China (CHN) xxo xxx 4.15
A Jiřina Ptáčníková   Czech Republic (CZE) xxx NM
A Nina Kennedy   Australia (AUS) xxx NM
B Tina Šutej   Slovenia (SLO) xxx NM

Final

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The final was started at 19:00.[8]

Rank Name Nationality 4.35 4.50 4.60 4.70 4.80 4.85 4.90 5.01 Mark Notes
  Yarisley Silva   Cuba (CUB) o o xxo xo o xxo xxx 4.90
  Fabiana Murer   Brazil (BRA) o o o xo o xxx 4.85 =AR
  Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou   Greece (GRE) o xo xo o x- xx 4.80
4 Sandi Morris   United States (USA) o o o o xxx 4.70
4 Angelica Bengtsson   Sweden (SWE) o o o o xxx 4.70 NR
4 Jenn Suhr   United States (USA) o o xxx 4.70
7 Holly Bradshaw   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) o o xo o xxx 4.70 SB
8 Martina Strutz   Germany (GER) o o o xxx 4.60
9 Li Ling   China (CHN) xo o o xxx 4.60
10 Minna Nikkanen   Finland (FIN) xo xo o xxx 4.60 NR
11 Alana Boyd   Australia (AUS) xo o xo xxx 4.60
12 Lisa Ryzih   Germany (GER) o xxo xxx 4.60
Anzhelika Sidorova   Russia (RUS) xxx NM
Michaela Meijer   Sweden (SWE) xxx NM

References

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  1. ^ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "REPORT: WOMEN'S POLE VAULT FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Murer esquece trauma na China, iguala melhor marca e é prata no Mundial" (in Portuguese). UOL. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Records & Lists – Pole Vault". IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  6. ^ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  7. ^ Qualification results
  8. ^ Final results