2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault

Women's pole vault
at the 2015 World Championships

Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates 24 August (qualification)
26 August (final)
Competitors 29 from 19 nations
Winning height 4.90 m (16 ft 03⁄4 in)
Medalists
 Yarisley Silva  Cuba
 Fabiana Murer  Brazil
 Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou  Greece
Events at the
2015 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
Demonstration events
Masters 400 m women
Masters 800 m men

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 Elena Isinbayeva did not defend her title having given birth to her first child in 2014.

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

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

World record  Elena Isinbayeva (RUS) 5.06 Zürich, Switzerland 28 August 2009
Championship record  Elena 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  Elena Isinbayeva (RUS) 5.06 Zürich, Switzerland 28 August 2009
Oceanian record  Alana Boyd (AUS) 4.76 Perth, Australia 24 February 2012

Qualification standards

Entry standards[6]
4.50

Schedule

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

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

KEY: QQualified q12 best performers NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Qualification

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 (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 Ekaterini 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
27 A Jiřina Ptáčníková  Czech Republic (CZE) – xxx NM
27 A Nina Kennedy  Australia (AUS) xxx NM
27 B Tina Šutej  Slovenia (SLO) – xxx NM

Final

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
1st Yarisley Silva  Cuba (CUB) – o o xxo xo o xxo xxx 4.90
2nd Fabiana Murer  Brazil (BRA) – o o o xo o xxx 4.85 =AR
3rd 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 (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

  1. ↑ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. 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
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