Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's pole vault

Women's pole vault at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 24
Competitors	16 from 11 nations
Medalists
Yarisley Silva   Cuba   Fabiana Murer   Brazil   Becky Holliday   United States
«2007	2015»

Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games
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

The women's pole vault competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 24 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Fabiana Murer of Brazil.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record	Elena Isinbaeva (RUS)	5.06	Zurich, Switzerland	August 28, 2009
Pan American Games record	Fabiana Murer (BRA)	4.60	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 23, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (3.50 meters) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).^[2]

Schedule

Only a final was held. There was no qualification round.

Date	Time	Round
October 24, 2011	16:30	Final

Abbreviations

• All distances shown are in meters:centimeters

PR	Pan American games record
WR	world record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best
DNS	did not start
DNF	did not finish
DQ	disqualified

Results

16 athletes from 11 countries competed.^[3]

Final

^[4]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	3.40	3.55	3.70	3.85	4.00	4.10	4.20	4.30	4.40	4.50	4.60	4.65	4.70	4.75	4.80	Result	Notes
	Yarisley Silva	Cuba	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	–	o	o	xxx	4.75	PR, NR
	Fabiana Murer	Brazil	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	xxo	x–	xo	o	x-	xx	4.70
	Becky Holliday	United States	–	–	–	–	–	xo	–	o	–	xxx						4.30
4	Karla da Silva	Brazil	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	xo	xxx							4.30
5	Keisa Monterola	Venezuela	–	–	–	–	xo	o	o	xxo	xxx							4.30
6	Alejandra García	Argentina	–	–	–	–	xo	xo	o	xxx								4.20
7	Dailis Caballero	Cuba	–	–	–	–	o	o	xxx									4.10
7	Victoria Robson	Canada	–	–	–	–	–	o	xxx									4.10
9	Daniela Inchausti	Argentina	–	–	o	o	o	xxx										4.00
10	Carmelita Correa	Mexico	–	o	o	o	xxx											3.85
11	Cecilia Villar	Mexico	–	o	o	xxo	xxx											3.85
12	Déborah Gyurcsek	Uruguay	–	xxo	xo	xxx												3.70
13	Maria Ferrand	Peru	xo	o	xxx													3.55
14	Jessica Fu	Peru	–	xxo	xxx													3.55
15	Catalina Amarilla	Paraguay	xo	xxx														3.40
	Andrea Zambrana	Puerto Rico	–	–	–	xxx												NM

References

1. Guadalajara 2011 sessions
2. Qualification standards
3. Women's Pole Vault Final start list
4. Women's Pole Vault Final results