2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault

The women's pole vault at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 4 and 6 August.[1]

Women's pole vault
at the 2017 World Championships
Katerina Stefanidi, the winner of the event.
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates4 August (qualification)
6 August (final)
Competitors31 from 19 nations
Winning height4.91 m (16 ft 1 14 in) WL NR
Medalists
    Greece
    United States
    Venezuela
    Cuba
Video on YouTube
Official Video

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]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
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]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.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 August19:45Qualification
6 August19:00Final

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]

RankGroupNameNationality4.204.354.504.554.60MarkNotes
1BKaterina Stefanidi Greece (GRE)----o4.60Q
2BLisa Ryzih Germany (GER)--oo4.55q
ASandi Morris United States (USA)-ooo4.55q
ARobeilys Peinado Venezuela (VEN)oooo4.55q
5AAlysha Newman Canada (CAN)-oxxoo4.55q
6BYarisley Silva Cuba (CUB)--oxo4.55q
7BNicole Büchler Switzerland (SUI)--xxoxo4.55q
8BAngelica Bengtsson Sweden (SWE)oooxxo4.55q
BOlga Mullina Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)oooxo4.55q
10BAnicka Newell Canada (CAN)-ooxxx4.50q
AHolly Bradshaw Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)--o-4.50q
12AEliza McCartney New Zealand (NZL)-xoxoxxx4.50q
13AAngelica Moser Switzerland (SUI)oxoxxoxxx4.50
14ASilke Spiegelburg Germany (GER)ooxxx4.35
15ALiz Parnov Australia (AUS)xooxxx4.35
BTina Šutej Slovenia (SLO)xooxxx4.35
17ALisa Gunnarsson Sweden (SWE)xxooxxx4.35
18ARomana Maláčová Czech Republic (CZE)oxoxxx4.35
BJirina Ptacnikova Czech Republic (CZE)oxoxxx4.35
20BNinon Guillon-Romarin France (FRA)oxxx4.20
BFriedelinde Petershofen Germany (GER)oxxx4.20
AFanny Smets Belgium (BEL)oxxx4.20
AMinna Nikkanen Finland (FIN)oxxx4.20
24BMaryna Kylypko Ukraine (UKR)xoxxx4.20
BJennifer Suhr United States (USA)---xxxNH
BAmálie Švábíková Czech Republic (CZE)xxxNH
BEmily Grove United States (USA)xxxNH
AKelsie Ahbe Canada (CAN)xxxNH
AIryna Zhuk Belarus (BLR)xxxNH
AAnzhelika Sidorova Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)--xxxNH
AMichaela Meijer Sweden (SWE)-xxxNH

Final

The final took place on 6 August at 19:01. The results were as follows:[9]

RankNameNationality4.304.454.554.654.754.824.894.915.02MarkNotes
Katerina Stefanidi Greece (GRE)ooox-oxxx4.91WL NR
Sandi Morris United States (USA)oooox-xx4.75
Robeilys Peinado Venezuela (VEN)oooxoxxx4.65=NR
Yarisley Silva Cuba (CUB)ooxoxxx4.65
5Lisa Ryzih Germany (GER)xooxoxxx4.65
6Holly Bradshaw Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)oxxoxxx4.65
7Alysha Newman Canada (CAN)xoooxxoxxx4.65
8Olga Mullina Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)xoooxxx4.55
9Eliza McCartney New Zealand (NZL)oxoxxx4.55
10Angelica Bengtsson Sweden (SWE)xooxoxxx4.55
11Nicole Büchler Switzerland (SUI)oxxx4.45
12Anicka Newell Canada (CAN)xoxoxxx4.45

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 Valut 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.
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