2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault

The official results of the Women's Pole Vault at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France, held on Monday August 25, 2003. There were a total number of 27 competitors.

Medalists

Gold	Svetlana Feofanova Russia (RUS)
Silver	Annika Becker Germany (GER)
Bronze	Yelena Isinbayeva Russia (RUS)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
23.08.2003 – 16:40h	23.08.2003 – 16:40h
Final Round
25.08.2003 – 18:30h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

World Record	Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)	4.82	Gateshead, England	13 July 2003
Championship Record	Stacy Dragila (USA)	4.75	Edmonton, Canada	6 August 2001
	Svetlana Feofanova (RUS)	4.75	Edmonton, Canada	6 August 2001

Results

Final

Rank	Name	Result	Notes
	Svetlana Feofanova (RUS)	4.75 m	=CR
	Annika Becker (GER)	4.70 m
	Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)	4.65 m
4.	Monika Pyrek (POL)	4.55 m
4.	Stacy Dragila (USA)	4.55 m
6.	Yvonne Buschbaum (GER)	4.50 m
7.	Anna Rogowska (POL)	4.45 m	PB
8.	Yelena Belyakova (RUS)	4.45 m
9.	Gao Shuying (CHN)	4.35 m
10.	Mary Sauer (USA)	4.35 m
—	Þórey Edda Elísdóttir (ISL)	NM
—	Marie Poissonnier (FRA)	NM

Qualification

• Held on Saturday 2003-08-23

RANK	GROUP A	HEIGHT
1.	Svetlana Feofanova (RUS)	4.40 m
2.	Yvonne Buschbaum (GER)	4.40 m
3.	Monika Pyrek (POL)	4.40 m
4.	Þórey Edda Elísdóttir (ISL)	4.35 m
5.	Mary Sauer (USA)	4.35 m
6.	Natalya Kushch (UKR)	4.25 m
7.	Tanya Stefanova (BUL)	4.25 m
8.	Jillian Schwartz (USA)	4.15 m
9.	Vanessa Boslak (FRA)	4.15 m
10.	Melina Hamilton (NZL)	4.00 m
10.	Masumi Ono (JPN)	4.00 m
12.	Alejandra García (ARG)	4.00 m
—	Carolina Torres (CHI)	NM
—	Pavla Hamáčková (CZE)	DNS

RANK	GROUP B	HEIGHT
1.	Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)	4.40 m
2.	Annika Becker (GER)	4.40 m
3.	Stacy Dragila (USA)	4.40 m
4.	Yelena Belyakova (RUS)	4.40 m
5.	Gao Shuying (CHN)	4.35 m
6.	Marie Poissonnier (FRA)	4.35 m
7.	Anna Rogowska (POL)	4.25 m
8.	Naroa Agirre (ESP)	4.25 m
9.	Carolin Hingst (GER)	4.25 m
10.	Anna Fitidou (CYP)	4.15 m
11.	Zsuzsanna Szabó (HUN)	4.15 m
11.	Becky Holliday (USA)	4.15 m
13.	Stephanie McCann (CAN)	4.00 m

See also

• 1999 Women's World Championships Pole Vault (Seville)
• 2000 Women's Olympic Pole Vault (Sydney)
• 2001 Women's World Championships Pole Vault (Edmonton)
• 2002 Women's European Championships Pole Vault (Munich)
• 2003 Women's Pan American Games Pole Vault (Santo Domingo)
• 2004 Women's Olympic Pole Vault (Athens)
• 2005 Women's World Championships Pole Vault (Helsinki)
• 2006 Women's European Championships Pole Vault (Gothenburg)

References

• Results
• IAAF Results