2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault


The Women's Pole vault event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics took place at the Daegu Stadium on August 28 and 30.
Anna Rogowska of Poland was the defending champion, while 2008 Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva had returned to form after a career break in 2010. American Jennifer Suhr had the two best clearances prior to the competition and Martina Strutz was ranked second in the world behind her. Silke Spiegelburg, world indoor champion Fabiana Murer and Olympic medalist Svetlana Feofanova were the other main potential medalists.
The event was conducted in swirling winds. World record holder Isinbayeva was the last to start, clearing her opening height but then struggling with her next three attempts, going under the bar on the last one. World leader Suhr seemed off this night but cleared 4.70 on her second attempt, while Yarisley Silva set the Cuban national record at the same height on her third attempt. Murer and previous world record holder Feofanova were clean through 4.75, but were pushed into a tie for second place by Strutz' German National Record 4.80 on her first attempt. Murer cleared on her second attempt while Feofanova missed all three attempts. At 4.85 Murer tied her own National and Area record, clearing on her first attempt and making Strutz pass to 4.90 to try to win. Neither cleared on their two attempts, then Murer had the bar raised to 4.92 for her [|final] attempt.

Medalists

Records

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.
World record5.06Zürich, Switzerland28 August 2009
Championship record5.01Helsinki, Finland12 August 2005
World leading4.91Rochester, NY, United States8 July 2011
African record4.42Wesel, Germany12 June 2000
Asian record4.62New York City, NY, United States2 June 2007
North, Central American and Caribbean record4.91Eugene, OR, United States6 July 2008
South American record4.85San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain4 June 2010
European record5.06Zürich, Switzerland28 August 2009
Oceanian record4.65Saulheim, Germany30 June 2007

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 4.60 or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.
RankGroupNameNationality4.104.254.404.504.55ResultNotes
1B----o4.55q
1B----o4.55q
1B--o-o4.55q
1A--ooo4.55q
5B-oxooo4.55q
6A---xxoo4.55q
7A--o-xo4.55q
7A--ooxo4.55q
9B--xoxoxo4.55q
10B-oxxooxxo4.55q
11A-oooxxx4.50q
11B--ooxxx4.50q
13Aoxooxoxxx4.50
13B-oxoxo-4.50
15A-ooxxoxxx4.50
16Booxxoxxoxxx4.50=NR
17Aoooxxx4.40
18A-xooxx4.40
18BChoi Yun-heeoxooxxx4.40=NR
20B-xxooxxx4.40
21Aooxoxxx4.40
22Booxxoxxx4.40
23Aoxxoxxoxxx4.40
24A-oxxx4.25
25Aoxoxxx4.25
25Boxoxxx4.25
25Boxoxxx4.25
25Aoxoxxx4.25
29BLi Lingoxxoxxx4.25
30Boxxx4.10
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Axxx'
B-xxx'
AWu Sha'
B

Final