2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault

Fabiana Murer celebrating her victory at Daegu

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Events at the 2011 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

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 (the Diamond League leader), world indoor champion Fabiana Murer and Olympic medalist Svetlana Feofanova were the other main potential medalists.^[1]

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

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Fabiana Murer  Brazil (BRA)	Martina Strutz  Germany (GER)	Svetlana Feofanova  Russia (RUS)

Records

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

World record	Elena Isinbaeva (RUS)	5.06	Zürich, Switzerland	28 August 2009
Championship record	Elena Isinbaeva (RUS)	5.01	Helsinki, Finland	12 August 2005
World leading	Jennifer Suhr (USA)	4.91	Rochester, NY, United States	8 July 2011
African record	Elmarie Gerryts (RSA)	4.42	Wesel, Germany	12 June 2000
Asian record	Shuying Gao (CHN)	4.62	New York City, NY, United States	2 June 2007
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Jennifer Suhr (USA)	4.91	Eugene, OR, United States	6 July 2008
South American record	Fabiana Murer (BRA)	4.85	San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain	4 June 2010
European record	Elena Isinbaeva (RUS)	5.06	Zürich, Switzerland	28 August 2009
Oceanian record	Kym Howe (AUS)	4.65	Saulheim, Germany	30 June 2007

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 4.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	4.10	4.25	4.40	4.50	4.55	Result	Notes
1	B	Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia (RUS)	-	-	-	-	o	4.55	q
1	B	Fabiana Murer	Brazil (BRA)	-	-	-	-	o	4.55	q
1	B	Anna Rogowska	Poland (POL)	-	-	o	-	o	4.55	q
1	A	Martina Strutz	Germany (GER)	-	-	o	o	o	4.55	q
5	B	Jiřina Ptáčníková	Czech Republic (CZE)	-	o	xo	o	o	4.55	q
6	A	Jenn Suhr	United States (USA)	-	-	-	xxo	o	4.55	q
7	A	Svetlana Feofanova	Russia (RUS)	-	-	o	-	xo	4.55	q
7	A	Silke Spiegelburg	Germany (GER)	-	-	o	o	xo	4.55	q
9	B	Yarisley Silva	Cuba (CUB)	-	-	xo	xo	xo	4.55	q
10	B	Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou	Greece (GRE)	-	o	xxo	o	xxo	4.55	q
11	A	Monika Pyrek	Poland (POL)	-	o	o	o	xxx	4.50	q
11	B	Kristina Gadschiew	Germany (GER)	-	-	o	o	xxx	4.50	q
13	A	Alana Boyd	Australia (AUS)	o	xo	o	xo	xxx	4.50
13	B	Kate Dennison	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	-	o	xo	xo	-	4.50
15	A	Kylie Hutson	United States (USA)	-	o	o	xxo	xxx	4.50
16	B	Nicole Büchler	Switzerland (SUI)	o	o	xxo	xxo	xxx	4.50	=NR
17	A	Anna Katharina Schmid	Switzerland (SUI)	o	o	o	xxx		4.40
18	A	Anastasiya Shvedova	Belarus (BLR)	-	xo	o	xx		4.40
18	B	Choi Yun-hee	South Korea (KOR)	o	xo	o	xxx		4.40	=NR
20	B	Lacy Janson	United States (USA)	-	xxo	o	xxx		4.40
21	A	Tina Šutej	Slovenia (SLO)	o	o	xo	xxx		4.40
22	B	Anna Giordano Bruno	Italy (ITA)	o	o	xxo	xxx		4.40
23	A	Dailis Caballero	Cuba (CUB)	o	xxo	xxo	xxx		4.40
24	A	Kelsie Hendry	Canada (CAN)	-	o	xxx			4.25
25	A	Malin Dahlström	Sweden (SWE)	o	xo	xxx			4.25
25	B	Caroline Bonde Holm	Denmark (DEN)	o	xo	xxx			4.25
25	B	Jillian Schwartz	Israel (ISR)	o	xo	xxx			4.25
25	A	Maria Leonor Tavares	Portugal (POR)	o	xo	xxx			4.25
29	B	Li Ling	China (CHN)	o	xxo	xxx			4.25
30	B	Tori Pena	Ireland (IRL)	o	xxx				4.10
	A	Holly Bleasdale	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	-	xxx				NM
	A	Cathrine Larsåsen	Norway (NOR)	xxx					NM
	B	Ana Piñero	Spain (ESP)	-	xxx				NM
	A	Wu Sha	China (CHN)						DNS
	B	Minna Nikkanen	Finland (FIN)						DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	4.30	4.45	4.55	4.65	4.70	4.75	4.80	4.85	4.90	4.92	Result	Notes
	Fabiana Murer	Brazil (BRA)	-	-	o	o	-	o	xo	o	xx-	x	4.85	=AR
	Martina Strutz	Germany (GER)	-	xo	o	o	o	xo	o	x-	xx		4.80	NR
	Svetlana Feofanova	Russia (RUS)	-	o	o	o	-	o	xxx				4.75	SB
4	Jenn Suhr	United States (USA)	-	-	o	-	xo	xxx					4.70
5	Yarisley Silva	Cuba (CUB)	-	o	o	o	xxo	-	xxx				4.70	NR
6	Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia (RUS)	-	-	-	o	-	x-	xx				4.65
7	Jiřina Ptáčníková	Czech Republic (CZE)	o	o	xo	o	xxx						4.65	SB
8	Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou	Greece (GRE)	o	-	o	xo	xxx						4.65
9	Silke Spiegelburg	Germany (GER)	-	xxo	xo	xxo	xxx						4.65
10	Kristina Gadschiew	Germany (GER)	o	o	o	xxx							4.55
10	Monika Pyrek	Poland (POL)	-	o	o	xxx							4.55
10	Anna Rogowska	Poland (POL)	-	o	o	-	xxx						4.55

References

External links

• Pole vault results at IAAF website