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.

Fabiana Murer celebrating her victory at Daegu

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

GoldSilverBronze
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

A standard B standard
4.50 4.40

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 28, 201109:30Qualification
August 30, 201119:05Final

Results

Qualification

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

RankGroupNameNationality4.104.254.404.504.55ResultNotes
1BYelena Isinbayeva Russia (RUS)----o4.55q
1BFabiana Murer Brazil (BRA)----o4.55q
1BAnna Rogowska Poland (POL)--o-o4.55q
1AMartina Strutz Germany (GER)--ooo4.55q
5BJiřina Ptáčníková Czech Republic (CZE)-oxooo4.55q
6AJenn Suhr United States (USA)---xxoo4.55q
7ASvetlana Feofanova Russia (RUS)--o-xo4.55q
7ASilke Spiegelburg Germany (GER)--ooxo4.55q
9BYarisley Silva Cuba (CUB)--xoxoxo4.55q
10BNikoleta Kyriakopoulou Greece (GRE)-oxxooxxo4.55q
11AMonika Pyrek Poland (POL)-oooxxx4.50q
11BKristina Gadschiew Germany (GER)--ooxxx4.50q
13AAlana Boyd Australia (AUS)oxooxoxxx4.50
13BKate Dennison Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)-oxoxo-4.50
15AKylie Hutson United States (USA)-ooxxoxxx4.50
16BNicole Büchler Switzerland (SUI)ooxxoxxoxxx4.50=NR
17AAnna Katharina Schmid Switzerland (SUI)oooxxx4.40
18AAnastasiya Shvedova Belarus (BLR)-xooxx4.40
18BChoi Yun-hee South Korea (KOR)oxooxxx4.40=NR
20BLacy Janson United States (USA)-xxooxxx4.40
21ATina Šutej Slovenia (SLO)ooxoxxx4.40
22BAnna Giordano Bruno Italy (ITA)ooxxoxxx4.40
23ADailis Caballero Cuba (CUB)oxxoxxoxxx4.40
24AKelsie Hendry Canada (CAN)-oxxx4.25
25AMalin Dahlström Sweden (SWE)oxoxxx4.25
25BCaroline Bonde Holm Denmark (DEN)oxoxxx4.25
25BJillian Schwartz Israel (ISR)oxoxxx4.25
25AMaria Leonor Tavares Portugal (POR)oxoxxx4.25
29BLi Ling China (CHN)oxxoxxx4.25
30BTori Pena Ireland (IRL)oxxx4.10
AHolly Bleasdale Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)-xxxNM
ACathrine Larsåsen Norway (NOR)xxxNM
BAna Piñero Spain (ESP)-xxxNM
AWu Sha China (CHN)DNS
BMinna Nikkanen Finland (FIN)DNS

Final

RankNameNationality4.304.454.554.654.704.754.804.854.904.92ResultNotes
Fabiana Murer Brazil (BRA)--oo-oxooxx-x4.85=AR
Martina Strutz Germany (GER)-xooooxoox-xx4.80NR
Svetlana Feofanova Russia (RUS)-ooo-oxxx4.75SB
4Jenn Suhr United States (USA)--o-xoxxx4.70
5Yarisley Silva Cuba (CUB)-oooxxo-xxx4.70NR
6Yelena Isinbayeva Russia (RUS)---o-x-xx4.65
7Jiřina Ptáčníková Czech Republic (CZE)ooxooxxx4.65SB
8Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou Greece (GRE)o-oxoxxx4.65
9Silke Spiegelburg Germany (GER)-xxoxoxxoxxx4.65
10Kristina Gadschiew Germany (GER)oooxxx4.55
10Monika Pyrek Poland (POL)-ooxxx4.55
10Anna Rogowska Poland (POL)-oo-xxx4.55

References

  1. Martin, David (2011-08-20). Women's Pole Vault - PREVIEW Archived 2012-05-03 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-27.
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