Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's pole vault

The official results of the Women's Pole Vault at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, held on Monday 25 September 2000. There were a total number of 30 participating athletes in this event, which made its Olympic debut. The qualifying round was held on Saturday 23 September 2000, with the qualifying height set at 4.35 metres.[1]

Women's pole vault
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueStadium Australia
Date23 – 25 August
Competitors29 from 19 nations
Winning height4.60 OR
Medalists
Stacy Dragila  United States
Tatiana Grigorieva  Australia
Vala Flosadóttir  Iceland

While the pole vault had been a standard Olympic event for a century, dating back to the first revival in 1896, this was the first time the event had been held for women.

The favorite coming into the event was world champion and world record holder Stacy Dragila, but the home favorite was Soviet transplant Australian Tatiana Grigorieva. At 4.55m these were the only two athletes still in the competition. Vala Flosadóttir, who had held the lead with a clean record to 4.50m, took the bronze medal, and set the National record while taking the only women's Olympic medal for Iceland to date. With Dragila's 4 misses in the competition, including one at 4.55m, Grigorieva had the lead. At 4.60m, Dragila reversed that with a clean clearance on her first attempt. Grigorieva was unable to match that and strategically moved to 4.65m, 2 cm higher than the world record Dragila had set in Sacramento in qualifying to the Olympics, to try to take the win. Neither competitor was able to clear 4.65m, Dragila took the gold and the Olympic record.

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 23 September 200018:00Qualification
Monday, 25 September 200018:00Final

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World record was as follows. As this was a new event in the Olympics, no previous Olympic record existed.

World record Stacy Dragila (USA)4.63 mSacramento, United States23 July 2000
Olympic recordNew Olympic event

The following record(s) were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityResultRecord
25 SeptemberFinalStacy Dragila United States4.60 mOR

Results

Key

  • o = Height cleared
  • x = Height failed
  • = Height passed
  • r  = Retired
  • SB = Season's best
  • PB = Personal best
  • NR = National record
  • AR = Area record
  • OR = Olympic record
  • WR = World record
  • WL = World lead
  • NM = No mark
  • DNS = Did not start
  • DQ = Disqualified

Qualifying round

Rule: Qualifying standard 4.35 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

RankGroupNameNationality4.004.154.254.30ResultNotes
1BVala Flosadóttir Icelandoooo4.30q
BKellie Suttle United Statesoooo4.30q
ATatiana Grigorieva Australiaooo4.30q
ADaniela Bártová Czech Republicooo4.30q
ANicole Rieger-Humbert Germanyoo4.30q
AAnzhela Balakhonova Ukraineo4.30q
7BShuying Gao Chinaooxoo4.30q
BElmarie Gerryts South Africaooxoo4.30q
BYvonne Buschbaum Germanyxooo4.30q
AMarie Rasmussen Denmarkoxooo4.30q, NR
11AStacy Dragila United Statesooxo4.30q
12AMonika Pyrek Polandooxxoxo4.30q
13BDoris Auer Austriaoxxoxxo4.30q
14BMelissa Mueller United Statesoooxxx4.25
15BEmma George Australiaoxxoxxx4.25
BMaría del Mar Sánchez Spainooxxoxxx4.25
17ACaroline Ammel Franceooxxx4.15
18BMarie Poissonnier Francexooxxx4.15
AAlejandra García Argentinaxooxxx4.15
20AJanine Whitlock Great Britainxxooxxx4.15
21BDéborah Gyurcsek Uruguayoxxoxxx4.15
22BPavla Hamáčková Czech Republicoxxx4.00
AÞórey Edda Elísdóttir Icelandoxxx4.00
BYelena Belyakova RussiaxxxNM
ASvetlana Feofanova RussiaxxxNM
AZsuzsanna Szabo HungaryxxxNM
BKatalin Donáth HungaryxxxNM
BThaila Iakovidou GreecexxxNM
AYelena Isinbayeva RussiaxxxNM
ATanya Koleva BulgariaxxxNM

Final

RankNameNationality4.004.154.254.354.404.454.504.554.604.65ResultNotes
Stacy Dragila United Statesooxooxxoxooxxx4.60OR
Tatiana Grigorieva Australiaxoooooxoox–xx4.55PB
Vala Flosadóttir Icelandoooooooxxx4.50NR
4Daniela Bártová Czech Republicooxxoxxooxxx4.50
5Nicole Humbert Germanyxxoxxoxxoxxoxxx4.45
6Yvonne Buschbaum Germanyxooxoxxx4.40
7Monika Pyrek Polandxoxxoooxoxxx4.40NR
8Marie Rasmussen Denmarkooooxxx4.35NR
9Doris Auer Austriaoxxx4.25
10Gao Shuying Chinaooxxx4.15
11Kellie Suttle United Statesoxxx4.00
Anzhela Balakhonova UkrainexxxNM
Elmarie Gerryts South Africaxx–NM

See also

References

  1. "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Pole Vault". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
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