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2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's pole vault

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Women's pole vault
at the 2019 World Championships
Sandi Morris at Doha 2019
VenueKhalifa International Stadium
Dates27 September (qualification)
29 September (final)
Competitors32 from 22 nations
Winning height4.95
Medalists
gold medal    Authorised Neutral Athletes
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Greece
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Video on YouTube
Official Video

The women's pole vault at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 27 to 29 September 2019.[1]

Summary

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During qualifications, 17 women made it to the final by clearing 4.60 m. In the final, they started at 4.50 m but jumped next to 4.70 m, taking the field down to a dozen, nine still with clean rounds. At 4.80 m, six were over, but only Anzhelika Sidorova and Sandi Morris were still clean. At 4.85 m, defending and Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi missed once, while Morris and Sidorova remained clean. Angelica Bengtsson, Alysha Newman, and Holly Bradshaw could not get over the bar. Bradshaw saved one attempt for 4.90 m but missed, and then Stefanidi missed. When Morris and Sidorova cleared on their first attempts, Stefanidi saved her two remaining attempts for 4.95 m. At this height, only three women had ever cleared 4.95 m (16 ft 2+34 in), one of them Morris, who had done it four times. Through the first two rounds of attempts, nobody cleared, eliminating Stefanidi with the bronze. On her final attempt, Morris missed. Then, Sidorova cleared. The tie was broken, and Sidorova became only the fourth woman in history to clear 4.95 m.

Morris congratulated her opponent after the winning vault, an act which earned her a place on the shortlist for the International Fair Play Award that year.[2]

The final is noted as one of the best finals in the history of the World Championships. Six women cleared 4.80 m, a record for the event. Prior to 2019, the maximum number of women who cleared 4.80 m in a World Championship final was three, in 2013 and 2015. In fact, the winning height of 4.95 m would have won all previous World Championships except for 2005 when Yelena Isinbayeva won with a then-world record of 5.01 m.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 5.06 Yelena Isinbayeva  RUS 28 Aug 2009 Zürich, Switzerland
Championship 5.01 Yelena Isinbayeva  RUS 12 Aug 2005 Helsinki, Finland
World leading 4.91 Jennifer Suhr  USA 30 Mar 2019 Austin, United States
African 4.42 Elmarie Gerryts  RSA 12 Jun 2000 Wesel, Germany
Asian 4.72 Li Ling  CHN 18 May 2019 Shanghai, China
NACAC 5.02 i Jennifer Suhr  USA 2 Mar 2013 Albuquerque, United States
South American 4.87 Fabiana Murer  BRA 3 Jul 2016 São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
European 5.06 Yelena Isinbayeva  RUS 28 Aug 2009 Zürich, Switzerland
Oceanian 4.94 Eliza McCartney  NZL 17 Jul 2018 Jockgrim, Germany

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[4]

Date Time Round
27 September 17:30 Qualification
29 September 20:01 Final

Results

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Qualification

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Qualification: 4.60 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).[5][6]

Rank Group Name Nationality 4.20 4.35 4.50 4.55 4.60 Mark Notes
1 A Holly Bradshaw  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) o 4.60 Q
B Sandi Morris  United States (USA) o o 4.60 Q
A Katie Nageotte  United States (USA) o o 4.60 Q
A Alysha Newman  Canada (CAN) o o o 4.60 Q
B Katerina Stefanidi  Greece (GRE) o 4.60 Q
A Anzhelika Sidorova  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) o 4.60 Q
A Iryna Zhuk  Belarus (BLR) o o o 4.60 Q
8 A Nikoleta Kiriakopoulou  Greece (GRE) xo o 4.60 Q
B Yarisley Silva  Cuba (CUB) o xo o 4.60 Q
10 A Li Ling  China (CHN) o xxo o 4.60 Q
11 A Angelica Moser  Switzerland (SUI) o o o o xo 4.60 Q
B Robeilys Peinado  Venezuela (VEN) o o o o xo 4.60 Q
B Jennifer Suhr  United States (USA) xo 4.60 Q
14 A Lisa Ryzih  Germany (GER) o xo xo 4.60 Q
15 B Angelica Bengtsson  Sweden (SWE) o xxo 4.60 Q
16 B Ninon Guillon-Romarin  France (FRA) o xo xxo 4.60 Q
17 B Tina Šutej  Slovenia (SLO) o o o xxo xxo 4.60 Q
18 B Nicole Büchler  Switzerland (SUI) o xo xo xxx 4.55 SB
19 B Xu Huiqin  China (CHN) o o xxx 4.50
20 A Fanny Smets  Belgium (BEL) o xo o xxx 4.50
21 A Maryna Kylypko  Ukraine (UKR) o o xxo xxx 4.50
22 B Kelsie Ahbe  Canada (CAN) o o xxx 4.35
A Romana Maláčová  Czech Republic (CZE) o o xxx 4.35
A Wilma Murto  Finland (FIN) o o xxx 4.35
25 A Michaela Meijer  Sweden (SWE) xo o xxx 4.35
B Lene Onsrud Retzius  Norway (NOR) xo o xxx 4.35
27 B Alyona Lutkovskaya  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) o xo xxx 4.35
28 B Liz Parnov  Australia (AUS) xo xo xxx 4.35
29 A Roberta Bruni  Italy (ITA) o xxo xxx 4.35
B Irina Ivanova  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) o xxo xxx 4.35
31 A Killiana Heymans  Netherlands (NED) o xxx 4.20
B Katharina Bauer  Germany (GER) xxx NH

Final

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The final was started on 29 September at 20:01.[7]

Rank Name Nationality 4.50 4.70 4.80 4.85 4.90 4.95 Mark Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anzhelika Sidorova  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) o o o o o xxo 4.95 WL, PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sandi Morris  United States (USA) o o o o o xxx 4.90 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Katerina Stefanidi  Greece (GRE) o o xo xo x- xx 4.85 SB
4 Holly Bradshaw  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) o o xo xx- x 4.80
5 Alysha Newman  Canada (CAN) xo o xo xxx 4.80
6 Angelica Bengtsson  Sweden (SWE) o xxo xxo xxx 4.80 =NR
7 Katie Nageotte  United States (USA) o o xxx 4.70
Robeilys Peinado  Venezuela (VEN) o o xxx 4.70 =NR
Jenn Suhr  United States (USA) o xxx 4.70
Iryna Zhuk  Belarus (BLR) o o xx- x 4.70 =NR
11 Yarisley Silva  Cuba (CUB) xxo o xxx 4.70
12 Ninon Guillon-Romarin  France (FRA) o xo xxx 4.70
13 Nikoleta Kiriakopoulou  Greece (GRE) o xxx 4.50
Li Ling  China (CHN) o x- xx 4.50
Angelica Moser  Switzerland (SUI) o xxx 4.50
Tina Šutej  Slovenia (SLO) o xxx 4.50
17 Lisa Ryzih  Germany (GER) xo xxx 4.50

References

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  1. ^ "Start list" (PDF).
  2. ^ Shortlist announced for International Fair Play Award. IAAF (2019-10-07). Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  3. ^ "Pole Vault Women – Records". IAAF. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Pole Vault Women − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Women's pole vault − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Women's pole vault − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Final results" (PDF).