# 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault

The women's pole vault at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 11–13 August.
Missing on her first attempt, home stadium favorite and world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva found herself in third place behind Silke Spiegelburg and Jennifer Suhr, both of whom were perfect to 4.75. Along with Yarisley Silva, who struggled with misses at several heights, these four athletes went to 4.82, where Suhr and Isinbaeva made it on their second attempts, giving Suhr the lead, Silva on her third and Spiegelburg bowed out. At 4.89, Isinbaeva moved into first place with a first attempt clearance. Suhr and then Silva failed to negotiate the same height. Isinbayeva then took three attempts at her own world record, but failed.

## 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) | 5.02iA | Albuquerque, NM, United States | 2 March 2013 |
| African record | Elmarie Gerryts (RSA) | 4.42 | Wesel, Germany | 12 June 2000 |
| Asian record | Shuying Gao (CHN) | 4.64 | New York City, United States | 2 June 2007 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Jennifer Suhr (USA) | 4.92 | 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 result | B result |
| 4.60 | 4.50 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 11 August 2013 | 19:10 | Qualification |
| 13 August 2013 | 19:35 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+4)

## Results

| KEY: | Q | Qualified | q | 12 best performers | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Qualification

Qualification: 4.60 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 4.15 | 4.30 | 4.45 | 4.55 | 4.60 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia (RUS) | - | - | - | o | | 4.55 | q |
| 1 | A | Silke Spiegelburg | Germany (GER) | - | - | o | o | | 4.55 | q |
| 1 | B | Angelina Zhuk-Krasnova | Russia (RUS) | - | o | o | o | | 4.55 | q |
| 1 | B | Jiřina Ptáčníková | Czech Republic (CZE) | - | o | o | o | | 4.55 | q |
| 5 | A | Li Ling | China (CHN) | o | xo | o | o | | 4.55 | q, PB |
| 6 | B | Anastasia Savchenko | Russia (RUS) | - | o | o | xo | | 4.55 | q |
| 6 | B | Jenn Suhr | United States (USA) | - | - | - | xo | | 4.55 | q |
| 8 | B | Lisa Ryzih | Germany (GER) | - | xo | xxo | xo | | 4.55 | q |
| 9 | B | Fabiana Murer | Brazil (BRA) | - | - | - | xxo | | 4.55 | q |
| 9 | A | Marion Lotout | France (FRA) | o | o | o | xxo | | 4.55 | q |
| 9 | A | Yarisley Silva | Cuba (CUB) | - | - | o | xxo | | 4.55 | q |
| 9 | A | Kristina Gadschiew | Germany (GER) | - | o | o | xxo | | 4.55 | q |
| 13 | A | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | Greece (GRE) | - | o | o | xxx | | 4.45 | |
| 13 | A | Becky Holliday | United States (USA) | - | o | o | xxx | | 4.45 | |
| 15 | B | Nicole Büchler | Switzerland (SUI) | - | o | xo | xxx | | 4.45 | |
| 16 | B | Angelica Bengtsson | Sweden (SWE) | o | xo | xo | xxx | | 4.45 | |
| 17 | B | Carolin Hingst | Germany (GER) | o | o | xxo | - | xxx | 4.45 | |
| 18 | B | Tori Pena | Ireland (IRL) | - | o | xxx | | | 4.30 | |
| 19 | A | Karla Rosa da Silva | Brazil (BRA) | o | xo | xxx | | | 4.30 | |
| | A | Kylie Hutson | United States (USA) | - | xxx | | | | NM | |
| | A | Anna Rogowska | Poland (POL) | - | - | xxx | | | NM | |
| | B | Stélla-Iró Ledáki | Greece (GRE) | xxx | | | | | NM | |

### Final

The final was started at 19:35.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.30 | 4.45 | 4.55 | 4.65 | 4.75 | 4.82 | 4.89 | 5.07 | Mark | Notes |
| | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia (RUS) | – | – | – | xo | o | xo | o | xxx | 4.89 | SB |
| | Jenn Suhr | United States (USA) | – | – | o | – | o | xo | xxx | | 4.82 | |
| | Yarisley Silva | Cuba (CUB) | – | – | o | xxo | xo | xxo | xxx | | 4.82 | |
| 4 | Silke Spiegelburg | Germany (GER) | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | 4.75 | SB |
| 5 | Fabiana Murer | Brazil (BRA) | – | – | o | o | xxx | | | | 4.65 | |
| 5 | Anastasia Savchenko | Russia (RUS) | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | 4.65 | |
| 7 | Angelina Zhuk-Krasnova | Russia (RUS) | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | 4.65 | |
| 8 | Lisa Ryzih | Germany (GER) | – | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 4.55 | SB |
| 8 | Jiřina Ptáčníková | Czech Republic (CZE) | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 4.55 | |
| 10 | Kristina Gadschiew | Germany (GER) | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 4.45 | |
| 11 | Li Ling | China (CHN) | xo | o | xxx | | | | | | 4.45 | |
| 12 | Marion Lotout | France (FRA) | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | 4.45 | |