# 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault

The women's pole vault at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 4 and 6 August.

## Summary

It essentially took a clearance at 4.50 metres to make it into the final. The one clearance (with earlier misses) brought 13 still in at 4.55 metres each thinking there was more work to do. Lisa Ryzih, Sandi Morris and Robeilys Peinado remained perfect at 4.55 metres, with Olympic Champion Katerina Stefanidi passing all the way until the automatic qualifier height of 4.60 metres.
In the final, four women were perfect to 4.55 metres including home team favourite, Holly Bradshaw, Yarisley Silva, Peinado and Morris with Stefanidi again still passing. At Stefanidi's starting height 4.65 meters, she cleared on her first attempt and was only matched with a perfect round by Morris. Ryzih, Peinado and Silva all missed once before clearing. Ryzih's earlier miss at 4.45 metres dropping out of the tie that defined the tied bronze medalists as none of them could go any higher. So it was a repeat battle from the Olympics. Morris and Stefanidi still perfect over 4.75 metres. At 4.82 metres, Morris missed but Stefanidi made it. Morris passed to try 4.89 metres for the win, but she couldn't make it. Neither did Stefanidi, but she really didn't need to. After Morris missed her last attempt, Stefanidi passed to 4.91 metres, which she made on her first attempt for a national record, stamping an exclamation point on her win. Stefanidi then moved the bar up to 5.02 metres try to join Morris and become the fourth woman over 5 metres and set a new championship record, but she missed all three attempts.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| 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 | 4.85 | Katerina Stefanidi | GRE | 8 Jun 2017 | Rome, Italy |
| African | 4.42 | Elmarie Gerryts | RSA | 12 Jun 2000 | Wesel, Germany |
| Asian | 4.66 | Li Ling | CHN | 6 Jun 2015 | Wuhan, 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 | 4.82 | Eliza McCartney | NZL | 26 Feb 2017 | Auckland, New Zealand |
The following records were set at the competition:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date |
| Greek | 4.91 | Katerina Stefanidi | GRE | 6 Aug 2017 |
| Venezuelan | 4.65 | Robeilys Peinado | VEN | 6 Aug 2017 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 4.55 metres.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 4 August | 19:45 | Qualification |
| 6 August | 19:00 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

The qualification round took place on 4 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 19:50 and Group B starting at 19:49. Athletes attaining a mark of 4.60 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 4.20 | 4.35 | 4.50 | 4.55 | 4.60 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | B | Katerina Stefanidi | Greece (GRE) | - | - | - | - | o | 4.60 | Q |
| 2 | B | Lisa Ryzih | Germany (GER) | - | - | o | o | | 4.55 | q |
| 2 | A | Sandi Morris | United States (USA) | - | o | o | o | | 4.55 | q |
| 2 | A | Robeilys Peinado | Venezuela (VEN) | o | o | o | o | | 4.55 | q |
| 5 | A | Alysha Newman | Canada (CAN) | - | o | xxo | o | | 4.55 | q |
| 6 | B | Yarisley Silva | Cuba (CUB) | - | - | o | xo | | 4.55 | q |
| 7 | B | Nicole Büchler | Switzerland (SUI) | - | - | xxo | xo | | 4.55 | q |
| 8 | B | Angelica Bengtsson | Sweden (SWE) | o | o | o | xxo | | 4.55 | q |
| 8 | B | Olga Mullina | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | o | o | o | xo | | 4.55 | q |
| 10 | B | Anicka Newell | Canada (CAN) | - | o | o | xxx | | 4.50 | q |
| 10 | A | Holly Bradshaw | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | - | - | o | - | | 4.50 | q |
| 12 | A | Eliza McCartney | New Zealand (NZL) | - | xo | xo | xxx | | 4.50 | q |
| 13 | A | Angelica Moser | Switzerland (SUI) | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | 4.50 | |
| 14 | A | Silke Spiegelburg | Germany (GER) | o | o | xxx | | | 4.35 | |
| 15 | A | Liz Parnov | Australia (AUS) | xo | o | xxx | | | 4.35 | |
| 15 | B | Tina Šutej | Slovenia (SLO) | xo | o | xxx | | | 4.35 | |
| 17 | A | Lisa Gunnarsson | Sweden (SWE) | xxo | o | xxx | | | 4.35 | |
| 18 | A | Romana Maláčová | Czech Republic (CZE) | o | xo | xxx | | | 4.35 | |
| 18 | B | Jirina Ptacnikova | Czech Republic (CZE) | o | xo | xxx | | | 4.35 | |
| 20 | B | Ninon Guillon-Romarin | France (FRA) | o | xxx | | | | 4.20 | |
| 20 | B | Friedelinde Petershofen | Germany (GER) | o | xxx | | | | 4.20 | |
| 20 | A | Fanny Smets | Belgium (BEL) | o | xxx | | | | 4.20 | |
| 20 | A | Minna Nikkanen | Finland (FIN) | o | xxx | | | | 4.20 | |
| 24 | B | Maryna Kylypko | Ukraine (UKR) | xo | xxx | | | | 4.20 | |
| | B | Jennifer Suhr | United States (USA) | - | - | - | xxx | | NH | |
| | B | Amálie Švábíková | Czech Republic (CZE) | xxx | | | | | NH | |
| | B | Emily Grove | United States (USA) | xxx | | | | | NH | |
| | A | Kelsie Ahbe | Canada (CAN) | xxx | | | | | NH | |
| | A | Iryna Zhuk | Belarus (BLR) | xxx | | | | | NH | |
| | A | Anzhelika Sidorova | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | - | - | xxx | | | NH | |
| | A | Michaela Meijer | Sweden (SWE) | - | xxx | | | | NH | |

### Final

The final took place on 6 August at 19:01. The results were as follows:
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.30 | 4.45 | 4.55 | 4.65 | 4.75 | 4.82 | 4.89 | 4.91 | 5.02 | Mark | Notes |
| | Katerina Stefanidi | Greece (GRE) | – | – | – | o | o | o | x- | o | xxx | 4.91 | WL NR |
| | Sandi Morris | United States (USA) | – | o | o | o | o | x- | xx | | | 4.75 | |
| | Robeilys Peinado | Venezuela (VEN) | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 4.65 | =NR |
| | Yarisley Silva | Cuba (CUB) | – | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 4.65 | |
| 5 | Lisa Ryzih | Germany (GER) | – | xo | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 4.65 | |
| 6 | Holly Bradshaw | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | – | – | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | 4.65 | |
| 7 | Alysha Newman | Canada (CAN) | xo | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | 4.65 | |
| 8 | Olga Mullina | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | xo | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 4.55 | |
| 9 | Eliza McCartney | New Zealand (NZL) | – | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | 4.55 | |
| 10 | Angelica Bengtsson | Sweden (SWE) | xo | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | 4.55 | |
| 11 | Nicole Büchler | Switzerland (SUI) | – | o | xxx | | | | | | | 4.45 | |
| 12 | Anicka Newell | Canada (CAN) | xo | xo | xxx | | | | | | | 4.45 | |