# 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault

The women's pole vault event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9. It was the first time that this event was contested by women at the World Indoor Championships.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Stacy Dragila United States | Emma George Australia | Cai Weiyan China |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: 4.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | 3.50 | 3.70 | 3.90 | 4.00 | 4.10 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Daniela Bártová | Czech Republic | – | o | o | – | o | 4.10 | Q |
| 1 | B | Emma George | Australia | – | – | – | o | o | 4.10 | Q |
| 3 | A | Sun Caiyun | China | – | o | xo | xxo | o | 4.10 | Q |
| 4 | A | Svetlana Abramova | Russia | – | – | xo | o | xo | 4.10 | Q |
| 5 | A | Eszter Szemerédi | Hungary | – | – | o | o | xxx | 4.00 | q |
| 5 | B | Cai Weiyan | China | – | o | o | o | – | 4.00 | q |
| 7 | B | Anzhela Balakhonova | Ukraine | – | – | xo | o | x– | 4.00 | q |
| 7 | B | Stacy Dragila | United States | – | o | xo | o | – | 4.00 | q |
| 9 | A | Amandine Homo | France | – | o | xxo | o | xxx | 4.00 | q, =NR |
| 9 | B | Maria Carla Bresciani | Italy | – | xo | xo | o | x– | 4.00 | q, NR |
| 11 | A | Vala Flosadóttir | Iceland | – | o | o | xo | xxx | 4.00 | q |
| 12 | B | Zsuzsanna Szabó | Hungary | – | o | o | xxx | | 3.90 | q |
| 13 | B | Yelena Belyakova | Russia | – | xxo | o | xxx | | 3.90 | |
| 14 | A | Gabriela Mihalcea | Romania | – | o | xo | xxx | | 3.90 | |
| 14 | B | Sophie Zubiolo | Belgium | o | o | xo | xxx | | 3.90 | =NR |
| 16 | A | Sabine Schulte | Germany | xo | o | xxo | xxx | | 3.90 | |
| 16 | B | Rhian Clarke | Great Britain | xo | o | xxo | xxx | | 3.90 | =NR |
| 18 | A | Doris Auer | Austria | o | o | xxx | | | 3.70 | |
| 18 | A | Janine Whitlock | Great Britain | o | o | xxx | | | 3.70 | |
| 18 | B | Šárka Mládková | Czech Republic | – | o | xxx | | | 3.70 | |
| 21 | B | Dana Cervantes | Spain | xo | o | xxx | | | 3.70 | |
| 22 | A | Melissa Price | United States | – | xo | xxx | | | 3.70 | |
| 22 | A | Anita Tomulevski | Norway | o | xo | xxx | | | 3.70 | |
| 22 | B | Cassandra Kelly | New Zealand | o | xo | xxx | | | 3.70 | |
| 22 | B | Nicole Rieger | Germany | – | xo | xxx | | | 3.70 | |
| 26 | B | Lynda Méziani | France | xo | xxo | xxx | | | 3.70 | |
| 27 | A | Trista Bernier | Canada | o | xxx | | | | 3.50 | |
| | A | Alejandra García | Argentina | | | | | | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 3.70 | 3.90 | 4.00 | 4.10 | 4.20 | 4.25 | 4.30 | 4.35 | 4.40 | 4.45 | Result | Notes |
| | Stacy Dragila | United States | – | o | o | o | xo | o | o | xxo | xo | xxx | 4.40 | WR |
| | Emma George | Australia | – | – | o | – | o | – | xo | o | xx– | x | 4.35 | |
| | Cai Weiyan | China | o | o | o | xo | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | | 4.35 | AR |
| 4 | Sun Caiyun | China | o | o | o | o | o | x– | xx | | | | 4.20 | |
| 5 | Daniela Bártová | Czech Republic | o | o | – | xo | xo | xxx | | | | | 4.20 | |
| 6 | Svetlana Abramova | Russia | – | xxo | – | o | xxx | | | | | | 4.10 | |
| 7 | Eszter Szemerédi | Hungary | – | o | – | xo | xxx | | | | | | 4.10 | |
| 8 | Vala Flosadóttir | Iceland | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 4.00 | |
| 9 | Anzhela Balakhonova | Ukraine | – | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | | 4.00 | |
| 10 | Amandine Homo | France | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | | 3.90 | |
| 11 | Zsuzsanna Szabó | Hungary | xo | xxx | | | | | | | | | 3.70 | |
| | Maria Carla Bresciani | Italy | | | | | | | | | | | NM | |