# 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault

The women's pole vault at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 14 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Fabiana Murer Brazil | Svetlana Feofanova Russia | Anna Rogowska Poland |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships :
| World record | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 5.00 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 15 February 2009 |
| Championship record | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 4.86 | Budapest, Hungary | 6 March 2004 |
| World Leading | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 4.85 | Moscow, Russia | 7 February 2010 |
| World Leading | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 4.85 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 6 March 2010 |
| African record | Elmarie Gerryts (RSA) | 4.41 | Birmingham, Great Britain | 20 February 2000 |
| Asian record | Zhang Yingning (CHN) | 4.46 | Shanghai, China | 15 March 2007 |
| European record | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 5.00 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 15 February 2009 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record | Jennifer Stuczynski (USA) | 4.83 | Boston, United States | 1 March 2009 |
| Oceanian Record | Kym Howe (AUS) | 4.72 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 10 February 2007 |
| South American record | Fabiana Murer (BRA) | 4.82 | Birmingham, Great Britain | 20 February 2010 |

## Qualification standards

* Indoor
* 4.40 m

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| March 12, 2010 | 16:20 | Qualification | March 14, 2010 | 16:20 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 4.60 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 4.20 | 4.35 | 4.45 | 4.55 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia | - | - | - | xxo | 4.55 | q |
| 2 | Fabiana Murer | Brazil | - | - | o | | 4.45 | q |
| 2 | Nikoléta Kiriakopoúlou | Greece | o | o | o | | 4.45 | q |
| 2 | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia | - | - | o | | 4.45 | q |
| 5 | Kelsie Hendry | Canada | - | o | xo | | 4.45 | q |
| 5 | Anna Rogowska | Poland | - | - | xo | | 4.45 | q |
| 7 | Jiřina Ptáčníková | Czech Republic | o | o | xxo | - | 4.45 | q |
| 8 | Kristina Gadschiew | Germany | o | o | xxx | | 4.35 | q |
| 9 | Kate Dennison | Great Britain | xo | o | xxx | | 4.35 | |
| 9 | Elena Scarpellini | Italy | xo | o | xxx | | 4.35 | |
| 11 | Afrodíti Skafída | Greece | o | xxo | xxx | | 4.35 | |
| 11 | Chelsea Johnson | United States | - | xxo | xxx | | 4.35 | |
| 13 | Marianna Zachariadi | Cyprus | xxo | xxo | xxx | | 4.35 | SB |
| 14 | Li Caixia | China | o | xxx | | | 4.20 | SB |
| 15 | Pavla Rybová | Czech Republic | xo | xxx | | | 4.20 | |
| 16 | Li Ling | China | xxo | xxx | | | 4.20 | |
| | Carolin Hingst | Germany | - | - | xxx | | NM | |
| | Lacy Janson | United States | - | xxx | | | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 4.30 | 4.40 | 4.50 | 4.60 | 4.65 | 4.70 | 4.75 | 4.80 | 4.85 | Result | Notes |
| | Fabiana Murer | Brazil | - | - | o | o | - | o | xxo | o | xxx | 4.80 | |
| | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia | - | o | - | o | - | o | - | xo | xxx | 4.80 | SB |
| | Anna Rogowska | Poland | - | o | - | xxo | - | xo | xxx | | | 4.70 | |
| 4 | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia | - | - | - | o | - | - | xxx | | | 4.60 | |
| 5 | Jiřina Ptáčníková | Czech Republic | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 4.60 | PB |
| 6 | Kelsie Hendry | Canada | - | xxo | xo | xxx | | | | | | 4.50 | |
| 7 | Kristina Gadschiew | Germany | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 4.40 | |
| | Nikoléta Kiriakopoúlou | Greece | xxx | | | | | | | | | NM | |