# Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's pole vault

The women's pole vault competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held at the Olympic Stadium on 4–6 August.
In the qualifying round, the 12 competitors who cleared 4.55 went into the final. Non-qualifiers included junior record holder Angelica Bengtsson, former world record holder Svetlana Feofanova and reigning world champion Fabiana Murer.
Wind and rain made conditions difficult in the final. The gold medal was won by Jennifer Suhr who cleared 4.75, silver by Yarisley Silva who also cleared 4.75, but had one more missed attempt at a lower height and bronze by two-time reigning champion Yelena Isinbaeva who cleared 4.70.

## Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete had three attempts at each height and was eliminated if they failed to clear any height. Athletes who successfully jumped the qualifying height moved on the final. If fewer than 12 reached that height, the best 12 moved on. Cleared heights reset for the final, which followed the same three-attempts-per-height format until all athletes reached a height they could not jump.

## Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Saturday, 4 August 2012 | 10:20 | Qualifications |
| Monday, 6 August 2012 | 19:00 | Finals |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 5.06 m | Zürich, Switzerland | 28 August 2009 |
| Olympic record | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 5.05 m | Beijing, China | 18 August 2008 |
| 2012 World leading | Jennifer Suhr (USA) | 4.83 m | Champaign, United States | 7 July 2012 |

## Results

Key
* o = Height cleared
* x = Height failed
* – = Height passed
* r = Retired
* SB = Season's best
* PB = Personal best
* NR = National record
* AR = Area record
* OR = Olympic record
* WR = World record
* WL = World lead
* NM = No mark
* DNS = Did not start
* DQ = Disqualified

### Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 4.60m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 4.10 | 4.25 | 4.40 | 4.50 | 4.55 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia | – | – | – | o | o | 4.55 | q |
| 1 | A | Yarisley Silva | Cuba | – | – | – | o | o | 4.55 | q |
| 1 | A | Jennifer Suhr | United States | – | – | – | – | o | 4.55 | q |
| 4 | A | Lisa Ryzih | Germany | – | – | o | xo | o | 4.55 | q |
| 5 | B | Anna Rogowska | Poland | – | – | xo | xo | o | 4.55 | q |
| 6 | B | Silke Spiegelburg | Germany | – | – | – | o | xo | 4.55 | q |
| 7 | A | Holly Bleasdale | Great Britain | – | – | xo | o | xo | 4.55 | q |
| 7 | A | Vanessa Boslak | France | – | o | xo | o | xo | 4.55 | q |
| 7 | A | Martina Strutz | Germany | – | o | o | xo | xo | 4.55 | q |
| 10 | B | Becky Holliday | United States | – | xo | xxo | o | xo | 4.55 | q |
| 11 | A | Alana Boyd | Australia | – | o | xxo | xxo | xo | 4.55 | q |
| 12 | B | Jiřina Ptáčníková | Czech Republic | – | – | xo | xo | xxo | 4.55 | q |
| 13 | B | Stélla-Iró Ledáki | Greece | xxo | o | xo | o | xxx | 4.50 | |
| 14 | B | Fabiana Murer | Brazil | – | – | – | xo | xxx | 4.50 | |
| 15 | B | Lacy Janson | United States | – | o | o | xxx | | 4.40 | |
| 15 | A | Monika Pyrek | Poland | – | o | o | xxx | | 4.40 | |
| 17 | A | Anastasiya Shvedova | Belarus | – | xo | o | – | xxx | 4.40 | |
| 18 | A | Jillian Schwartz | Israel | o | xxo | o | xxx | | 4.40 | |
| 19 | A | Tomomi Abiko | Japan | o | o | xxx | | | 4.25 | |
| 19 | A | Angelica Bengtsson | Sweden | – | o | xxx | | | 4.25 | |
| 19 | B | Mélanie Blouin | Canada | o | o | xxx | | | 4.25 | |
| 19 | B | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | Greece | – | o | xxx | | | 4.25 | |
| 19 | A | Tina Šutej | Slovenia | o | o | xxx | | | 4.25 | |
| 24 | A | Katerina Stefanidi | Greece | xo | o | xxx | | | 4.25 | |
| 25 | B | Nicole Büchler | Switzerland | xxo | o | xxx | | | 4.25 | |
| 26 | B | Kate Dennison | Great Britain | – | xo | xxx | | | 4.25 | |
| 26 | B | Nataliya Mazuryk | Ukraine | – | xo | xxx | | | 4.25 | |
| 26 | A | Minna Nikkanen | Finland | o | xo | xxx | | | 4.25 | |
| 26 | A | Anastasia Savchenko | Russia | – | xo | xxx | | | 4.25 | |
| 30 | A | Li Ling | China | – | xxo | xxx | | | 4.25 | |
| 31 | A | Choi Yun-Hee | South Korea | xo | xxx | | | | 4.10 | |
| 31 | A | Maria Leonor Tavares | Portugal | xo | xxx | | | | 4.10 | |
| 33 | B | Marion Lotout | France | xxo | xxx | | | | 4.10 | |
| 33 | A | Ganna Shelekh | Ukraine | xxo | – | xxx | | | 4.10 | |
| — | B | Dailis Caballero | Cuba | xxx | | | | | NM | |
| — | B | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia | – | – | xx– | x | | NM | |
| — | B | Caroline Bonde Holm | Denmark | xxx | | | | | NM | |
| — | B | Liz Parnov | Australia | xxx | | | | | NM | |
| — | B | Tori Pena | Ireland | xxx | | | | | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.30 | 4.45 | 4.55 | 4.65 | 4.70 | 4.75 | 4.80 | Result | Notes |
| | Jennifer Suhr | United States | – | – | o | – | o | xo | xxx | 4.75 | |
| | Yarisley Silva | Cuba | – | xo | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 4.75 | =NR |
| | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia | – | – | x– | o | o | xx– | x | 4.70 | |
| 4 | Silke Spiegelburg | Germany | – | – | o | o | x– | xx | | 4.65 | |
| 5 | Martina Strutz | Germany | – | xo | o | x– | xx | | | 4.55 | |
| 6 | Jiřina Ptáčníková | Czech Republic | o | xxo | xx– | x | | | | 4.45 | |
| 6 | Lisa Ryzih | Germany | – | xxo | xxx | | | | | 4.45 | |
| 6 | Holly Bleasdale | Great Britain | – | xxo | xxx | | | | | 4.45 | |
| 9 | Becky Holliday | United States | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | | 4.45 | |
| 10 | Vanessa Boslak | France | xo | xxx | | | | | | 4.30 | |
| 11 | Alana Boyd | Australia | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 4.30 | |
| — | Anna Rogowska | Poland | – | xxx | | | | | | NM | |