# Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's pole vault

The women's pole vault competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 21–24 August. The winning margin was 16cm.

## Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. Athletes start with a qualifying round. Jumping in turn, each athlete attempts to achieve the qualifying height. If they fail at three jumps in a row, they are eliminated. After a successful jump, they receive three more attempts to achieve the next height. Once all jumps have been completed, all athletes who have achieved the qualifying height go through to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieve the qualifying standard, the best 12 athletes go through. Cleared heights reset for the final, which followed the same format until all athletes fail three consecutive jumps.

## Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Saturday, 21 August 2004 | 19:00 | Qualification |
| Tuesday, 24 August 2004 | 20:55 | Final |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 4.90 m | London, United Kingdom | 30 July 2004 |
| Olympic record | Stacy Dragila (USA) | 4.60 m | Sydney, Australia | 25 September 2000 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Result | Record |
| 24 August | Final | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia | 4.91 m | WR |

## 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

Rule: Qualifying standard 4.45 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 3.80 | 4.00 | 4.15 | 4.30 | 4.40 | 4.45 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Monika Pyrek | Poland | - | - | o | o | x- | o | 4.45 | Q |
| 2 | A | Pavla Hamáčková | Czech Republic | - | - | o | xxo | - | xo | 4.45 | Q, SB |
| 3 | B | Anna Rogowska | Poland | - | - | xo | o | - | xxo | 4.45 | Q |
| 4 | A | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia | - | - | - | - | o | - | 4.40 | q |
| 4 | B | Kateřina Baďurová | Czech Republic | - | o | o | o | o | - | 4.40 | q |
| 4 | B | Dana Cervantes | Spain | - | - | o | o | o | - | 4.40 | q |
| 4 | B | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia | - | - | - | - | o | - | 4.40 | q |
| 8 | A | Naroa Agirre | Spain | - | o | xo | o | o | - | 4.40 | q |
| 8 | B | Dana Ellis | Canada | - | - | o | xo | o | - | 4.40 | q |
| 10 | B | Þórey Edda Elísdóttir | Iceland | - | - | xo | xxo | o | - | 4.40 | q |
| 11 | B | Vanessa Boslak | France | - | - | o | o | xo | - | 4.40 | q |
| 12 | B | Alejandra García | Argentina | - | xo | o | o | xo | - | 4.40 | q |
| 13 | A | Anzhela Balakhonova | Ukraine | - | - | - | o | xxo | - | 4.40 | q |
| 14 | A | Stephanie McCann | Canada | - | - | o | xo | xxo | - | 4.40 | q, =SB |
| 15 | B | Silke Spiegelburg | Germany | xo | xo | o | o | xxo | - | 4.40 | q |
| 16 | B | Kym Howe | Australia | - | o | o | o | xxx | | 4.30 | |
| 17 | B | Jillian Schwartz | United States | - | - | xxo | o | xxx | | 4.30 | |
| 18 | A | Anastasiya Ivanova | Russia | - | - | o | xo | xx | | 4.30 | |
| 19 | A | Stacy Dragila | United States | - | - | - | xo | xxx | | 4.30 | |
| 19 | A | Krisztina Molnár | Hungary | - | o | o | xo | xxx | | 4.30 | |
| 19 | A | Yeoryia Tsiliggiri | Greece | - | o | o | xo | xxx | | 4.30 | |
| 22 | B | Carolin Hingst | Germany | - | - | o | xxo | xxx | | 4.30 | |
| 23 | A | Zhao Yingying | China | - | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | 4.30 | |
| 24 | A | Melina Hamilton | New Zealand | - | o | o | xxx | | | 4.15 | |
| 24 | A | Floé Kühnert | Germany | - | o | o | xxx | | | 4.15 | |
| 24 | A | Teja Melink | Slovenia | o | o | o | xxx | | | 4.15 | |
| 24 | A | Tanya Stefanova | Bulgaria | - | o | o | xxx | | | 4.15 | |
| 24 | A | Kellie Suttle | United States | - | - | o | xxx | | | 4.15 | |
| 24 | B | Anna Fitidou | Cyprus | o | o | o | xxx | | | 4.15 | |
| 24 | B | Nadine Rohr | Switzerland | - | o | o | xxx | | | 4.15 | |
| 24 | B | Gao Shuying | China | - | o | o | xxx | | | 4.15 | |
| 32 | B | Takayo Kondo | Japan | - | o | xxo | xxx | | | 4.15 | |
| 33 | A | Carolina Torres | Chile | - | xo | xxx | | | | 4.00 | =SB |
| 34 | A | Marie Poissonnier | France | - | xxo | xxx | | | | 4.00 | |
| | B | Afroditi Skafida | Greece | xxx | | | | | | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.00 | 4.20 | 4.40 | 4.55 | 4.65 | 4.70 | 4.75 | 4.80 | 4.85 | 4.90 | 4.91 | Result | Notes |
| | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia | - | - | o | o | o | x- | x- | o | o | - | o | 4.91 | WR |
| | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia | - | - | o | o | o | o | xo | x- | x- | x | | 4.75 | |
| | Anna Rogowska | Poland | - | o | o | xxo | o | o | xxx | | | | | 4.70 | |
| 4 | Monika Pyrek | Poland | - | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 4.55 | |
| 5 | Þórey Edda Elísdóttir | Iceland | - | o | xxo | xo | xx- | x | | | | | | 4.55 | |
| 6 | Vanessa Boslak | France | - | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | | 4.40 | |
| 6 | Naroa Agirre | Spain | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | | 4.40 | |
| 6 | Dana Ellis | Canada | - | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | | 4.40 | |
| 6 | Anzhela Balakhonova | Ukraine | - | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | | 4.40 | |
| 10 | Stephanie McCann | Canada | - | xo | o | xxx | | | | | | | | 4.40 | =SB |
| 11 | Pavla Hamáčková | Czech Republic | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | | | | 4.40 | |
| 12 | Kateřina Baďurová | Czech Republic | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | | | | 4.20 | |
| 13 | Silke Spiegelburg | Germany | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | | | | | 4.20 | |
| 13 | Alejandra García | Argentina | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | | | | | 4.20 | |
| | Dana Cervantes | Spain | - | xxx | | | | | | | | | | NM | |