# 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault

The Women's Pole vault event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics took place at the Daegu Stadium on August 28 and 30.
Anna Rogowska of Poland was the defending champion, while 2008 Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva had returned to form after a career break in 2010. American Jennifer Suhr had the two best clearances prior to the competition and Martina Strutz was ranked second in the world behind her. Silke Spiegelburg (the Diamond League leader), world indoor champion Fabiana Murer and Olympic medalist Svetlana Feofanova were the other main potential medalists.
The event was conducted in swirling winds. World record holder Isinbayeva was the last to start, clearing her opening height but then struggling with her next three attempts, going under the bar on the last one. World leader Suhr seemed off this night but cleared 4.70 on her second attempt, while Yarisley Silva set the Cuban national record at the same height on her third attempt. Murer and previous world record holder Feofanova were clean through 4.75, but were pushed into a tie for second place by Strutz' German National Record 4.80 on her first attempt. Murer cleared on her second attempt while Feofanova missed all three attempts. At 4.85 Murer tied her own National and Area record, clearing on her first attempt and making Strutz pass to 4.90 to try to win. Neither cleared on their two attempts, then Murer had the bar raised to 4.92 for her final attempt.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Fabiana Murer Brazil (BRA) | Martina Strutz Germany (GER) | Svetlana Feofanova Russia (RUS) |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.
| World record | Elena Isinbaeva (RUS) | 5.06 | Zürich, Switzerland | 28 August 2009 |
| Championship record | Elena Isinbaeva (RUS) | 5.01 | Helsinki, Finland | 12 August 2005 |
| World leading | Jennifer Suhr (USA) | 4.91 | Rochester, NY, United States | 8 July 2011 |
| African record | Elmarie Gerryts (RSA) | 4.42 | Wesel, Germany | 12 June 2000 |
| Asian record | Shuying Gao (CHN) | 4.62 | New York City, NY, United States | 2 June 2007 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Jennifer Suhr (USA) | 4.91 | Eugene, OR, United States | 6 July 2008 |
| South American record | Fabiana Murer (BRA) | 4.85 | San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain | 4 June 2010 |
| European record | Elena Isinbaeva (RUS) | 5.06 | Zürich, Switzerland | 28 August 2009 |
| Oceanian record | Kym Howe (AUS) | 4.65 | Saulheim, Germany | 30 June 2007 |

## Qualification standards

| A standard | B standard |
| 4.50 | 4.40 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 28, 2011 | 09:30 | Qualification |
| August 30, 2011 | 19:05 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 4.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 4.10 | 4.25 | 4.40 | 4.50 | 4.55 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia (RUS) | - | - | - | - | o | 4.55 | q |
| 1 | B | Fabiana Murer | Brazil (BRA) | - | - | - | - | o | 4.55 | q |
| 1 | B | Anna Rogowska | Poland (POL) | - | - | o | - | o | 4.55 | q |
| 1 | A | Martina Strutz | Germany (GER) | - | - | o | o | o | 4.55 | q |
| 5 | B | Jiřina Ptáčníková | Czech Republic (CZE) | - | o | xo | o | o | 4.55 | q |
| 6 | A | Jenn Suhr | United States (USA) | - | - | - | xxo | o | 4.55 | q |
| 7 | A | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia (RUS) | - | - | o | - | xo | 4.55 | q |
| 7 | A | Silke Spiegelburg | Germany (GER) | - | - | o | o | xo | 4.55 | q |
| 9 | B | Yarisley Silva | Cuba (CUB) | - | - | xo | xo | xo | 4.55 | q |
| 10 | B | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | Greece (GRE) | - | o | xxo | o | xxo | 4.55 | q |
| 11 | A | Monika Pyrek | Poland (POL) | - | o | o | o | xxx | 4.50 | q |
| 11 | B | Kristina Gadschiew | Germany (GER) | - | - | o | o | xxx | 4.50 | q |
| 13 | A | Alana Boyd | Australia (AUS) | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | 4.50 | |
| 13 | B | Kate Dennison | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | - | o | xo | xo | - | 4.50 | |
| 15 | A | Kylie Hutson | United States (USA) | - | o | o | xxo | xxx | 4.50 | |
| 16 | B | Nicole Büchler | Switzerland (SUI) | o | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | 4.50 | =NR |
| 17 | A | Anna Katharina Schmid | Switzerland (SUI) | o | o | o | xxx | | 4.40 | |
| 18 | A | Anastasiya Shvedova | Belarus (BLR) | - | xo | o | xx | | 4.40 | |
| 18 | B | Choi Yun-hee | South Korea (KOR) | o | xo | o | xxx | | 4.40 | =NR |
| 20 | B | Lacy Janson | United States (USA) | - | xxo | o | xxx | | 4.40 | |
| 21 | A | Tina Šutej | Slovenia (SLO) | o | o | xo | xxx | | 4.40 | |
| 22 | B | Anna Giordano Bruno | Italy (ITA) | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 4.40 | |
| 23 | A | Dailis Caballero | Cuba (CUB) | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | | 4.40 | |
| 24 | A | Kelsie Hendry | Canada (CAN) | - | o | xxx | | | 4.25 | |
| 25 | A | Malin Dahlström | Sweden (SWE) | o | xo | xxx | | | 4.25 | |
| 25 | B | Caroline Bonde Holm | Denmark (DEN) | o | xo | xxx | | | 4.25 | |
| 25 | B | Jillian Schwartz | Israel (ISR) | o | xo | xxx | | | 4.25 | |
| 25 | A | Maria Leonor Tavares | Portugal (POR) | o | xo | xxx | | | 4.25 | |
| 29 | B | Li Ling | China (CHN) | o | xxo | xxx | | | 4.25 | |
| 30 | B | Tori Pena | Ireland (IRL) | o | xxx | | | | 4.10 | |
| | A | Holly Bleasdale | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | - | xxx | | | | NM | |
| | A | Cathrine Larsåsen | Norway (NOR) | xxx | | | | | NM | |
| | B | Ana Piñero | Spain (ESP) | - | xxx | | | | NM | |
| | A | Wu Sha | China (CHN) | | | | | | DNS | |
| | B | Minna Nikkanen | Finland (FIN) | | | | | | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.30 | 4.45 | 4.55 | 4.65 | 4.70 | 4.75 | 4.80 | 4.85 | 4.90 | 4.92 | Result | Notes |
| | Fabiana Murer | Brazil (BRA) | - | - | o | o | - | o | xo | o | xx- | x | 4.85 | =AR |
| | Martina Strutz | Germany (GER) | - | xo | o | o | o | xo | o | x- | xx | | 4.80 | NR |
| | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia (RUS) | - | o | o | o | - | o | xxx | | | | 4.75 | SB |
| 4 | Jenn Suhr | United States (USA) | - | - | o | - | xo | xxx | | | | | 4.70 | |
| 5 | Yarisley Silva | Cuba (CUB) | - | o | o | o | xxo | - | xxx | | | | 4.70 | NR |
| 6 | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia (RUS) | - | - | - | o | - | x- | xx | | | | 4.65 | |
| 7 | Jiřina Ptáčníková | Czech Republic (CZE) | o | o | xo | o | xxx | | | | | | 4.65 | SB |
| 8 | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | Greece (GRE) | o | - | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | 4.65 | |
| 9 | Silke Spiegelburg | Germany (GER) | - | xxo | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 4.65 | |
| 10 | Kristina Gadschiew | Germany (GER) | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 4.55 | |
| 10 | Monika Pyrek | Poland (POL) | - | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 4.55 | |
| 10 | Anna Rogowska | Poland (POL) | - | o | o | - | xxx | | | | | | 4.55 | |