# 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault

The women's pole vault at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 12 and 14 July.
The 2010 world junior champion, Angelica Bengtsson of Sweden, is eligible to defend her title.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Angelica Bengtsson Sweden | Elizabeth Parnov Australia | Roberta Bruni Italy |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record | Angelica Bengtsson (SWE) | 4.63 m (i) | Stockholm, Sweden | 22 February 2011 |
| Championship Record | Floé Kühnert (GER) | 4.40 m | Kingston, Jamaica | 18 July 2002 |
| Championship Record | Ekaterina Kolesova (RUS) | 4.40 m | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 11 July 2008 |
| Championship Record | Valeriya Volik (RUS) | 4.40 m | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 11 July 2008 |
| World Junior Leading | Angelica Bengtsson (SWE) | 4.58 m | Sollentuna, Sweden | 5 July 2012 |
| Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics |||||
| Championship Record | Angelica Bengtsson (SWE) | 4.50 | Barcelona, Spain | 14 July 2012 |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Standard 4.10 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 3.65 | 3.85 | 3.95 | 4.05 | 4.10 | Result | Note |
| 1 | A | Alissa Söderberg | Sweden | – | o | o | o | o | 4.10 | Q |
| 1 | B | Angelica Bengtsson | Sweden | – | – | – | – | o | 4.10 | Q |
| 1 | B | Emily Grove | United States | – | o | o | o | o | 4.10 | Q |
| 1 | A | Ganna Shelekh | Ukraine | – | – | – | o | o | 4.10 | Q |
| 1 | A | Xu Huiqin | China | – | – | o | – | o | 4.10 | Q |
| 1 | B | Natalya Demidenko | Russia | – | – | o | – | o | 4.10 | Q |
| 7 | B | Anjuli Knäsche | Germany | – | xo | o | xo | o | 4.10 | Q |
| 8 | A | Lilli Schnitzerling | Germany | – | o | xo | xo | xo | 4.10 | Q |
| 9 | A | Liz Parnov | Australia | – | – | – | o | xxx | 4.05 | q |
| 9 | A | Roberta Bruni | Italy | – | – | – | o | xxx | 4.05 | q |
| 11 | B | Kira Grünberg | Austria | – | o | xo | xo | xxx | 4.05 | q, NJ |
| 12 | B | Reena Koll | Estonia | xo | xo | xo | xo | xxx | 4.05 | q |
| 13 | B | Sonia Malavisi | Italy | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 4.05 | PB |
| 14 | A | Kristina Bondarenko | Russia | – | xo | o | xxo | xxx | 4.05 | |
| 15 | A | Seda Firtina | Turkey | xo | xo | o | xxx | | 3.95 | NJ |
| 16 | B | Iryna Yakaltsevich | Belarus | o | o | xo | xxx | | 3.95 | |
| 17 | B | Clara Amat | Spain | xo | o | xo | xxx | | 3.95 | |
| 18 | A | Yeoryía Stefanídi | Greece | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | 3.95 | |
| 18 | B | Buse Arikazan | Turkey | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | 3.95 | NJ |
| 20 | A | Sydney White | United States | o | o | xxx | | | 3.85 | |
| 21 | A | Diamara Planell | Puerto Rico | xo | o | xxx | | | 3.85 | |
| 21 | A | Enna Hassinen | Finland | xo | o | xxx | | | 3.85 | |
| 21 | B | Paris McCathrion | Australia | xo | o | xxx | | | 3.85 | |
| 24 | A | Maialen Axpe | Spain | xo | xo | xxx | | | 3.85 | |
| 25 | B | Alysha Newman | Canada | o | xxx | | | | 3.65 | |
| | B | Jasmine Moser | Switzerland | xxx | | | | | NM | |
| | B | Katie Byres | Great Britain | – | – | – | xxx | | NM | |
| | B | Olga Zyuzina | Ukraine | – | xxx | | | | NM | |
| | A | Choi Yee-un | South Korea | xxx | | | | | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 3.80 | 3.95 | 4.05 | 4.15 | 4.20 | 4.25 | 4.30 | 4.35 | 4.40 | 4.45 | 4.50 | 4.60 | Result | Notes |
| | Angelica Bengtsson | Sweden | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | – | – | xo | xxx | 4.50 | CR |
| | Liz Parnov | Australia | – | – | – | – | xxo | – | o | – | | | | | 4.30 | |
| | Roberta Bruni | Italy | – | – | xo | xxo | xxo | xxx | | | | | | | 4.20 | |
| 4 | Kira Grünberg | Austria | xxo | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | | 4.15 | NJ |
| 4 | Anjuli Knäsche | Germany | o | xo | xo | o | xx- | x | | | | | | | 4.15 | |
| 6 | Emily Grove | United States | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | | | 4.15 | |
| 7 | Alissa Söderberg | Sweden | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | | | | 4.15 | |
| 8 | Xu Huiqin | China | – | – | o | xxx | | | | | | | | | 4.05 | |
| 9 | Lilli Schnitzerling | Germany | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | | | | | | | 3.95 | |
| 10 | Reena Koll | Estonia | o | xxx | | | | | | | | | | | 3.80 | |
| | Natalya Demidenko | Russia | – | – | xxx | | | | | | | | | | NM | |
| | Ganna Shelekh | Ukraine | – | – | – | xxx | | | | | | | | | NM | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (2)
* Austria (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Canada (1)
* China (1)
* Estonia (1)
* Finland (1)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (1)
* Italy (2)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Russia (2)
* South Korea (1)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Turkey (2)
* Ukraine (2)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)