# 2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's pole vault

The women's pole vault at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 27 to 29 September 2019.

## Summary

During qualifications, 17 women made it to the final by clearing 4.60 m. In the final, they started at 4.50 m but jumped next to 4.70 m, taking the field down to a dozen, nine still with clean rounds. At 4.80 m, six were over, but only Anzhelika Sidorova and Sandi Morris were still clean. At 4.85 m, defending and Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi missed once, while Morris and Sidorova remained clean. Angelica Bengtsson, Alysha Newman, and Holly Bradshaw could not get over the bar. Bradshaw saved one attempt for 4.90 m but missed, and then Stefanidi missed. When Morris and Sidorova cleared on their first attempts, Stefanidi saved her two remaining attempts for 4.95 m. At this height, only three women had ever cleared 4.95 m (16 ft 2+3⁄4 in), one of them Morris, who had done it four times. Through the first two rounds of attempts, nobody cleared, eliminating Stefanidi with the bronze. On her final attempt, Morris missed. Then, Sidorova cleared. The tie was broken, and Sidorova became only the fourth woman in history to clear 4.95 m.
Morris congratulated her opponent after the winning vault, an act which earned her a place on the shortlist for the International Fair Play Award that year.
The final is noted as one of the best finals in the history of the World Championships. Six women cleared 4.80 m, a record for the event. Prior to 2019, the maximum number of women who cleared 4.80 m in a World Championship final was three, in 2013 and 2015. In fact, the winning height of 4.95 m would have won all previous World Championships except for 2005 when Yelena Isinbayeva won with a then-world record of 5.01 m.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
| World | 5.06 | Yelena Isinbayeva | RUS | 28 Aug 2009 | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Championship | 5.01 | Yelena Isinbayeva | RUS | 12 Aug 2005 | Helsinki, Finland |
| World leading | 4.91 | Jennifer Suhr | USA | 30 Mar 2019 | Austin, United States |
| African | 4.42 | Elmarie Gerryts | RSA | 12 Jun 2000 | Wesel, Germany |
| Asian | 4.72 | Li Ling | CHN | 18 May 2019 | Shanghai, China |
| NACAC | 5.02 i | Jennifer Suhr | USA | 2 Mar 2013 | Albuquerque, United States |
| South American | 4.87 | Fabiana Murer | BRA | 3 Jul 2016 | São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil |
| European | 5.06 | Yelena Isinbayeva | RUS | 28 Aug 2009 | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Oceanian | 4.94 | Eliza McCartney | NZL | 17 Jul 2018 | Jockgrim, Germany |

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 27 September | 17:30 | Qualification |
| 29 September | 20:01 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: 4.60 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 4.20 | 4.35 | 4.50 | 4.55 | 4.60 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Holly Bradshaw | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | – | – | – | – | o | 4.60 | Q |
| 1 | B | Sandi Morris | United States (USA) | – | – | o | – | o | 4.60 | Q |
| 1 | A | Katie Nageotte | United States (USA) | – | – | o | – | o | 4.60 | Q |
| 1 | A | Alysha Newman | Canada (CAN) | – | o | o | – | o | 4.60 | Q |
| 1 | B | Katerina Stefanidi | Greece (GRE) | – | – | – | – | o | 4.60 | Q |
| 1 | A | Anzhelika Sidorova | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | – | – | – | – | o | 4.60 | Q |
| 1 | A | Iryna Zhuk | Belarus (BLR) | – | o | o | – | o | 4.60 | Q |
| 8 | A | Nikoleta Kiriakopoulou | Greece (GRE) | – | – | xo | – | o | 4.60 | Q |
| 8 | B | Yarisley Silva | Cuba (CUB) | – | – | o | xo | o | 4.60 | Q |
| 10 | A | Li Ling | China (CHN) | – | o | xxo | – | o | 4.60 | Q |
| 11 | A | Angelica Moser | Switzerland (SUI) | o | o | o | o | xo | 4.60 | Q |
| 11 | B | Robeilys Peinado | Venezuela (VEN) | o | o | o | o | xo | 4.60 | Q |
| 11 | B | Jennifer Suhr | United States (USA) | – | – | – | – | xo | 4.60 | Q |
| 14 | A | Lisa Ryzih | Germany (GER) | – | o | xo | – | xo | 4.60 | Q |
| 15 | B | Angelica Bengtsson | Sweden (SWE) | – | – | o | – | xxo | 4.60 | Q |
| 16 | B | Ninon Guillon-Romarin | France (FRA) | – | o | xo | – | xxo | 4.60 | Q |
| 17 | B | Tina Šutej | Slovenia (SLO) | o | o | o | xxo | xxo | 4.60 | Q |
| 18 | B | Nicole Büchler | Switzerland (SUI) | – | o | xo | xo | xxx | 4.55 | SB |
| 19 | B | Xu Huiqin | China (CHN) | – | o | o | xxx | | 4.50 | |
| 20 | A | Fanny Smets | Belgium (BEL) | o | xo | o | xxx | | 4.50 | |
| 21 | A | Maryna Kylypko | Ukraine (UKR) | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 4.50 | |
| 22 | B | Kelsie Ahbe | Canada (CAN) | o | o | xxx | | | 4.35 | |
| 22 | A | Romana Maláčová | Czech Republic (CZE) | o | o | xxx | | | 4.35 | |
| 22 | A | Wilma Murto | Finland (FIN) | o | o | xxx | | | 4.35 | |
| 25 | A | Michaela Meijer | Sweden (SWE) | xo | o | xxx | | | 4.35 | |
| 25 | B | Lene Onsrud Retzius | Norway (NOR) | xo | o | xxx | | | 4.35 | |
| 27 | B | Alyona Lutkovskaya | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | o | xo | xxx | | | 4.35 | |
| 28 | B | Liz Parnov | Australia (AUS) | xo | xo | xxx | | | 4.35 | |
| 29 | A | Roberta Bruni | Italy (ITA) | o | xxo | xxx | | | 4.35 | |
| 29 | B | Irina Ivanova | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | o | xxo | xxx | | | 4.35 | |
| 31 | A | Killiana Heymans | Netherlands (NED) | o | xxx | | | | 4.20 | |
| | B | Katharina Bauer | Germany (GER) | xxx | | | | | NH | |

### Final

The final was started on 29 September at 20:01.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.50 | 4.70 | 4.80 | 4.85 | 4.90 | 4.95 | Mark | Notes |
| | Anzhelika Sidorova | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | o | o | o | o | o | xxo | 4.95 | WL, PB |
| | Sandi Morris | United States (USA) | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 4.90 | SB |
| | Katerina Stefanidi | Greece (GRE) | o | o | xo | xo | x- | xx | 4.85 | SB |
| 4 | Holly Bradshaw | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | o | o | xo | xx- | x | | 4.80 | |
| 5 | Alysha Newman | Canada (CAN) | xo | o | xo | xxx | | | 4.80 | |
| 6 | Angelica Bengtsson | Sweden (SWE) | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | | | 4.80 | =NR |
| 7 | Katie Nageotte | United States (USA) | o | o | xxx | | | | 4.70 | |
| 7 | Robeilys Peinado | Venezuela (VEN) | o | o | xxx | | | | 4.70 | =NR |
| 7 | Jenn Suhr | United States (USA) | – | o | xxx | | | | 4.70 | |
| 7 | Iryna Zhuk | Belarus (BLR) | o | o | xx- | x | | | 4.70 | =NR |
| 11 | Yarisley Silva | Cuba (CUB) | xxo | o | xxx | | | | 4.70 | |
| 12 | Ninon Guillon-Romarin | France (FRA) | o | xo | xxx | | | | 4.70 | |
| 13 | Nikoleta Kiriakopoulou | Greece (GRE) | o | xxx | | | | | 4.50 | |
| 13 | Li Ling | China (CHN) | o | x- | xx | | | | 4.50 | |
| 13 | Angelica Moser | Switzerland (SUI) | o | xxx | | | | | 4.50 | |
| 13 | Tina Šutej | Slovenia (SLO) | o | xxx | | | | | 4.50 | |
| 17 | Lisa Ryzih | Germany (GER) | xo | xxx | | | | | 4.50 | |