# 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's pole vault

The women's pole vault at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 10 and 12 July.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics :
| World U20 Record | Wilma Murto (FIN) | 4.71 | Zweibrücken, Germany | 31 January 2016 |
| Championship Record | Angelica Moser (SUI) | 4.55 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 21 July 2016 |
| World U20 Leading | Lisa Gunnarsson (SWE) | 4.60 | Austin, United States | 31 March 2018 |

## Results
### Qualification

The qualification round took place on 10 July, in two groups, both starting at 16:23. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 4.25 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 3.65 | 3.80 | 3.95 | 4.10 | 4.20 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Alice Moindrot | France | – | – | o | o | o | 4.20 | q |
| 1 | B | Amálie Švábíková | Czech Republic | – | – | o | o | o | 4.20 | q |
| 1 | A | Saga Andersson | Finland | – | – | o | o | o | 4.20 | q |
| 1 | B | Yelizaveta Bondarenko | Authorised Neutral Athletes | – | – | – | o | o | 4.20 | q |
| 1 | B | Wu Zuocheng | China | – | – | o | o | o | 4.20 | q, SB |
| 6 | A | Niu Chunge | China | – | – | xo | o | o | 4.20 | q, PB |
| 7 | A | Lisa Gunnarsson | Sweden | – | – | – | o | xo | 4.20 | q |
| 8 | B | Molly Caudery | Great Britain | – | – | o | xo | xo | 4.20 | q |
| 9 | B | Olivia McTaggart | New Zealand | – | o | xxo | o | xo | 4.20 | q |
| 10 | A | Rachel Baxter | United States | – | – | xo | xxo | xo | 4.20 | q |
| 11 | B | Julia Fixsen | United States | – | – | xo | o | xxx | 4.10 | q |
| 11 | B | Meritxell Benito | Spain | xo | o | o | o | xxx | 4.10 | q |
| 13 | A | Mesure Tutku Yılmaz | Turkey | – | xxo | o | o | xxx | 4.10 | |
| 13 | A | Zoe Jakob | Germany | o | xo | xo | o | xxx | 4.10 | PB |
| 15 | A | Nastja Modic | Slovenia | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 4.10 | PB |
| 16 | B | Dovilè Michelle Scheutzow | Germany | o | o | o | xxx | | 3.95 | |
| 17 | A | Alicia Raso | Spain | xo | o | o | xxx | | 3.95 | |
| 17 | B | Ariadni Adamopoulou | Greece | – | xo | o | xxx | | 3.95 | |
| 19 | A | Imogen Ayris | New Zealand | – | xxo | o | xxx | | 3.95 | |
| 20 | B | Carmen Villanueva | Venezuela | o | o | xo | xxx | | 3.95 | |
| 21 | B | Maria Roberta Gherca | Italy | o | xo | xo | xxx | | 3.95 | |
| 21 | A | Rebecca De Martin | Italy | o | xo | xo | xxx | | 3.95 | |
| 23 | B | Isabel Demarco | Brazil | – | o | xxo | xxx | | 3.95 | |
| 24 | A | Hanga Klekner | Hungary | o | o | xxx | | | 3.80 | |
| 24 | B | Anna Airault | France | – | o | xxx | | | 3.80 | |
| 26 | B | Linnea Jönsson | Sweden | o | xo | xxx | | | 3.80 | |
| 27 | A | Lauren Hyde-Cooling | Australia | o | xxx | | | | 3.65 | |
| | A | Aksana Gataullina | Authorised Neutral Athletes | – | – | – | xxx | | NH | |

### Final

The final was held on 12 July at 18:20.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 3.85 | 4.00 | 4.10 | 4.20 | 4.25 | 4.30 | 4.35 | 4.40 | 4.51 | 4.60 | Mark | Notes |
| | Amálie Švábíková | Czech Republic | – | – | xo | o | – | o | o | o | xxo | xr | 4.51 | NU20R |
| | Lisa Gunnarsson | Sweden | – | – | o | xo | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | 4.35 | |
| | Alice Moindrot | France | – | – | o | – | xxo | – | xxo | xxx | | | 4.35 | |
| 4 | Yelizaveta Bondarenko | Authorised Neutral Athletes | – | – | o | xxo | – | xxo | xxo | xxx | | | 4.35 | |
| 5 | Olivia McTaggart | New Zealand | – | o | xo | xo | – | xo | xxx | | | | 4.30 | |
| 6 | Niu Chunge | China | – | o | xo | o | o | xxx | | | | | 4.25 | PB |
| 7 | Saga Andersson | Finland | – | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | 4.20 | |
| 7 | Julia Fixsen | United States | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | 4.20 | |
| 9 | Molly Caudery | Great Britain | – | – | o | xxx | | | | | | | 4.10 | |
| 9 | Wu Zuocheng | China | – | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 4.10 | |
| 11 | Rachel Baxter | United States | – | o | xxx | | | | | | | | 4.00 | |
| 12 | Meritxell Benito | Spain | xxo | o | xxx | | | | | | | | 4.00 | |