The women's pole vault at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 11–13 August.Start list

Missing on her first attempt, home stadium favorite and world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva found herself in third place behind Silke Spiegelburg and Jennifer Suhr, both of whom were perfect to 4.75. Along with Yarisley Silva, who struggled with misses at several heights, these four athletes went to 4.82, where Suhr and Isinbaeva made it on their second attempts, giving Suhr the lead, Silva on her third and Spiegelburg bowed out. At 4.89, Isinbaeva moved into first place with a first attempt clearance. Suhr and then Silva failed to negotiate the same height. Isinbayeva then took three attempts at her own world record, but failed.

Records Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows. World record5.06Zürich, Switzerland28 August 2009Championship record5.01Helsinki, Finland12 August 2005World leading5.02iAAlbuquerque, NM, United States2 March 2013African record4.42Wesel, Germany12 June 2000Asian record4.64New York City, United States2 June 2007North, Central American and Caribbean record4.92Eugene, OR, United States6 July 2008South American record4.85San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain4 June 2010European record5.06Zürich, Switzerland28 August 2009Oceanian record4.65Saulheim, Germany30 June 2007

Qualification standards A resultB result 4.60 4.50

Schedule Date Time Round11 August 2013 19:10 Qualification13 August 2013 19:35 Final

Results KEY:QQualifiedq12 best performersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Qualification Qualification: 4.60 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.Qualification Results

Rank Group Name Nationality 4.15 4.30 4.45 4.55 4.60 Mark Notes 1 A Yelena Isinbayeva - - - o 4.55 q 1 A Silke Spiegelburg - - o o 4.55 q 1 B Angelina Zhuk-Krasnova - o o o 4.55 q 1 B Jiřina Ptáčníková - o o o 4.55 q 5 A Li Ling o xo o o 4.55 q, PB 6 B Anastasia Savchenko - o o xo 4.55 q 6 B Jenn Suhr - - - xo 4.55 q 8 B Lisa Ryzih - xo xxo xo 4.55 q 9 B Fabiana Murer - - - xxo 4.55 q 9 A Marion Lotout o o o xxo 4.55 q 9 A Yarisley Silva - - o xxo 4.55 q 9 A Kristina Gadschiew - o o xxo 4.55 q 13 A Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou - o o xxx 4.45 13 A Becky Holliday - o o xxx 4.45 15 B Nicole Büchler - o xo xxx 4.45 16 B Angelica Bengtsson o xo xo xxx 4.45 17 B Carolin Hingst o o xxo - xxx 4.45 18 B Tori Pena - o xxx 4.30 19 A Karla Rosa da Silva o xo xxx 4.30 A Kylie Hutson - xxx A Anna Rogowska - - xxx B Stélla-Iró Ledáki xxx

Final The final was started at 19:35.Final Results

Rank Name Nationality 4.30 4.45 4.55 4.65 4.75 4.82 4.89 5.07 Mark Notes Yelena Isinbayeva – – – xo o xo o xxx 4.89 SB Jenn Suhr – – o – o xo xxx 4.82 Yarisley Silva – – o xxo xo xxo xxx 4.82 Silke Spiegelburg – o o o o xxx 4.75 SB Fabiana Murer – – o o xxx 4.65 Anastasia Savchenko o o o o xxx 4.65 Angelina Zhuk-Krasnova o o o xo xxx 4.65 Lisa Ryzih – o xo xxx 4.55 SB Jiřina Ptáčníková o o xo xxx 4.55 10 Kristina Gadschiew o o xxx 4.45 11 Li Ling xo o xxx 4.45 12 Marion Lotout o xo xxx 4.45

References

External links Pole vault results at IAAF website