The women's pole vault at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 24 and 26 August.Start list 2013 Champion and world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva did not defend her title having given birth to her first child in 2014.

Fourteen athletes qualified at 4.55, but two were unable to get over the opening height of 4.50 in the finals. Minna Nikkanen set her National Record at 4.60, but there were still seven in at 4.70, five of them with clean rounds to that point making for a five-way tie including Angelica Bengtsson's National Record and returning silver medalist Jenn Suhr, who had confidently passed to 4.60. 4.80 decided the medalists with Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou taking it on the first attempt to take over the lead. 2011 champion Fabiana Murer took it on her second attempt and was ahead of Yarisley Silva who had struggled earlier at 4.70. Both Silva and Murer made 4.85 on their first attempt, giving Murer the lead. Murer also again equalled her own South American record. Kyriakopoulou missed at what would have been her National Record. Having no strategic advantage to clearing it with one miss, she passed to 4.90. Everybody missed their first two attempts at 4.90, making Kyriakopoulou the bronze medalist. On her final attempt, Silva made it, to leap past Murer into gold medal position. Murer was unable to answer on her final attempt and had to settle for silver. Murer was pleased to win a medal in Beijing seven years after the 2008 Olympics, where she underperformed following her poles being misplaced by the organization, and became optimistic for the 2016 Summer Olympics at her own Brazil, when she will have to set a masters world record to be in the medal hunt.

Records Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

World record5.06Zürich, Switzerland28 August 2009Championship record5.01Helsinki, Finland12 August 2005World leading4.91Beckum, Germany2 August 2015African record4.42Wesel, Germany12 June 2000Asian record4.66Wuhan, China6 June 2015North, Central American and Caribbean record4.92Eugene, OR, United States6 July 2008South American record4.85San Fernando, Spain4 June 2010European record5.06Zürich, Switzerland28 August 2009Oceanian record4.76Perth, Australia24 February 2012

Qualification standards Entry standards 4.50

Schedule Date Time Round24 August 2015 09:30 Qualification26 August 2015 19:00 Final

Results KEY:QQualifiedq12 best performersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Qualification Qualification: 4.60 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).Qualification results

Rank Group Name Nationality 4.15 4.30 4.45 4.55 Mark Notes 1 B Angelica Bengtsson – o o o 4.55 1 A Fabiana Murer – – – o 4.55 1 B Holly Bradshaw – o o o 4.55 , 1 A Martina Strutz – o o o 4.55 1 A – – o o 4.55 6 B Lisa Ryzih – – xo o 4.55 6 B Minna Nikkanen o o xo o 4.55 6 A Michaela Meijer o o xo o 4.55 , 9 B Jenn Suhr – – – xo 4.55 9 B Yarisley Silva – – o xo 4.55 11 A Li Ling – o o xxo 4.55 11 A Sandi Morris – o o xxo 4.55 11 B Alana Boyd – – o xxo 4.55 11 B Anzhelika Sidorova – – o xxo 4.55 15 B Katerina Stefanidi – xo o xxx 4.45 16 A Naroa Agirre xo xxo o xxx 4.45 17 A Nicole Büchler – o xxo xxx 4.45 17 A Silke Spiegelburg – o xxo xxx 4.45 19 B Demi Payne – o xxx 4.30 20 A Tori Pena xo o xxx 4.30 21 B Femke Pluim – xo xxx 4.30 21 A Marion Lotout – xo xxx 4.30 23 A Robeilys Peinado xo xo xxx 4.30 24 B Malin Dahlström o xxx 4.15 25 B Angelica Moser xxo xxx 4.15 25 B Ren Mengqian xxo xxx 4.15 A Jiřina Ptáčníková – xxx A Nina Kennedy xxx B Tina Šutej – xxx

Final The final was started at 19:00.Final results

Rank Name Nationality 4.35 4.50 4.60 4.70 4.80 4.85 4.90 5.01 Mark Notes Yarisley Silva – o o xxo xo o xxo xxx 4.90 Fabiana Murer – o o o xo o xxx 4.85 = – o xo xo o x- xx 4.80 Sandi Morris o o o o xxx 4.70 Angelica Bengtsson o o o o xxx 4.70 Jenn Suhr – – o o xxx 4.70 Holly Bradshaw o o xo o xxx 4.70 Martina Strutz o o o xxx 4.60 Li Ling xo o o xxx 4.60 10 Minna Nikkanen xo xo o xxx 4.60 11 Alana Boyd xo o xo xxx 4.60 12 Lisa Ryzih – o xxo xxx 4.60 Anzhelika Sidorova – xxx Michaela Meijer xxx

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