The women's pole vault at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 17, 2016.Start list Jennifer Suhr of the United States won gold.
The men's and women's pole vault competition were the only events on the opening day. They were conducted simultaneously with two parallel runways down the center of the arena. The women's entrants included eight of the top 20 vaulters in history, most of them peaking in the weeks before the competition. One day after her 35th birthday, Fabiana Murer improved upon the listed Masters W35 world record by clearing 4.60. At 4.70, Eliza McCartney set her indoor New Zealand National Record, but barely a footnote considering she had cleared 4.80 at her outdoor national championships just 12 days earlier. She passed her next jump to that same 4.80 mark. At 4.75, the world record holder (improved earlier this season) Jenn Suhr took only her second attempt of the competition to tie for the lead with Ekaterini Stefanidi, who had jumped clean at five heights. Nicole Büchler missed twice at 4.75 and took her final attempt at 4.80 for a Swiss National Record. Sandi Morris and Stefanidi also cleared 4.80 on their first attempts while Suhr passed. At 4.85, Stefanidi and Büchler both failed their first attempts, while Morris and Suhr were successful. Stefanidi and Büchler took their remaining attempts at 4.90 but failed. Suhr cleared 4.90 on her first attempt while Morris failed on her first two attempts and passed to 4.95 which she also missed. Assured of the gold medal Suhr did not take any further attempts. Morris took the silver and Stefanidi won the bronze on countback.
Records
Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld record5.02Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States2 March 2013Championship record4.86Budapest, Hungary6 March 2004World Leading5.03Brockport, New York, United States30 January 2016African record4.41Birmingham, Great Britain20 February 2000Asian record4.70Doha, Qatar19 February 2016European record5.01Stockholm, Sweden23 February 2012North and Central American and Caribbean record5.02Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States2 March 2013Oceanian Record4.72Donetsk, Ukraine10 February 2007South American record4.83Nevers, France7 February 2015
Qualification standards IndoorOutdoor4.71
Schedule Date Time Round17 March 2016 19:05 Final
Results The final was started at 19:05.Final results
Rank Name Nationality 4.35 4.50 4.60 4.70 4.75 4.80 4.85 4.90 4.95 Result Notes Jennifer Suhr – – o – o – o o 4.90 CR Sandi Morris – o o o xo o o xx– x 4.85 Katerina Stefanidi – o o o o o x– xx 4.80 4 Nicole Büchler – o xxo xxo xx- o x– xx 4.80 5 Eliza McCartney – o – xo – xxx 4.70 6 Fabiana Murer – o o xxx 4.60 6 Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou – o o xxx 4.60 8 Romana Maláčová xo o xxx 4.50 Marta Onofre xxx Alana Boyd
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