The women's pole vault at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 March 2018.Start list
Summary With only 12 entrants, no preliminary round was held. Six women cleared 4.70 m, with Anzhelika Sidorova remaining perfect, and Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi using it as her opening height. Sidorova passed at 4.75 m, while Eliza McCartney then Sandi Morris cleared on their first attempts, Morris taking the lead on fewer misses. Stefanidi cleared on her second attempt to take over third place, so Katie Nageotte passed, while Alysha Newman took her three misses and exited. Sidorova retook the lead, clearing 4.80 m, while Morris and Stefanidi cleared it on their last attempts. McCartney and Nageotte exited. Morris and Stefanidi missed their first attempts then passed after Sidorova remained perfect over 4.85 m. With only two attempts left, Morris cleared on her last attempt at 4.90 m to stay in the competition. Stefanidi missed and settled for the bronze. Sidorova cleared on her third attempt but relinquished the lead. At a championship record , neither could get over on their first two attempts, but then Morris cleared on her final attempt, which turned into gold when Sidorova missed her third. Still in the competition, Morris had the bar raised to a world record . Surrounded by the drama of the men's 60 metres, Morris made two credible attempts at the record, the last more than 3 hours and 15 minutes after warming up at the beginning of the competition.
Records Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld record5.02Albuquerque, United States2 March 2013Championship record4.90Portland, United States17 March 2016World Leading4.91Albuquerque, United States18 February 2018African record4.41Birmingham, Great Britain20 February 2000Asian record4.70Doha, Qatar19 February 2016European record5.01Stockholm, Sweden23 February 2012North and Central American and Caribbean record5.02Albuquerque, United States2 March 2013Oceanian record4.72Donetsk, Ukraine10 February 2007South American record4.83Nevers, France7 February 2015
Results The final was started at 18:00.Final results
Rank Athlete Nationality 4.35 4.50 4.60 4.70 4.75 4.80 4.85 4.90 4.95 5.04 Result Notes Sandi Morris – o o xo o xxo x– xo xxo xxx 4.95 CR, WL Anzhelika Sidorova – – o o – o o xxo xxx 4.90 PB – – – o xo xxo x– xx 4.80 Eliza McCartney o xo o xxo o xxx 4.75 Katie Nageotte – xo o xo x– xx 4.70 Alysha Newman o o xxo xxo xxx 4.70 Yarisley Silva o xo o xxx 4.60 SB Nina Kennedy xo xo o xxx 4.60 Olga Mullina o xo xxo xxx 4.60 PB 10 Ninon Guillon-Romarin o o xxx 4.50 11 Angelica Bengtsson o xo xxx 4.50 SB Lisa Ryzih – xxx
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