2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's pole vault

The women's pole vault at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 27 to 29 September 2019.

Summary During qualifications, 17 women made it to the final by clearing 4.60 m. In the final, they started at 4.50 m but jumped next to 4.70 m, taking the field down to a dozen, nine still with clean rounds. At 4.80 m, six were over, but only Anzhelika Sidorova and Sandi Morris were still clean. At 4.85 m, defending and Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi missed once, while Morris and Sidorova remained clean. Angelica Bengtsson, Alysha Newman, and Holly Bradshaw could not get over the bar. Bradshaw saved one attempt for 4.90 m but missed, and then Stefanidi missed. When Morris and Sidorova cleared on their first attempts, Stefanidi saved her two remaining attempts for 4.95 m. At this height, only three women had ever cleared , one of them Morris, who had done it four times. Through the first two rounds of attempts, nobody cleared, eliminating Stefanidi with the bronze. On her final attempt, Morris missed. Then, Sidorova cleared. The tie was broken, and Sidorova became only the fourth woman in history to clear 4.95 m.

Morris congratulated her opponent after the winning vault, an act which earned her a place on the shortlist for the International Fair Play Award that year.Shortlist announced for International Fair Play Award. IAAF (2019-10-07). Retrieved 2019-10-19.

The final is noted as one of the best finals in the history of the World Championships. Six women cleared 4.80 m, a record for the event. Prior to 2019, the maximum number of women who cleared 4.80 m in a World Championship final was three, in 2013 and 2015. In fact, the winning height of 4.95 m would have won all previous World Championships except for 2005 when Yelena Isinbayeva won with a then-world record of 5.01 m.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

Record Athlete Date LocationWorld5.06Yelena IsinbayevaZürich, SwitzerlandChampionship5.01Yelena Isinbayeva12 Aug 2005Helsinki, FinlandWorld leading4.91Jennifer Suhr30 Mar 2019 Austin, United StatesAfrican4.42Elmarie Gerryts12 Jun 2000Wesel, GermanyAsian4.72Li Ling18 May 2019Shanghai, China NACAC5.02 Jennifer Suhr2 Mar 2013Albuquerque, United StatesSouth American4.87Fabiana Murer3 Jul 2016São Bernardo do Campo, BrazilEuropean5.06Yelena Isinbayeva28 Aug 2009Zürich, SwitzerlandOceanian4.94Eliza McCartney17 Jul 2018Jockgrim, Germany

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows: Date Time Round27 September 17:30 Qualification29 September 20:01 Final

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

Rank Group Name Nationality 4.20 4.35 4.50 4.55 4.60 Mark Notes1 A Holly Bradshaw o 4.60 B Sandi Morris o o 4.60 A Katie Nageotte o o 4.60 A Alysha Newman o o o 4.60 B Katerina Stefanidi o 4.60 A Anzhelika Sidorova o 4.60 A Iryna Zhuk o o o 4.60 8 A Nikoleta Kiriakopoulou xo o 4.60 B Yarisley Silva o xo o 4.60 10 A Li Ling o xxo o 4.60 11 A Angelica Moser o o o o xo 4.60 B Robeilys Peinado o o o o xo 4.60 B Jennifer Suhr xo 4.60 14 A Lisa Ryzih o xo xo 4.60 15 B Angelica Bengtsson o xxo 4.60 16 B Ninon Guillon-Romarin o xo xxo 4.60 17 B Tina Šutej o o o xxo xxo 4.60 18 B Nicole Büchler o xo xo xxx 4.55 19 B Xu Huiqin o o xxx 4.50 20 A Fanny Smets o xo o xxx 4.50 21 A Maryna Kylypko o o xxo xxx 4.50 22 B Kelsie Ahbe o o xxx 4.35 A Romana Maláčová o o xxx 4.35 A Wilma Murto o o xxx 4.35 25 A Michaela Meijer xo o xxx 4.35 B Lene Onsrud Retzius xo o xxx 4.35 27 B Alyona Lutkovskaya o xo xxx 4.35 28 B Liz Parnov xo xo xxx 4.35 29 A Roberta Bruni o xxo xxx 4.35 B Irina Ivanova o xxo xxx 4.35 31 A Killiana Heymans o xxx 4.20 B Katharina Bauer xxx

Final The final was started on 29 September at 20:01.

Rank Name Nationality 4.50 4.70 4.80 4.85 4.90 4.95 Mark Notes Anzhelika Sidorova o o o o o xxo 4.95 , Sandi Morris o o o o o xxx 4.90 Katerina Stefanidi o o xo xo x- xx 4.85 4Holly Bradshaw o o xo xx- x 4.80 5Alysha Newman xo o xo xxx 4.80 6Angelica Bengtsson o xxo xxo xxx 4.80 =7 Katie Nageotte o o xxx 4.70 Robeilys Peinado o o xxx 4.70 =Jenn Suhr o xxx 4.70 Iryna Zhuk o o xx- x 4.70 =11Yarisley Silva xxo o xxx 4.70 12Ninon Guillon-Romarin o xo xxx 4.70 13 Nikoleta Kiriakopoulou o xxx 4.50 Li Ling o x- xx 4.50 Angelica Moser o xxx 4.50 Tina Šutej o xxx 4.50 17Lisa Ryzih xo xxx 4.50

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