Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's pole vault


The women's pole vault competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 21–24 August.

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. Athletes start with a qualifying round. Jumping in turn, each athlete attempts to achieve the qualifying height. If they fail at three jumps in a row, they are eliminated. After a successful jump, they receive three more attempts to achieve the next height. Once all jumps have been completed, all athletes who have achieved the qualifying height go through to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieve the qualifying standard, the best 12 athletes go through. Cleared heights reset for the final, which followed the same format until all athletes fail three consecutive jumps.

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time
DateTimeRound
Saturday, 21 August 200419:00Qualification
Tuesday, 24 August 200420:55Final

Records

, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
DateEventNameNationalityResultRecord
24 AugustFinalYelena Isinbayeva4.91 m

Results

Qualifying round

Rule: Qualifying standard 4.45 or at least best 12 qualified.
RankGroupNameNationality3.804.004.154.304.404.45ResultNotes
1AMonika Pyrek--oox-o4.45Q
2APavla Hamáčková--oxxo-xo4.45Q, SB
3BAnna Rogowska--xoo-xxo4.45Q
4ASvetlana Feofanova----o-4.40q
4BKateřina Baďurová-oooo-4.40q
4BDana Cervantes--ooo-4.40q
4BYelena Isinbayeva----o-4.40q
8ANaroa Agirre-oxooo-4.40q
8BDana Ellis--oxoo-4.40q
10BÞórey Edda Elísdóttir--xoxxoo-4.40q
11BVanessa Boslak--ooxo-4.40q
12BAlejandra García-xoooxo-4.40q
13AAnzhela Balakhonova---oxxo-4.40q
14AStephanie McCann--oxoxxo-4.40q, =SB
15BSilke Spiegelburgxoxoooxxo-4.40q
16BKym Howe-oooxxx4.30
17BJillian Schwartz--xxooxxx4.30
18AAnastasiya Ivanova--oxoxx4.30
19AStacy Dragila---xoxxx4.30
19AKrisztina Molnár-ooxoxxx4.30
19AYeoryia Tsiliggiri-ooxoxxx4.30
22BCarolin Hingst--oxxoxxx4.30
23AZhao Yingying-oxoxxoxxx4.30
24AMelina Hamilton-ooxxx4.15
24AFloé Kühnert-ooxxx4.15
24ATeja Melinkoooxxx4.15
24ATanya Stefanova-ooxxx4.15
24AKellie Suttle--oxxx4.15
24BAnna Fitidouoooxxx4.15
24BNadine Rohr-ooxxx4.15
24BGao Shuying-ooxxx4.15
32BTakayo Kondo-oxxoxxx4.15
33ACarolina Torres-xoxxx4.00=SB
34AMarie Poissonnier-xxoxxx4.00
BAfroditi Skafidaxxx

Final

RankNameNationality4.004.204.404.554.654.704.754.804.854.904.91ResultNotes
Yelena Isinbayeva--ooox-x-oo-o4.91
Svetlana Feofanova--ooooxox-x-x4.75
Anna Rogowska-ooxxoooxxx4.70
Monika Pyrek-oooxxx4.55
Þórey Edda Elísdóttir-oxxoxoxx-x4.55
Vanessa Boslak-ooxxx4.40
Naroa Agirreoooxxx4.40
Dana Ellis-ooxxx4.40
Anzhela Balakhonova-ooxxx4.40
10Stephanie McCann-xooxxx4.40=SB
11Pavla Hamáčkováooxxoxxx4.40
12Kateřina Baďurováoxoxxx4.20
13Silke Spiegelburgoxxoxxx4.20
13Alejandra Garcíaoxxoxxx4.20
Dana Cervantes-xxx