Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's pole vault


The women's pole vault competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held at the Olympic Stadium on 4–6 August.
In the qualifying round, the 12 competitors who cleared 4.55 went into the final. Non-qualifiers included junior record holder Angelica Bengtsson, former world record holder Svetlana Feofanova and reigning world champion Fabiana Murer.
Wind and rain made conditions difficult in the final. The Gold medal was won by Jennifer Suhr who cleared 4.75, silver by Yarisley Silva who also cleared 4.75, but had one more missed attempt at a lower height and bronze by reigning champion Elena Isinbaeva who cleared 4.70.

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete had three attempts at each height and was eliminated if they failed to clear any height. Athletes who successfully jumped the qualifying height moved on the final. If fewer than 12 reached that height, the best 12 moved on. Cleared heights reset for the final, which followed the same three-attempts-per-height format until all athletes reached a height they could not jump.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time
DateTimeRound
Saturday, 4 August 201210:20Qualifications
Monday, 6 August 201219:00Finals

Records

, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record5.06 mZurich, Switzerland28 August 2009
Olympic record5.05 mBeijing, China18 August 2008
2012 World leading4.83 mChampaign, United States7 July 2012

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 4.60m or at least best 12 qualified.
RankGroupNameNationality4.104.254.404.504.55ResultNotes
1BYelena Isinbayeva–––oo4.55q
1AYarisley Silva–––oo4.55q
1AJennifer Suhr––––o4.55q
4ALisa Ryzih––oxoo4.55q
5BAnna Rogowska––xoxoo4.55q
6BSilke Spiegelburg–––oxo4.55q
7AHolly Bleasdale––xooxo4.55q
7AVanessa Boslak–oxooxo4.55q
7AMartina Strutz–ooxoxo4.55q
10BBecky Holliday–xoxxooxo4.55q
11AAlana Boyd–oxxoxxoxo4.55q
12BJiřina Ptáčníková––xoxoxxo4.55q
13BStélla-Iró Ledákixxooxooxxx4.50
14BFabiana Murer–––xoxxx4.50
15BLacy Janson–ooxxx4.40
15AMonika Pyrek–ooxxx4.40
17AAnastasiya Shvedova–xoo–xxx4.40
18AJillian Schwartzoxxooxxx4.40
19ATomomi Abikoooxxx4.25
19AAngelica Bengtsson–oxxx4.25
19BMélanie Blouinooxxx4.25
19BNikoleta Kyriakopoulou–oxxx4.25
19ATina Šutejooxxx4.25
24AKaterina Stefanidixooxxx4.25
25BNicole Büchlerxxooxxx4.25
26BKate Dennison–xoxxx4.25
26BNataliya Mazuryk–xoxxx4.25
26AMinna Nikkanenoxoxxx4.25
26AAnastasia Savchenko–xoxxx4.25
30ALi Ling–xxoxxx4.25
31AChoi Yun-Heexoxxx4.10
31AMaria Leonor Tavaresxoxxx4.10
33BMarion Lotoutxxoxxx4.10
33AGanna Shelekhxxo–xxx4.10
BDailis CaballeroxxxNM
BSvetlana Feofanova––xx–xNM
BCaroline Bonde HolmxxxNM
BLiz ParnovxxxNM
BTori PenaxxxNM

Final