European Athletics Championships 2010 / Women's pole vault

20th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Pole vault
gender	Women
Attendees	25 athletes from 18 countries
venue	Barcelona
Competition location	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Competition phase	July 28th (qualification) July 30th (final)
Medalists Svetlana Feofanowa ( RUS )   Silke Spiegelburg ( GER )   Lisa Ryzih ( GER )

The Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona in 2007

The women's pole vault at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held on July 28th and 30th, 2010 at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in the city of Barcelona .

With silver and bronze, the German pole vaulters won two medals in this competition. The European champion was the world champion from 2003 , vice world champion from 2001 , World Cup third from 2007 , Olympic runner-up from 2004 , Olympic third from 2008 and European champion from 2002 Svetlana Feofanova . Silver went to Silke Spiegelburg . Lisa Ryzih took third place .

Existing records

World record	5.06 m	Elena Isinbayeva	Zurich Switzerland	August 28, 2009
European record
Championship record	4.80 m		EM Gothenburg , Sweden	August 12, 2006

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Legend

Brief overview of the meaning of the symbols - also commonly used in other publications:

-	waived
O	skipped
x	invalid

qualification

July 28, 2010, 10:30 a.m.

25 participants competed in two groups for the qualification round. The qualification height for the direct entry into the final was 4.40 m. Six athletes exceeded this mark (highlighted in light blue). The final field was filled with the six next-placed athletes who had jumped 4.35 m to twelve jumpers (highlighted in light green). For some participants it was already becoming apparent that they were qualified for the final with 4.35 m. They then decided not to continue the competition.

Group A

Naroa Agirre - 4.25 m was not enough for the final

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	3.95 m	4.05 m	4.15 m	4.25 m	4.35 m	4.40 m
1	Svetlana Feofanova	Russia	4.40	-	-	-	-	-	O
	Silke Spiegelburg	Germany	4.40	-	-	-	-	-	O
3	Kate Dennison	Great Britain	4.35	-	-	O	O	O	x - -
	Tina Šutej	Slovenia	4.35	-	O	O	O	O	-
5	Lisa Ryzih	Germany	4.35	-	-	-	-	xo	x - -
6th	Cathrine Larsåsen	Norway	4.35 NO	-	xo	O	xxo	xo	x - -
7th	Naroa Agirre	Spain	4.25	-	xo	O	O	xxx
8th	Marianna Zachariadou	Cyprus	4.25	-	xo	O	xo	xxx
9	Romana Maláčová	Czech Republic	4.25	-	O	O	xxo	xxx
10	Tori Pena	Ireland	4.15 NO	O	xo	xo	xxx
11	Elena Scarpellini	Italy	4.05	-	O	-	xxx
12	Sandra-Helena Homo	Portugal	3.95	O	-	xxx

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  Marianna Zachariadou scored 4.25 m and was not in the final

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  Romana Maláčová retired with her 4.25 m in the qualification

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  Tori Pena - 4.15 m was not enough to make it into the final

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  With 4.05 m Elena Scarpellini had no chance of participating in the final

Group B

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	3.95 m	4.05 m	4.15 m	4.25 m	4.35 m	4.40 m
1	Jiřina Ptáčníková	Czech Republic	4.40	-	-	-	O	-	O
2	Yulia Golubchikova	Russia	4.40	-	-	-	O	-	xo
	Carolin Hingst	Germany	4.40	-	-	-	-	-	xo
4th	Anastassija Schwedawa	Belarus	4.40	-	-	-	xo	O	xo
5	Minna Nikkanen	Finland	4.35	-	O	O	xo	O	x - -
6th	Anna Katharina Schmid	Switzerland	4.35 NO	-	xo	O	xxo	xxo	x - -
7th	Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou	Greece	4.25	-	-	O	O	xxx
8th	Afrodíti Skafída	Greece	4.25	xo	xxo	xxo	xxo	xxx
9	Hanna-Mia Persson	Sweden	4.15	-	O	O	xxx
	Anna María Pinero	Spain	4.15	-	O	O	xxx
11	Caroline Bonde Holm	Denmark	4.15	-	O	xo	xxx
12	Maria Leonor Tavares	Portugal	4.05	O	xo	xxx
NM	Denise Groot	Netherlands	ogV	-	xxx

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  Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou jumped 4.25 m, which was not enough for the final qualification

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  Maria Leonor Tavares did not get more than 4.05 m and thus failed in the qualification

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  Denise Groot remained in the qualification without a valid attempt

final

July 30, 2010, 6:30 p.m.

Although Yelena Issinbajewa, the dominant pole vaulter, did not take part in the European championships, thanks to Svetlana Feofanova , the European Championship title went to Russia after all, with the world record holder, defending champion, 2008 Olympic champion and 2007 world champion . The two Germans Silke Spiegelburg and Lisa Ryzih won the silver and bronze.

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	4.15 m	4.25 m	4.35 m	4.55 m	4.55 m	4.65 m	4.70 m	4.75 m
1	Svetlana Feofanova	Russia	4.70	-	-	-	O	-	O	xo	O
2	Silke Spiegelburg	Germany	4.65	-	-	-	O	O	O	xx–	x
3	Lisa Ryzih	Germany	4.65	-	-	xo	-	xxo	O	xx–	x
4th	Anastassija Schwedawa	Belarus	4.65 NO	-	O	xo	xo	O	xo	xxx
5	Jiřina Ptáčníková	Czech Republic	4.65	-	O	-	O	O	xxo	xxx
6th	Kate Dennison	Great Britain	4.55	-	O	O	O	xo	xxx
7th	Yulia Golubchikova	Russia	4.55	-	O	-	xo	xo	xxx
8th	Cathrine Larsåsen	Norway	4.35 NRe	O	xo	O	xxx
9	Minna Nikkanen	Finland	4.35	O	xo	xo	xxx
10	Tina Šutej	Slovenia	4.35	xxo	xo	xo	xxx
11	Carolin Hingst	Germany	4.35	-	-	xxo		xxx
NM	Anna Katharina Schmid	Switzerland	ogV	xxx

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  After many great successes since 2001, Svetlana Feofanova became European champion for the second time

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  Vice European Champion Silke Spiegelburg

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  Bronze medalist Lisa Ryzih

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  Jiřina Ptáčníková finished fifth

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  Cathrine Larsåsen (center) set the Norwegian national record twice and came in eighth

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  The ninth placed Minna Nikkanen

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  Tina Šutej came in tenth place

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  Carolin Hingst reached eleventh place

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Barcelona 2010 at european-athletics.org, accessed January 3, 2020
• European Championship 2010 Barcelona, ​​Women Pole Vault on todor66.com, accessed January 3, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2010 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on January 3, 2020
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women Pole Vault European Championship 2010 Barcelona, ​​p. 507 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on January 3, 2020
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2010, pole vault women on sportschau.de, accessed on January 3, 2020
• 20th European Athletics Championships 2010 in Barcelona, ​​Spain from ifosta.de, accessed on January 3, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Pole vault women , accessed January 3, 2020