European Athletics Championships 2012 / Women's pole vault

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21st European Athletics Championships
Logo of the 21st European Athletics Championships
discipline Pole vault
gender Women
Attendees 29 athletes from 21 countries
venue FinlandFinland Helsinki
Competition location Olympic Stadium
Competition phase June 28th (qualification)
June 30th (final)
Medalists
gold medal Jiřina Ptáčníková ( CZE ) Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
Silver medal Martina Strutz ( GER ) GermanyGermany 
Bronze medal Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou ( GRE ) GreeceGreece 
The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The women's pole vault at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held on June 28th and 30th, 2012 in the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital Helsinki .

The European champion was the Czech Jiřina Ptáčníková . The German vice world champion from 2011 Martina Strutz won the silver medal. The Greek Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou came in third place.

Existing records

World record 5.06 m RussiaRussia 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

June 28, 2012, 9:05 am

29 participants competed in two groups for the qualification round. The height for the direct entry into the final was 4.45 m. One athlete skipped this mark (highlighted in light blue). Many of the other athletes gave up their possibly outstanding attempts over 4.45 m when it was clear that 4.40 m would be enough for qualification. The eleven athletes placed next completed the final field (highlighted in light green). They all jumped four feet.

Group A

space Surname nation Result (noun) 3.80 m 3.95 m 4.05 m 4.15 m 4.25 m 4.35 m 4.40 m 4.45 m
1 Jiřina Ptáčníková Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 4.45 - - - - - O - O
2 Martina Strutz GermanyGermany Germany 4.40 - - - - O O O x–
3 Katerina Stefanidi GreeceGreece Greece 4.40 - - - O xo O O x–
Alexandra Kirjaschowa RussiaRussia Russia 4.40 - - - - xo O O x–
Anastassija Schwedawa Belarus 1995Belarus Belarus 4.40 - - - - O xo O x–
6th Vanessa Boslak FranceFrance France 4.40 - - - - O xo xo x–
7th Jillian Schwartz IsraelIsrael Israel 4.40 - - - xo O xxo xo x–
8th Angelica Bengtsson SwedenSweden Sweden 4.40 - - - O xo O xxo -
Lisa Ryzih GermanyGermany Germany 4.40 - - - - - xo xxo x–
10 Minna Nikkanen FinlandFinland Finland 4.25 - - xxo - xxo xxx
11 Caroline Bonde Holm SwedenSweden Sweden 4.15 - - xo xo xxx
12 Anna María Pinero SpainSpain Spain 4.15 - xo - xxo xxx
13 Gina Reuland LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg 3.80 xo xxx
NM Nicole Büchler SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland ogV - - - xxx

  • Minna Nikkanen did not reach the final with her 4.25 m

  • Nicole Büchler remained in the qualification without a valid attempt

Group B

space Surname nation Result (noun) 3.80 m 3.95 m 4.05 m 4.15 m 4.25 m 4.35 m 4.40 m 4.45 m
1 Anastassija Savchenko RussiaRussia Russia 4.40 - - - - O - O xxx
Silke Spiegelburg GermanyGermany Germany 4.40 - - - - - - O xxx
3 Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou GreeceGreece Greece 4.40 - - - - xo O O xxx
4th Stélla-Iró Ledáki GreeceGreece Greece 4.35 - - O O O O xxx
Monika Pyrek PolandPoland Poland 4.35 - - - - O O xxx
6th Nataliya Mazuryk UkraineUkraine Ukraine 4.35 - - - O xo xo xxx
7th Tori Pena IrelandIreland Ireland 4.35 - - - O O xxo xxx
8th Maria Leonor Tavares PortugalPortugal Portugal 4.25 - O O xo O xxx
9 Romana Maláčová Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 4.25 - - O xo xo xxx
10 Sally Peake United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 4.15 - O O O xxx
Cathrine Larsåsen NorwayNorway Norway 4.15 - - O O xxx
12 Tina Šutej SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 4.15 - - xxo xxo xxx
13 Naroa Agirre SpainSpain Spain 4.05 O - xo xxx
14th Malin Dahlström SwedenSweden Sweden 3.95 - O - xxx
15th Lembi Vaher EstoniaEstonia Estonia 3.95 O xxo xxx

  • Monika Pyrek - 4.35 m and therefore not in the final

  • Tori Pena - 4.35 m and therefore not in the final

  • Maria Leonor Tavares - 4.25 m and therefore not in the final

  • Romana Maláčová - 4.25 m and therefore not in the final

  • Sally Peake - 4.15 m and therefore not in the final

  • Cathrine Larsåsen (center) - 4.15 m and therefore not in the final

  • Tina Šutej - 4.15 m and therefore not in the final

  • Naroa Agirre - 4.05 m and therefore not in the final

final

Jiřina Ptáčníková, later Jiřina Svobodová, became European champion

June 30, 2012, 7:15 p.m.

space Surname nation Result (noun) 4.10 m 4.30 m 4.40 m 4.50 m 4.55 m 4.60 m 4.65 m 4.70 m
1 Jiřina Ptáčníková Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 4.60 - O - O - O xxx
2 Martina Strutz GermanyGermany Germany 4.60 - xo O O - xo xxx
3 Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou GreeceGreece Greece 4.60 - xxo O xo - xxo - xxx
4th Anastassija Savchenko RussiaRussia Russia 4.50 - - O O - xxx
Silke Spiegelburg GermanyGermany Germany 4.50 - O - O - xxx
6th Vanessa Boslak FranceFrance France 4.50 - O - xo - xxx
7th Lisa Ryzih GermanyGermany Germany 4.40 - - xo - xxx
8th Alexandra Kirjaschowa RussiaRussia Russia 4.40 - O xxo - xxx
9 Anastassija Schwedawa Belarus 1995Belarus Belarus 4.40 - xxo xxo xxx
10 Angelica Bengtsson SwedenSweden Sweden 4.30 xo O xxx
11 Jillian Schwartz IsraelIsrael Israel 4.10 xo xxx
NM Katerina Stefanidi GreeceGreece Greece ogV xxx

  • Martina Strutz - 2011 Vice World Champion and now Vice European Champion

  • Bronze medalist Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou

  • Anastassija Savchenko - in fourth place

  • Silke Spiegelburg, Vice European Champion from 2010 , just missed a medal with her shared fourth place, as so often in her career

  • Vanessa Boslak finished sixth

  • Lisa Ryzih, who was third in the 2010 European Championship , came seventh this time

  • Angelica Bengtsson reached eleventh place

  • The eleventh placed Jillian Schwartz

  • Katerina Stefanidi - later very successful as Olympic champion, world champion and two-time European champion - remained without a valid attempt in this final

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References and comments

  1. ↑ IAAF world records. Pole Vault Women , accessed January 27, 2020