European Athletics Championships 2014 / women's pole vault

22nd European Athletics Championships
discipline	Pole vault
gender	Women
Attendees	29 athletes from 15 countries
venue	Zurich
Competition location	Letzigrund Stadium
Competition phase	August 12th (qualification) August 14th (final)
Medalists Anselika Sidorova ( RUS )   Ekaterini Stefanidi ( GRE )   Angelina Schuk-Krasnowa ( RUS )

The Letzigrund stadium in Zurich

The pole vault women at the 2014 European Athletics Championships was on 12 and 14 August 2014 in the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich held.

With gold and bronze, the Russian pole vaulters won two medals in this competition. Anselika Sidorova became European champion . She won ahead of the Greek Ekaterini Stefanidi . Bronze went to Angelina Schuk-Krasnowa .

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
r	Competition not continued (retired)

qualification

August 12, 2014, 10:30 a.m.

29 participants competed in two groups for the qualification round. The qualification height for the direct entry into the final was 4.50 m. After thirteen athletes had jumped 4.45 m, the elimination competition was canceled, because now only one more pole vaulter would have had to be eliminated in order to get to the final field of twelve athletes. All thirteen remaining athletes were admitted to the final (highlighted in light green).

Group A

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	4.00 m	4.15 m	4.25 m	4.35 m	4.45 m
1	Carolin Hingst	Germany	4.45	-	O	O	O	O
	Jiřina Svobodová	Czech Republic	4.45	-	-	-	O	O
3	Angelica Bengtsson	Sweden	4.45	-	O	xo	xo	O
4th	Ekaterini Stefanidi	Greece	4.45	-	-	-	O	xo
5	Anselika Sidorova	Russia	4.45	-	-	-	xo	xo
6th	Marion Lotout	France	4.45	-	xxo	xo	xo	xo
7th	Naroa Agirre	Spain	4.35	O	O	xo	xxo	xxx
8th	Vanessa Boslak	France	4.25	-	-	O	xxx
	Nicole Büchler	Switzerland	4.25	-	-	O	xxx
	Sonia Malavisi	Italy	4.25	-	O	O	xxx
11	Catia Pereira	Portugal	4.00	xo	xxx
	Maria Leonor Tavares	Portugal	4.00	xo	xxx
NM	Hanna Schelech	Ukraine	ogV	-	r
	Rebeka Silhanová	Czech Republic		xxx

Pole vaulters eliminated from group A in the preliminary round:

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  Naroa Agirre - 4.35 m

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  Vanessa Boslak - 4.25 m

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  Nicole Büchler - 4.25 m

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  Sonia Malavisi - 4.25 m

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  Maria Leonor Tavares - 4.00 m

Group B

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	4.00 m	4.15 m	4.25 m	4.35 m	4.45 m
1	Minna Nikkanen	Finland	4.45	-	O	O	xo	O
	Angelina Schuk-Krasnova	Russia	4.45	-	-	-	xo	O
3	Lisa Ryzih	Germany	4.45	-	-	-	O	xo
4th	Kira Grünberg	Austria	4.45 NO	-	O	O	xo	xo
5	Alyona Lutkovskaya	Russia	4.45	-	-	O	xxo	xo
	Tina Šutej	Slovenia	4.45	-	O	xo	xo	xo
7th	Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou	Greece	4.45	-	-	-	O	xxo
8th	Marion Fiack	France	4.35	O	O	O	xo	xxx
9	Anna Katharina Schmid	Switzerland	4.35	-	xo	O	xo	xxx
10	Katharina Bauer	Germany	4.25	-	-	O	xxx
	Romana Maláčová	Czech Republic	4.25	-	O	O	xxx
12	Roberta Bruni	Italy	4.25	-	xo	O	xxx
13	Caroline Bonde Holm	Denmark	4.25	-	xo	xxo	xxx
14th	Marta Onofre	Portugal	4.15	xo	O	xxx
15th	Katrine Haarklau	Norway	4.00	xxo	xxx

Pole vaulters eliminated from group B in the preliminary round:

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  Marion Fiack - 4.35 m

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  Katharina Bauer - 4.25 m

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  Romana Maláčová - 4.25 m

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  Roberta Bruni - 4.25 m

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  Marta Onofre - 4.15 m

final

August 14, 2014, 7:19 pm

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	4.35 m	4.45 m	4.55 m	4.60 m	4.65 m	4.70 m
1	Anselika Sidorova	Russia	4.65	xo	O	O	-	xxo	r
2	Ekaterini Stefanidi	Greece	4.60	-	O	xo	xo	xxx
3	Angelina Schuk-Krasnova	Russia	4.60	-	xo	O	xxo	xxx
4th	Lisa Ryzih	Germany	4.50	-	xxo	xo	xxo	xxx
5	Angelica Bengtsson	Sweden	4.45	xxo	O	xxx
6th	Jiřina Svobodová	Czech Republic	4.45	xo	xxo	xxx
7th	Alyona Lutkovskaya	Russia	4.35	O	-	xxx
	Minna Nikkanen	Finland	4.35	O	xxx
	Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou	Greece	4.35	O	xxx
10	Tina Šutej	Slovenia	4.35	xxo	xxx
	Carolin Hingst	Germany	4.35	xxo	xxx
NM	Kira Grünberg	Austria	ogV	xxx
	Marion Lotout	France		xxx

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  European champion Anselika Sidorova

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  Vice European Champion Ekaterini Stefanidi

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  Bronze medalist
  Angelina Schuk-Krasnova

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  Lisa Ryzih finished fourth

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  Angelica Bengtsson came in fifth

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  Jiřina Svobodová came in sixth place

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  Minna Nikkanen - shared seventh place

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  Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou - shared seventh place

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  Tina Šutej was tied for tenth place

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  Carolin Hingst - shared tenth place

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  Kira Grünberg remained without a valid attempt in the final

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  Marion Lotout - in the final without a valid jump

Videos

• Angelina Zhuk-Krasnova. Pole Vault. Final. 22nd European Athletics Championships. Zurich (2014) on youtube.com, accessed on February 16, 2020
• Angelica Bengtsson. Pole Vault. 22nd European Athletics Championships. Zurich (2014) on youtube.com, accessed on February 16, 2020
• Jirina Ptacnikova. Pole Vault. 22nd European Athletics Championships. Zurich (2014) on youtube.com, accessed on February 16, 2020

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Zurich 2014 at european-athletics.org, accessed on February 16, 2020
• European Championship 2014 Zurich, Women Pole Vault on todor66.com, accessed on February 16, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2014 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on February 16, 2020
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2014, pole vault women on sportschau.de, accessed on February 16, 2020
• 22nd European Athletics Championships 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland from ifosta.de, accessed on February 16, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Pole vault women , accessed February 16, 2020