European Athletics Championships 2016 / women's pole vault

23rd European Athletics Championships
discipline	Pole vault
gender	Women
Attendees	25 athletes from 15 countries
venue	Amsterdam
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	July 7th (qualification) July 9th (final)
Medalists Ekaterini Stefanidi ( GRE )   Lisa Ryzih ( GER )   Angelica Bengtsson ( SWE )

The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam

The women's pole vault at the 2016 European Athletics Championships was held on July 7th and 9th, 2016 in the Olympic Stadium in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam .

The European champion was the Greek vice European champion from 2014 Ekaterini Stefanidi . Before the German European Championship third in 2010 she won Lisa Ryzih . Bronze went to Angelica Bengtsson from Sweden .

Records

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

Record improvement

The European champion Ekaterini Stefanidi improved the existing EM record in the final on July 9th by one centimeter to 4.81 m.

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

July 7, 2016, 9:35 am

25 participants competed in two groups for the qualification round. The qualification height for the direct entry into the final was 4.55 m. But this mark did not have to be tackled by any athlete, because after the end of the attempts over 4.45 m there were only ten athletes in the competition. The final field was filled with the next placed participants who had jumped 4.35 m without any unsuccessful attempt (highlighted in light green). In addition to the ten best jumpers, four more equally placed jumpers made it to the final on the day after next.

Group A

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	4.00 m	4.20 m	4.35 m	4.45 m
1	Femke Pluim	Netherlands	4.45	-	O	O	O
	Lisa Ryzih	Germany	4.45	-	-	-	O
3	Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou	Greece	4.45	-	-	xxo	O
4th	Michaela Meijer	Sweden	4.45	-	O	O	xo
5	Minna Nikkanen	Finland	4.45	-	xo	O	xxo
	Tina Šutej	Slovenia	4.45	-	xo	O	xxo
7th	Tori Pena	Ireland	4.35	-	xo	O	xxx
8th	Maryna Kylypko	Ukraine	4.35	-	O	xo	xxx
9	Fanny Smets	Belgium	4.35	xo	O	xo	xxx
10	Justyna Śmietanka	Poland	4.20	xxo	xo	xxx
11	Rebeka Silhanová	Czech Republic	4.00	O	xxx
12	Lisa Gunnarsson	Sweden	4.00	xo	xxx
DNS	Nicole Büchler	Switzerland

Pole vaulters eliminated from group A in qualification:

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  Tori Pena - seventh with 4.35 m

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  Maryna Kylypko - eighth with 4.35 m

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  Fanny Smets - ninth place with 4.35 m

Group B

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	4.00 m	4.20 m	4.35 m	4.45 m	4.50 m
1	Ekaterini Stefanidi	Greece	4.50	-	-	-	-	xo
2	Angelica Moser	Switzerland	4.45 NU23R	-	xo	O	O	r
	Martina Strutz	Germany	4.45	-	xo	O	O	r
4th	Angelica Bengtsson	Sweden	4.45	-	xxo	O	xo	r
5	Rianna Galiart	Netherlands	4.35	O	O	O	xxx
	Wilma Murto	Finland	4.35	-	-	O	xxx
	Annika Roloff	Germany	4.35	-	O	O	xxx
	Iryna Yakaltsevich	Belarus	4.35	O	O	O	xxx
9	Marta Onofre	Portugal	4.35	O	xo	O
10	Jiřina Ptáčníková	Czech Republic	4.35	-	-	xo	xxx
11	Sonia Malavisi	Italy	4.20	O	O	xxx
12	Chloé Henry	Belgium	4.00	xo	xxx
NM	Romana Maláčová	Czech Republic	ogV	-	xxx

Pole vaulters eliminated from group B in qualification:

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  Marta Onofre - ninth place with 4.35 m

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  Jiřina Ptáčníková - tenth place with 4.35 m

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  Sonia Malavisi - eleventh place with 4.20 m

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  Chloé Henry - twelfth place with 4.20 m

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  Romana Maláčová - without a valid attempt

final

The medalists on the podium (from left to right): Lisa Ryzih, Ekaterini Stefanidi, Angelica Bengtsson

July 9, 2016, 7:20 pm

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	4.35 m	4.45 m	4.55 m	4.65 m	4.70 m	4.75 m	4.81 m	4.94 m
1	Ekaterini Stefanidi	Greece	4.81 CR	-	-	O	O	O	-	xxo	xxx
2	Lisa Ryzih	Germany	4.70	-	-	xo	-	xo	r
3	Angelica Bengtsson	Sweden	4.65	O	O	xo	O	xxx
4th	Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou	Greece	4.55	xo	xo	O	xxx
5	Michaela Meijer	Sweden	4.55	xo	O	xo	xxx
6th	Femke Pluim	Netherlands	4.45	xo	O	xxx
7th	Angelica Moser	Switzerland	4.45 NU23Re	O	xo	xxx
	Wilma Murto	Finland	4.45	O	xo	xxx
9	Minna Nikkanen	Finland	4.45	O	xxo	xxx
10	Martina Strutz	Germany	4.45	xo	xxo	xxx
11	Annika Roloff	Germany	4.35	O	xxx
12	Iryna Yakaltsevich	Belarus	4.35	xxo	xxx
NM	Tina Šutej	Slovenia	ogV	xxx
	Rianna Galiart	Netherlands		xxx

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  Ekaterini Stefanidi - after her second place in 2014 , she has now become European champion

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  Vice European Champion Lisa Ryzih - 2010 she was EM -Third

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  Bronze medalist Angelica Bengtsson

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  Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou came in fourth

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  Michaela Meijer came in fifth

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  Femke Pluim reached sixth place

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  Angelica Moser confirmed her U23 record for Switzerland from qualifying in the finals once again and finished in seventh place

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  The ninth placed Minna Nikkanen

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  The Vice World Champion of 2011 and Vice European Champion of 2012 Martina Strutz came in tenth this time

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  Twelfth place for Iryna Yakaltsevich, later Iryna Schuk

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  Tina Šutej remained without a valid jump in the final

Video

• POLE VAULT WOMEN-European Athletics Championships Amsterdam 2016 on youtube.com, accessed on March 10, 2020

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Amsterdam 2016 at european-athletics.org, accessed on March 10, 2020
• European Championship 2016 Amsterdam, Women Pole Vault on todor66.com, accessed on March 10, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2016 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on March 10, 2020
• 23rd European Athletics Championships 2016 in Amsterdam, Netherlands from ifosta.de, accessed on March 10, 2020

References and comments

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