World Athletics Championships 2015 / Women's pole vault

World Athletics Championships 2015
discipline	Women's pole vault
city	Beijing
place	Beijing National Stadium
Participants	29 athletes from 20 countries
Competition phase	August 24, 2015 (qualification) August 26, 2015 (final)
Medalists
gold	Yarisley Silva ( CUB )
silver	Fabiana Murer ( BRA )
bronze	Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou ( GRE )

World champion Yarisley Silva is happy

The women's pole vault at the 2015 World Athletics Championships took place on August 24th and 26th, 2015 in Beijing , People's Republic of China .

The Cuban Yarisley Silva became world champion . She won ahead of Fabiana Murer from Brazil. Third place went to the Greek Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou .

Records

World record	Elena Isinbayeva	5.06 m	Zurich , Switzerland	August 20, 2009
Championship record		5.01 m	World Cup in Helsinki , Finland	August 12, 2005

qualification

August 24, 2015, 9:30 am local time (3:30 am CEST )

The qualification was carried out in two groups. The qualification height was 4.60 m. Since no jumper even approached this height after it became clear that 4.55 m would be sufficient for the final qualification, the final field was recruited from the fourteen best athletes of both groups - highlighted in light green.

Group A

The German Silke Spiegelburg - subscribed to fourth place in major championships - was eliminated after a difficult season with 4.45 m in the qualification

The Swiss Nicole Büchler did not reach the final with her 4.45 m

The Greek Vice European Champion Ekaterini Stefanidi failed with 4.45 m in the qualification

4.30 m was not enough for Femke Pluim from the Netherlands to take part in the finals

space	Athlete	country	4.15	4.30	4.45	4.55	Height (m)
01	Martina Strutz	Germany	-	O	O	O	4.55
	Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou	Greece	-	-	O	O
	Fabiana Murer	Brazil	-	-	-	O
04th	Michaela Meijer	Sweden	O	O	xo	O	4.55 PB
05	Sandi Morris	United States	-	O	O	xxo	4.55
	Li Ling	People's Republic of China	-	O	O	xxo
07th	Naroa Agirre	Spain	xo	xxo	O	xxx	4.45
08th	Silke Spiegelburg	Germany	-	O	xxo	xxx	4.45
	Nicole Büchler	Switzerland	-	O	xxo	xxx
10	Tori Pena	Ireland	xo	O	xxx		4.30
11	Marion Lotout	France	-	xo	xxx		4.30
12	Robeily's Peinado	Venezuela	xo	xo	xxx		4.30
NM	Jiřina Ptáčníková	Czech Republic	xxx				without height
	Nina Kennedy	Australia	-	xxx

Group B

space	Athlete	country	4.15	4.30	4.45	4.55	Height (m)
01	Angelica Bengtsson	Sweden	-	O	O	O	4.55
	Holly Bradshaw	Great Britain	-	O	O	O	4.55 SB
03	Lisa Ryzih	Germany	-	-	xo	O	4.55
	Minna Nikkanen	Finland	O	O	xo	O
05	Yarisley Silva	Cuba	-	-	O	xo	4.55
	Jennifer Suhr	United States	-	-	-	xo
07th	Anselika Sidorova	Russia	-	-	O	xxo	4.55
	Alana Boyd	Australia	-	-	O	xxo
09	Ekaterini Stefanidi	Greece	-	xo	O	xxx	4.45
10	Demi Payne	United States	-	O	xxx		4.30
11	Femke Pluim	Netherlands	-	xo	xxx		4.30
12	Malin Dahlström	Sweden	O	xxx			4.15
13	Ren Mengqian	People's Republic of China	xxo	xxx			4.15
	Angelica Moser	Switzerland	xxo	xxx
NM	Tina Šutej	Slovenia	-	xxx			without height

final

August 26, 2015, 7:00 p.m. local time (1:00 p.m. CEST )

The Russian world record holder and three-time world champion Jelena Isinbayeva became a mother last year and took a career break in 2014 and 2015. Among the favorites, the US vice-world champion belonged in 2013 and Olympic champion in 2012 Jennifer Suhr, the Cuban world year best World Cup -Third and Olympic silver medalist Yarisley Silva, the Brazilian Fabiana Murer second place in the annual global leaderboard and WM -Fünfte, the Russian European champion and fifth of the world's annual top list Anselika Sidorova and also the Greek Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou as Vice European Champion in 2012 and third in the world annual best list.

With a jump of 4.70 m, seven athletes were still in the competition when 4.80 m was put on. So far, Suhr, her compatriot Sandi Morris, the Swede Angelica Bengtsson and Murer have stayed without any failure. The British Holly Bradshaw had one failed jump, while Silva and Kyriakopoulou had two failed attempts. Kyriakopoulou was the first to be successful with her first jump over 4.80 m, Murer and Silva followed in the second attempt. The four other jumpers still in the race tore three times each. The medal winners were already determined, but their order still had to be determined. The further placements were also clarified due to the failed attempt rule. Angelica Bengtsson, Sandi Morris and Jennifer Suhr finished fourth, Holly Bradshaw finished seventh. Bengtsson had set a new Swedish record with her 4.70 m.

The new jump height was now 4.85 m. Both Murer and Silva skipped them with their first attempts. The Brazilian had set a new South American record. Kyriakopoulou, on the other hand, tore once and saved her two remaining jumps for the next height. In the intermediate standings, Murer was ahead, she had a missed jump, with Silva there were three. The decision was still pending when 4.90 m was required. This new jump height was in the absolute top range and it was very difficult for all the remaining participants. Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou was the first to pass. The Greek tore the 4.90 m with both of her remaining attempts and won bronze by jumping 4.80 m. Murer also tried in vain at this height until the end. Only Yarisley Silva was successful with her third jump and thus secured the world title. Fabiana Murer was the winner of the silver medal. Silva finally tried her hand at 5.01 m, which was too high for her here.

space	Athlete	country	4.35	4.50	4.60	4.70	4.80	4.85	4.90	5.01	Height (m)
	Yarisley Silva	Cuba	-	O	O	xxo	xo	O	xxo	xxx	4.90
	Fabiana Murer	Brazil	-	O	O	O	xo	O	xxx		4.85 SR
	Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou	Greece	-	O	xo	xo	O	x—	xx		4.80
04th	Angelica Bengtsson	Sweden	O	O	O	O	xxx				4.70 NO
	Sandi Morris	United States	O	O	O	O	xxx				4.70
	Jennifer Suhr	United States	-	-	O	O	xxx				4.70
07th	Holly Bradshaw	Great Britain	O	O	xo	O	xxx				4.70 SB
08th	Martina Strutz	Germany	O	O	O	xxx					4.60
09	Li Ling	People's Republic of China	xo	O	O	xxx					4.60
10	Minna Nikkanen	Finland	xo	O	xo	xxx					4.60 NO
11	Alana Boyd	Australia	xo	O	xo	xxx					4.60
12	Lisa Ryzih	Germany	-	O	xxo	xxx					4.60
NM	Anselika Sidorova	Russia	-	xxx							without height
	Michaela Meijer	Sweden	xxx

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  World Champion Yarisley Silva, Cuba

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  Fabiana Murer from Brazil - Vice World Champion with a South American record

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  Bronze medalist Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou Jackson, Greece

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  Shared fourth place for the Swede Angelica Bengtsson

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  The American Sandi Morris - fourth together with two other jumpers

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  Olympic champion Jennifer Suhr, USA, had to be satisfied with tied fourth place here

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  The Briton Holly Bradshaw finished seventh in the final

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  Martina Strutz came in eighth as the best German

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  The Finn Minna Nikkanen came in tenth

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  The Australian Alana Boyd reached eleventh place

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  The German Lisa Ryzih took twelfth place

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  European champion Anselika Sidorova from Russia remained in the final without a valid attempt

Web links and sources

• Homepage of the 2015 World Championships, women's pole vault on the IAAF website , accessed on November 12, 2018
• Results of the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on November 12, 2018
• Reports on the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on November 12, 2018

Video

• Beijing 2015 - Pole Vault Final on youtube.com (German), published on August 26, 2015, accessed on November 12, 2018