2017 World Athletics Championships / Women's pole vault

2017 World Athletics Championships
discipline	Women's pole vault
city	London
place	Olympic Stadium London
Participants	31 athletes from 19 countries
Competition phase	August 4, 2017 (qualification) August 6, 2017 (final)
Medalists
gold	Ekaterini Stefanidi ( GRE )
silver	Sandi Morris ( USA )
bronze	Robeily's Peinado ( VEN )
	Yarisley Silva ( CUB )

World champion Ekaterini Stefanidi on a lap of honor

The women's pole vault at the 2017 World Athletics Championships took place in London , United Kingdom on August 4-6, 2017 .

The winner was the Greek Ekaterini Stefanidi . The US-American Sandi Morris became vice world champion. The bronze medal was awarded to the two tied athletes Robeilys Peinado from Venezuela and Yarisley Silva from Cuba.

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

The German Silke Spiegelburg did not reach the final with her 4.35 m

The Czech Romana Maláčová also jumped 4.35 m and was eliminated

4.35 m was not enough for the Slovenian Tina Šutej to be in the final

The French Ninon Guillon-Romarin retired with 4.30 m in the qualification

August 4, 2017, 7:45 p.m. local time (8:45 p.m. CEST )

The qualification was carried out in two groups. The qualification height was 4.60 m. After it became clear that 4.55 m would be sufficient for the final qualification, only one jumper approached this height, which she then managed (highlighted in light blue). In addition, the final field was recruited from the eleven next best athletes in both groups (highlighted in light green), who had each jumped 4.55 m.

Group A

space	Athlete	country	4.20	4.35	4.50	4.55	4.60	Height (m)
01	Sandi Morris	United States	-	O	O	O		4.55
	Robeily's Peinado	Venezuela	O	O	O	O
03	Alysha Newman	Canada	-	O	xxo	O		4.55
04th	Holly Bradshaw	Great Britain	-	-	O	-		4.50
05	Eliza McCartney	New Zealand	-	xo	xo	xxx		4.50
06th	Angelica Moser	Switzerland	O	xo	xxo	xxx		4.50
07th	Silke Spiegelburg	Germany	O	O	xxx			4.35
08th	Liz Parnov	Australia	xo	O	xxx			4.35
09	Lisa Gunnarsson	Sweden	xxo	xo	xxx			4.35
10	Romana Maláčová	Czech Republic	O	xo	xxx			4.35
11	Minna Nikkanen	Finland	O	xxx				4.20
	Fanny Smets	Belgium	O	xxx
NM	Anselika Sidorova	Authorized Neutral Athletes	-	-	xxx			without height
	Michaela Meijer	Sweden	-	xxx
	Iryna Schuk	Belarus	xxx
	Kelsie Ahbe	Canada	xxx

Group B

space	Athlete	country	4.20	4.35	4.50	4.55	4.60	Height (m)
01	Ekaterini Stefanidi	Greece	-	-	-	-	O	4.60
02	Lisa Ryzih	Germany	-	-	O	O		4.55
03	Yarisley Silva	Cuba	-	-	O	xo		4.55
04th	Nicole Büchler	Switzerland	-	-	xxo	xo		4.55
05	Angelica Bengtsson	Sweden	O	O	O	xxo		4.55
	Olga Mullina	Authorized Neutral Athletes	O	O	O	xo
07th	Anicka Newell	Canada	-	O	O	xxx		4.50
08th	Tina Šutej	Slovenia	xo	O	xxx			4.35
09	Jiřina Ptáčníková	Czech Republic	O	xo	xxx			4.35
10	Ninon Guillon-Romarin	France	O	xxx				4.30
	Friedelinde Petershofen	Germany	O	xxx
12	Maryna Kylypko	Ukraine	xo	xxx				4.20
NM	Jennifer Suhr	United States	-	-	-	xxx		without height
	Emily Grove	United States	xxx
	Amálie Švábíková	Czech Republic	xxx

final

August 6, 2017, 7:00 p.m. local time (8:00 p.m. CEST )

The favorites for this competition were above all the Greek Olympic champion from 2016 and European champion from 2016 Ekaterini Stefanidi, the Cuban world champion from 2015 , World Cup third in 2013 and Olympic runner-up in 2012 Yarisley Silva, and the US Olympic runner-up in 2016 and World Cup fourth by 2015 Sandi Morris. Other jumpers with prospects for top placings included the Greek World Cup third in 2015 and European Championship fourth in 2016, Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou, and Sweden's Angelica Bengtsson in fourth place in the 2015 World Cup .

An important jump height in this final was 4.75 m. Seven athletes who jumped 4.65 m were still in the race. Up until then, Morris and Stefanidi had made no failures. Since Silva and the Robeilys Peinado from Venezuela had one failed jump each, the German Lisa Ryzih and the British Holly Bradshaw each had two failed attempts, the Canadian Alysha Newman three failed jumps. Quite surprisingly, five athletes each failed three times at the new height of 4.75 m. Only Morris and Stefanidi were successful with their first attempt. With this, two bronze medals were awarded due to the failed attempt rule. Robeilys Peinado and Yarisley Silva were joint thirds. Lisa Ryzih was fifth ahead of Holly Bradshaw. Alysha Newman came in eighth.

As the competition progressed, both athletes began to play poker. First, Stefanidi mastered 4.82 m. Morris saved her two remaining jumps for upcoming heights after a failed attempt. 4.89 m were now laid. Stefanidi had a failed attempt and then stopped at this jump height to try the next height. Morris failed both of her remaining jumps at 4.89 m and was runner-up in the world championship. Ekaterini Stefanidi then jumped 4.91 m and with this strong performance underpinned her won world title. At the same time, this was a new world annual record and also a new Greek national record. The Greek tried three times in vain at 5.01 m.

space	Athlete	country	4.30	4.45	4.55	4.65	4.75	4.82	4.89	4.91	5.02	Height (m)
	Ekaterini Stefanidi	Greece	-	-	-	O	O	O	x–	O	xxx	4.91 WL NO
	Sandi Morris	United States	-	O	O	O	O	x–	xx			4.75
	Robeily's Peinado	Venezuela	O	O	O	xo	xxx					4.65 NO
	Yarisley Silva	Cuba	-	O	O	xo	xxx					4.65
5	Lisa Ryzih	Germany	-	xo	O	xo	xxx					4.65
6th	Holly Bradshaw	Great Britain	-	-	O	xxo	xxx					4.65
7th	Alysha Newman	Canada	xo	O	O	xxo	xxx					4.65
8th	Olga Mullina	Authorized Neutral Athletes	xo	O	O	xxx						4.55
9	Eliza McCartney	New Zealand	-	O	xo	xxx						4.55
10	Angelica Bengtsson	Sweden	xo	O	xo	xxx						4.55
11	Nicole Büchler	Switzerland	-	O	xxx							4.45
12	Anicka Newell	Canada	xo	xo	xxx							4.45

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  World Champion Ekaterini Stefanidi, Greece

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  Vice World Champion Sandi Morris, USA

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  Bronze medalist Robeilys Peinado, Venezuela

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  The Cuban Yarisley Silva won the bronze medal like Peinado

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  5th place for the German Lisa Ryzih

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  The British Holly Bradshaw came in sixth place

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  Olga Mulina, starting under a neutral flag, was eighth

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  The New Zealander Eliza McCartney reached ninth place

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  The Swede Angelica Bengtsson took tenth place

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  Nicole Büchler from Switzerland finished eleventh

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  The Canadian Annicka Newell reached twelfth place

Web links and sources

• Homepage for the World Championships 2017, women's pole vault on the IAAF website (English), accessed on December 17, 2018
• Results of the 2017 World Athletics Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on December 17, 2018
• Reports on the 2017 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on December 17, 2018

Video

• London World championship women 400 meters final on youtube.com, published August 9, 2017, accessed December 17, 2018