Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Athletics - Pole Vault (Women)

sport	athletics
discipline	Pole vault
gender	Women
Attendees	39 athletes from 26 countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium London
Competition phase	August 4, 2012 (qualification) ; August 6, 2012 (final)
	Medalists
	Jennifer Suhr ( USA )
	Yarisley Silva ( CUB )
	Jelena Isinbayeva ( RUS )

The women's pole vault at the 2012 London Olympics was held on August 4th and 6th, 2012 at the London Olympic Stadium. 39 athletes took part.

The US American Jennifer Suhr , who won ahead of the Cuban Yarisley Silva , became the Olympic champion . The bronze medal went to the Russian Jelena Issinbajewa .

Germany was represented by Lisa Ryzih , Silke Spiegelburg and Martina Strutz , who all reached the final. Spiegelburg was fourth, Strutz fifth and Ryzih sixth.
The Swiss Nicole Büchler was eliminated in the qualification.
Athletes from Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current titleholders

Olympic Champion	Jelena Isinbayeva ( Russia ) Russia	5.05 m	Beijing 2008
world champion	Fabiana Murer ( Brazil ) Brazil	4.85 m	Daegu 2011
European champion	Jiřina Ptáčníková-Svobodová ( Czech Republic ) Czech Republic	4.60 m	Helsinki 2012
Central America and Caribbean champion	Keisa Monterola ( Venezuela ) Venezuela	4.00 m	Mayagüez 2011
South America Champion	Fabiana Murer ( Brazil ) Brazil	4.70 m	Buenos Aires 2011
Asian champion	Wu Sha ( People's Republic of China ) China People's Republic	4.35 m	Kobe 2011
African champion	Syrine Ebondo ( Tunisia ) Tunisia	3.80 m	Porto-Novo 2012
Oceania champion	Competition not in the championship program		Cairns 2012

Existing records

World record	Jelena Isinbayeva ( Russia ) Russia	5.06 m	Zurich , Switzerland	August 28, 2009
Olympic record	Jelena Isinbayeva ( Russia ) Russia	5.05 m	Beijing Final , People's Republic of China	August 18, 2008

Remarks:

All times in this article are given according to London local time ( UTC ± 0 ).
All heights are given in meters (m).

qualification

August 4, 2012, 10:20 am

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 twelve best athletes of both groups (highlighted in light green).

Group A

space	Surname	nation	4.10	4.25	4.40	4.50	4.55	height
1	Yarisley Silva	Cuba Cuba	-	-	-	O	O	4.55
1	Jennifer Suhr	United States United States	-	-	-	-	O	4.55
3	Lisa Ryzih	Germany Germany	-	-	O	xo	O	4.55
4th	Holly Bleasdale	United Kingdom Great Britain	-	-	xo	O	x o	4.55
	Vanessa Boslak	France France	-	O	xo	O	x o
	Martina Strutz	Germany Germany	-	O	O	xo	x o
7th	Alana Boyd	Australia Australia	-	O	xxo	xxo	x o	4.55
8th	Monika Pyrek	Poland Poland	-	O	O	xxx		4.40
9	Anastassija Schwedawa	Belarus Belarus	-	xo	O	-	xxx	4.40
10	Jilian Schwartz	Israel Israel	O	xxo	O	xxx		4.40
11	Angelica Bengtsson	Sweden Sweden	-	O	xxx			4.25
	Tomomi Abiko	Japan Japan	O	O	xxx
	Tina Šutej	Slovenia Slovenia	O	O	xxx
14th	Ekaterini Stefanidi	Greece Greece	xo	O	xxx			4.25
15th	Minna Nikkanen	Finland Finland	O	x o	xxx			4.25
15th	Anastassija Savchenko	Russia Russia	-	x o	xxx			4.25
17th	Li Ling	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	O	xx o	xxx			4.25
18th	Choi Yun-hee	Korea South South Korea	x o	xxx				4.10
18th	Maria Leonor Tavares	Portugal Portugal	x o	xxx				4.10
20th	Hanna Schelek	Ukraine Ukraine	xx o	-	xxx			4.10

Group B

space	Surname	nation	4.10	4.25	4.40	4.50	4.55	height	annotation
1	Elena Isinbayeva	Russia Russia	-	-	-	O	O	4.55
2	Anna Rogowska	Poland Poland	-	-	xo	xo	O	4.55
3	Silke Spiegelburg	Germany Germany	-	-	-	O	x o	4.55
4th	Becky Holliday	United States United States	-	xo	xxo	O	x o	4.55
5	Jiřina Ptáčníková	Czech Republic Czech Republic	-	-	xo	xo	xx o	4.55
6th	Stella-Iro Ledaki	Greece Greece	xxo	O	xo	O	xxx	4.50
7th	Fabiana Murer	Brazil Brazil	-	-	-	x o	xxx	4.50
8th	Lacy Janson	United States United States	-	O	O	xxx		4.40
9	Mélanie Blouin	Canada Canada	O	O	xxx	-	-	4.25
9	Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou	Greece Greece	-	O	xxx	-	-	4.25
11	Nicole Büchler	Switzerland Switzerland	xxo	O	xxx	-	-	4.25
12	Kate Dennison	United Kingdom Great Britain	-	x o	xxx	-	-	4.25
12	Natalia Mazuryk	Ukraine Ukraine	-	x o	xxx	-	-	4.25
14th	Marion Lotout	France France	xx o	xxx				4.10
ogV	Dailis Caballero	Cuba Cuba	xxx					-	without height
	Svetlana Feofanova	Russia Russia	-	-	xx-	x
	Caroline Bonde Holm	Denmark Denmark	xxx
	Liz Parnov	Australia Australia	xxx
	Tori Pena	Ireland Ireland	xxx

With a jump of 4.40 m, Monika Pyrek from Poland did not reach the final
Jillian Schwartz from Israel left the qualification with 4.40 m
4.25 m was not enough for the Swede Angelica Bengtsson for the final
The Slovenian Tina Šutej jumped 4.25 m and thus failed in the qualification
The Greek Ekaterini Stefanidi was eliminated from the qualification with her 4.25 m
The Finn Minna Nikkanen also jumped 4.25 m and was eliminated from the qualification
The Russian Anastassija Savchenko did not reach the final with her 4.25 m
Maria Leonor Tavares from Portugal got stuck in the qualification with 4.10 m
The Brazilian Fabiana Murer failed as one of the medal candidates with 4.50 m in the qualification
Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou from Greece did not reach the final with 4.25 m
Her 4.25 m is not enough for the Swiss Nicole Büchler to be in the final
Marion Lotout from France scored 4.10 m and was eliminated from the qualification
The Russian Swetlana Feofanova did not make a valid jump in qualification
The Irish Tori Pena also failed in the qualification without a valid attempt

final

August 6, 2012, 7:00 p.m.

Twelve athletes had qualified for the final, none of them had even approached the qualification level because a lower level was sufficient for participation in the final. Opposite each other were three Germans, two US-Americans and one athlete each from Australia, France, Great Britain, Cuba, Poland, Russia and the Czech Republic.

The top favorite was the two-time Olympic champion and world record holder Jelena Issinbajewa from Russia. Her strongest competitor after the qualification from the Brazilian world champion Fabiana Murer was the US athlete Jennifer Suhr.

After the third height of 4.55 m, only six athletes were left in the competition, in addition to Issinbajewa and Suhr also the two Germans Silke Spiegelburg and Martina Strutz, plus the Cuban Yarisley Silva and the Czech Jiřina Ptáčníková, who, however, after two failed attempts over 4, 55 m took her last attempt to the next height, 4.65 m, but failed there. While Suhr skipped 4.65 m and Strutz saved her two other jumps for the next height after a failed attempt, Silva, Issinbajewa and Spiegelburg were successful here in the first attempt.

At 4.70 m, Strutz also failed, while Suhr, Silva and Issinbajewa only needed one jump. Spiegelburg took two attempts to the next height after it had torn once. Spiegelburg failed, however, at 4.75 m and thus remained fourth after Suhr and Silva were each successful in the second attempt at 4.75 m. Isinbayeva had two failed jumps and took the last attempt with him to the next height of 4.80 m. Here it failed, and Silva and Suhr also tore three times. Suhr was thus Olympic champion. Like Silva, she had a failed attempt at 4.75 m, but before that she had made no mistakes. With Silva, however, there was another miss jump at 4.45 m.

Yarisley Silva won the first Cuban medal in the women's pole vault .

Overall, the quality of this competition did not come close to the level of the major pole vault competitions from recent years at World Championships or Olympic Games.

space	Surname	nation	4.30	4.45	4.55	4.65	4.70	4.75	4.80	height	annotation
1	Jennifer Suhr	United States United States	-	-	O	-	O	x o	xxx	4.75
2	Yarisley Silva	Cuba Cuba	-	xo	O	O	O	x o	xxx	4.75	NRe
3	Elena Isinbayeva	Russia Russia	-	-	x-	O	O	xx-	x	4.70
4th	Silke Spiegelburg	Germany Germany	-	-	O	O	x-	xx		4.65
5	Martina Strutz	Germany Germany	-	xo	O	x-	xx			4.55
6th	Jiřina Ptáčníková	Czech Republic Czech Republic	O	xx o	xx-	x				4.45
	Lisa Ryzih	Germany Germany	-	xx o	xxx
	Holly Bleasdale	United Kingdom Great Britain	-	xx o	xxx
9	Becky Holliday	United States United States	xo	xx o	xxx					4.45
10	Vanessa Boslak	France France	x o	xxx						4.30
11	Alana Boyd	Australia Australia	xx o	xxx						4.30
ogV	Anna Rogowska	Poland Poland	-	xxx						-	without height