2016 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Pole Vault (Women)

sport	athletics
discipline	Pole vault
gender	Women
Attendees	36 athletes from 23 countries
Competition location	Estádio Nilton Santos
Competition phase	August 16, 2016 (qualification) ; August 19, 2016 (final)
	Medalists
	Ekaterini Stefanidi ( GRE )
	Sandi Morris ( USA )
	Eliza McCartney ( NZL )

The women's pole vault at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 16-19, 2016 at the Estádio Nilton Santos . 36 athletes took part.

The Greek Ekaterini Stefanidi became Olympic champion . The American Sandi Morris won the silver medal. Bronze went to Eliza McCartney from New Zealand .

Annika Roloff , Lisa Ryzih and Martina Strutz started for Germany . Roloff failed to qualify. Ryzih and Strutz qualified for the final. Strutz finished ninth, Ryzih tenth.
Switzerland was represented by Nicole Büchler and Angelica Moser . While Moser was eliminated in the qualification, Büchler reached the final and was sixth there.
Athletes from Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current titleholders

Olympic Champion	Jennifer Suhr ( USA ) United States	4.75 m	London 2012
world champion	Yarisley Silva ( Cuba ) Cuba	4.90 m	Beijing 2015
European champion	Ekaterini Stefanidi ( Greece ) Greece	4.81 m	Amsterdam 2016
North / Central America / Caribbean Champion	Kristen Hixson ( USA ) United States	4.50 m	San José 2015
South America Champion	Robeilys Peinado ( Venezuela ) Venezuela	4.35 m	Lima 2015
Asian champion	Li Ling ( People's Republic of China ) China People's Republic	4.66 m	Wuhan 2015
African champion	Syrine Balti ( Tunisia ) Tunisia	4.00 m	Durban 2016
Oceania champion	Competition not held		Cairns 2015

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

Note: All times are based on Rio local time ( UTC-3 ).

qualification

The athletes competed in two groups for a qualifying round. Since fewer than twelve athletes jumped the required qualifying height of 4.60 m - highlighted in light blue, the final field was filled with the following best jumpers from both groups to a total of twelve participants - highlighted in light green. In the end, a jumped 4.55 m was necessary for participation in the final without any further failure.

Group A

August 16, 2016, 9:45 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	4.15 m	4.30 m	4.45 m	4.55 m	4.60 m	height	annotation
1	Ekaterini Stefanidi	Greece Greece	-	-	-	-	O	4.60 m
2	Holly Bradshaw	United Kingdom Great Britain	-	-	O	xo	O	4.60 m
2	Lisa Ryzih	Germany Germany	-	-	-	xo	O	4.60 m
4th	Eliza McCartney	New Zealand New Zealand	-	-	xxo	xo	O	4.60 m
5	Kelsie Ahbe	Canada Canada	-	O	O	O	-	4.55 m
	Alana Boyd	Australia Australia	-	-	O	O	-
	Sandi Morris	United States United States	-	-	O	O	-
8th	Maryna Kylypko	Ukraine Ukraine	O	O	O	x o	xxx	4.55 m
9	Michaela Meijer	Sweden Sweden	-	O	O	xxx		4.45 m
10	Jiřina Ptáčníková	Czech Republic Czech Republic	-	O	x o	xxx		4.45 m
10	Alexis Weeks	United States United States	-	O	x o	xxx		4.45 m
12	Angelica Moser	Switzerland Switzerland	xo	xxo	xx o	xxx		4.45 m
13	Wilma Murto	Finland Finland	-	O	xxx			4.30 m
14th	Vanessa Boslak	France France	O	xx o	xxx			4.30 m
15th	Joana Costa	Brazil Brazil	O	xxx				4.15 m
	Femke Pluim	Netherlands Netherlands	O	xxx
	Maria Leonor Tavares	Portugal Portugal	O	xxx
ogV	Ren Mengqian	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	xxx						without height
DNS	Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou	Greece Greece

The Czech Jiřina Ptáčníková failed with her 4.45 m in the qualification
The French Vanessa Boslak was eliminated with a jump of 4.30 m
For Femke Pluim from the Netherlands, 4.15 m was not enough to make it into the final
The Portuguese Maria Leonor Tavares was eliminated in the preliminary round with 4.15 m

Group B

August 16, 2016, 9:45 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	4.15 m	4.30 m	4.45 m	4.55 m	4.60 m	height
1	Jennifer Suhr	United States United States	-	-	-	xo	O	4.60 m
2	Yarisley Silva	Cuba Cuba	-	-	xo	xxo	O	4.60 m
3	Martina Strutz	Germany Germany	-	O	xo	O	x o	4.60 m
4th	Nicole Büchler	Switzerland Switzerland	-	-	O	O	-	4.55 m
4th	Tina Šutej	Slovenia Slovenia	O	O	O	O	-	4.55 m
6th	Minna Nikkanen	Finland Finland	-	O	xo	O	xxx	4.55 m
7th	Angelica Bengtsson	Sweden Sweden	O	O	O	x o	xxx	4.55 m
8th	Li Ling	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	-	O	xo	x o	xxx	4.55 m
9	Alysha Newman	Canada Canada	-	O	O	xxx		4.45 m
10	Sonia Malavisi	Italy Italy	O	O	xx o	xxx		4.45 m
10	Annika Roloff	Germany Germany	-	O	xx o	xxx		4.45 m
12	Romana Maláčová	Czech Republic Czech Republic	O	O	xxx			4.60 m
12	Marta Onofre	Portugal Portugal	O	O	xxx			4.60 m
14th	Tori Pena	Ireland Ireland	O	x o	xxx			4.60 m
15th	Anicka Newell	Canada Canada	O	xxx				4.15 m
15th	Diamara Planell	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico	O	xxx				4.15 m
17th	Iryna Jakalzewitsch	Belarus Belarus	xx o	xxx				4.15 m
ogV	Fabiana Murer	Brazil Brazil	-	-	-	xxx		without height
DNS	Robeily's Peinado	Venezuela Venezuela

The Finn Minna Nikkanen cost the final with a jump of 4.55 m in a field test at 4.45 m
The Italian Sonia Malavisi was eliminated from the qualification with 4.45 m
Her 4.40 m was not enough for the Czech Romana Maláčová for the final qualification

The Portuguese Marta Onofre failed with 4.35 m in the preliminary round
The Irish Tori Pena was eliminated with 4.35 m in the qualification
The Brazilian Fabiana Murer had gambled too high with her entry height of 4.55 m and failed three times

final

August 19, 2016, 8:30 p.m.
Twelve athletes had qualified for the final, seven of them above the qualification level, five more via their placements. Two US-Americans and two Germans each and one participant from Australia, Greece, Great Britain, Canada, Cuba, New Zealand, Russia, Switzerland, Slovenia and the USA battled for the medals.

Due to the doping-related starting ban for Russian athletes by the IAAF , the 2004 and 2008 Olympic champion Jelena Isinbayeva could not take part. The favorites were now primarily the US Olympic champion from 2012 Jennifer Suhr, the reigning world champion Yarisley Silva from Cuba and the Greek European champion Ekaterini Stefanidi. Another candidate with good prospects of a top placement, the Brazilian vice world champion Fabiana Murer, had overestimated herself in the qualification with her entry height of 4.55 m and was eliminated.

The fourth final height of 4.70 m meant the end for six participants, including Suhr and Silva. Four participants had mastered the height in the first attempt: Stefanidi, the New Zealander Eliza McCartney, the Briton Holly Bradshaw and the Swiss Nicole Büchler. The US jumper Sandy Morris needed two attempts, the Australian Alana Boyd three attempts.

Bradshaw failed three times at the next height of 4.80 m, while Büchler took her two remaining jumps to the next height after a failed attempt. McCartney was the only athlete to climb 4.80 meters on the first attempt. Without a failure, she was now in the lead. Morris, Boyd, and Stefanidi each took two attempts at this altitude.

The crossbar was now 4.85 m. Stefanidi and Morris were both successful on the second attempt. Büchler failed with her two remaining jumps. Boyd and McCartney both had three failed attempts. McCartney had made the previous height without fail, while Boyd had pulled the bar once. Eliza McCartney was bronze, Alana Boyd was fourth.

Both Morris and Stefanidi failed three times at 4.90 m. Both athletes had one failed attempt at 4.85 m, Stefanidi one less than Morris at the heights. Ekaterini Stefanidi won the gold medal, Sandi Morris took second place.

Ekaterini Stefanidi was the first Greek woman to win gold in the pole vault .
Eliza McCartney won the first New Zealand medal in this discipline.

space	Surname	nation	4.35 m	4.50 m	4.60 m	4.70 m	4.80 m	4.85 m	4.90 m	Bottom line	annotation
1	Ekaterini Stefanidi	Greece Greece	-	-	O	O	xo	x o	xxx	4.85 m
2	Sandi Morris	United States United States	-	O	O	xo	xo	x o	xxx	4.85 m
3	Eliza McCartney	New Zealand New Zealand	-	O	O	O	O	xxx		4.80 m	NO
4th	Alana Boyd	Australia Australia	-	O	O	xxo	x o	xxx		4.80 m
5	Holly Bradshaw	United Kingdom Great Britain	-	O	xo	O	xxx			4.70 m
6th	Nicole Büchler	Switzerland Switzerland	-	O	xxo	O	x-	xx		4.70 m
7th	Yarisley Silva	Cuba Cuba	-	O	x o	xxx				4.60 m
7th	Jennifer Suhr	United States United States	-	-	x o	xxx				4.60 m
9	Martina Strutz	Germany Germany	O	O	xx o	xxx				4.60 m
10	Lisa Ryzih	Germany Germany	-	O	-	xxx				4.50 m
11	Tina Šutej	Slovenia Slovenia	O	x o	xxx					4.50 m
12	Kelsie Ahbe	Canada Canada	xxo	xx o	xxx					4.50 m