Pan American Games 2011 / Athletics - Women's Pole Vault

The women's pole vault at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 24 at the Telmex Athletics Stadium in Guadalajara .

16 athletes from eleven countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by Yarisley Silva with 4.75 m, which was also a new record for the Pan American Games. Silver went to Fabiana Murer with 4.70 m and Becky Holliday secured the bronze medal with 4.30 m.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Elena Isinbayeva	5.06 m	World class Zurich ( IAAF Diamond League ), Switzerland	August 28, 2009
Record of games	Fabiana Murer	4.60 m	Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil	July 23, 2007

Result

October 24, 2011, 4:30 p.m.

space	Athlete	country	3.40	3.55	3.70	3.85	4.00	4.10	4.20	4.30	4.40	4.50	4.60	4.65	4.70	4.75	4.80	Height (m)
	Yarisley Silva	Cuba	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	O	O	O	-	O	O	xxx	4.75 PR
	Fabiana Murer	Brazil	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	xxo	x–	xo	O	x–	xx	4.70
	Becky Holliday	United States	-	-	-	-	-	xo	-	O	-	xxx						4.30
4th	Karla Rosa da Silva	Brazil	-	-	-	-	-	-	O	xo	xxx							4.30
5	Keisa Monterola	Venezuela	-	-	-	-	xo	O	O	xxo	xxx							4.30
6th	Alejandra García	Argentina	-	-	-	-	xo	xo	O	xxx								4.20
7th	Dailis Caballero	Cuba	-	-	-	-	O	O	xxx									4.10
8th	Victoria Robson	Canada	-	-	-	-	-	O	xxx									4.10
9	Daniela Inchausti	Argentina	-	-	O	O	O	xxx										4.00
10	Carmelita Correa	Mexico	-	O	O	O	xxx											3.85
11	Cecilia Villar	Mexico	-	O	O	xxo	xxx											3.85
12	Déborah Gyurcsek	Uruguay	-	xxo	xo	xxx												3.70
13	Maria Ferrand	Peru	xo	O	xxx													3.55
14th	Jessica Fu	Peru	-	xxo	xxx													3.55
15th	Catalina Amarilla	Paraguay	xo	xxx														3.40
	Andrea Zambrana	Puerto Rico	-	-	-	xxx												NM

Explanation of symbols:
- = height skipped, x = failed attempt, o = height skipped

Web links and sources

• Results on todor66.com (English)
• Guadalajara 2011 Sesiones Deportivas. (PDF; 3.6 MB) In: www.guadalajara2011.org.mx. Archived from the original on June 26, 2011 ; accessed on October 6, 2019 (Spanish).