Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's pole vault
The women's pole vault competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held at the Olympic Stadium on 4–6 August.[1]
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 4–6 August 2012 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 39 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning height | 4.75 m | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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In the qualifying round, the 12 competitors who cleared 4.55 went into the final. Non-qualifiers included junior record holder Angelica Bengtsson, former world record holder Svetlana Feofanova and reigning world champion Fabiana Murer.
Wind and rain made conditions difficult in the final. The Gold medal was won by Jennifer Suhr who cleared 4.75, silver by Yarisley Silva who also cleared 4.75, but had one more missed attempt at a lower height and bronze by reigning champion Elena Isinbaeva who cleared 4.70.
Competition format
The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete had three attempts at each height and was eliminated if they failed to clear any height. Athletes who successfully jumped the qualifying height moved on the final. If fewer than 12 reached that height, the best 12 moved on. Cleared heights reset for the final, which followed the same three-attempts-per-height format until all athletes reached a height they could not jump.[2]
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Date | Time | Round |
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Saturday, 4 August 2012 | 10:20 | Qualifications |
Monday, 6 August 2012 | 19:00 | Finals |
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 5.06 m | Zurich, Switzerland | 28 August 2009 |
Olympic record | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 5.05 m | Beijing, China | 18 August 2008 |
2012 World leading | Jennifer Suhr (USA) | 4.83 m | Champaign, United States | 7 July 2012 |
Results
Key
- o = Height cleared
- x = Height failed
- – = Height passed
- r = Retired
- SB = Season's best
- PB = Personal best
- NR = National record
- AR = Area record
- OR = Olympic record
- WR = World record
- WL = World lead
- NM = No mark
- DNS = Did not start
- DQ = Disqualified
Qualifying round
Qual. rule: qualification standard 4.60m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.30 | 4.45 | 4.55 | 4.65 | 4.70 | 4.75 | 4.80 | Result | Notes[4] |
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Jennifer Suhr | United States | – | – | o | – | o | xo | xxx | 4.75 | ||
Yarisley Silva | Cuba | – | xo | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 4.75 | =NR | |
Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia | – | – | x– | o | o | xx– | x | 4.70 | ||
4 | Silke Spiegelburg | Germany | – | – | o | o | x– | xx | 4.65 | ||
5 | Martina Strutz | Germany | – | xo | o | x– | xx | 4.55 | |||
6 | Jiřina Ptáčníková | Czech Republic | o | xxo | xx– | x | 4.45 | ||||
6 | Lisa Ryzih | Germany | – | xxo | xxx | 4.45 | |||||
6 | Holly Bleasdale | Great Britain | – | xxo | xxx | 4.45 | |||||
9 | Becky Holliday | United States | xo | xxo | xxx | 4.45 | |||||
10 | Vanessa Boslak | France | xo | xxx | 4.30 | ||||||
11 | Alana Boyd | Australia | xxo | xxx | 4.30 | ||||||
N/A | Anna Rogowska | Poland | – | xxx | NM |
References
- Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- "Women's High Jump competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- "Olympic Games 2012 – Results Pole Vault W Qualification". Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- "Women's Pole Vault – Final". Retrieved 4 August 2012.