2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault

Women's pole vault at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships
Venue	Štark Arena
Dates	19 March
Competitors	11 from 9 nations
Winning height	4.80
Medalists
Sandi Morris    United States   Katie Nageotte    United States   Tina Šutej    Slovenia

The women's pole vault at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on 19 March 2022.^[1]

Summary

With the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine starting just three weeks earlier, "aggressor nations" Russia and Belarus were banned from the Championships,^[2] excising the top three vaulters in 2022.

Returning champion Sandi Morris was back to defend, along with fifth place Katie Nageotte. Ten were over 4.45m but that was reduced to six by 4.60m. The medalists were determined at 4.70m, only Morris, Nageotte and on her final attempt, Tina Šutej were able to clear. Nageotte held the lead with a clean series going. 4.75m was uneventful, everyone cleared on their first attempt. At 4.80m, the story was different. Six attempts went by without a clearance. On her final attempt, Morris cleared to take the lead and put pressure on the remaining two. Šutej misaligned her attempt, going under the bar and Nageotte brushed it off, giving the victory to Morris. Nageotte's superior round at lower heights gave her the edge for silver over Šutej.

Results

The final was started at 18:08.^[3]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	4.30	4.45	4.60	4.70	4.75	4.80	4.90	Result	Notes
	Sandi Morris	United States	–	o	xo	o	o	xxo	xxx	4.80	SB
	Katie Nageotte	United States	–	o	o	o	o	xxx		4.75
	Tina Šutej	Slovenia	–	o	xo	xxo	o	xxx		4.75
4	Yana Hladiychuk	Ukraine	o	xo	o	xxx				4.60	SB
	Angelica Moser	Switzerland	–	xo	o	xxx				4.60
6	Olivia McTaggart	New Zealand	o	o	xxo	xxx				4.60
7	Xu Huiqin	China	o	o	xxx					4.45
8	Elisa Molinarolo	Italy	xxo	o	xxx					4.45
9	Amálie Švábíková	Czech Republic	o	xo	xxx					4.45
10	Margot Chevrier	France	xo	xo	xxx					4.45
11	Roberta Bruni	Italy	o	xxx						4.30

References

1. "Global champions Morris and Nageotte head competitive clash in Belgrade". World Athletics. 14 March 2022. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
2. "Belgrade 2022: World Indoor Championships start without Russia". The Nation Newspaper. 18 March 2022. Archived from the original on 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
3. "Results Pole Vault Women - Final" (PDF). media.aws.iaaf.org. 19 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.