Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's pole vault

Women's pole vault
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date21–24 August
Competitors35 from 22 nations
Winning height4.91 m WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Svetlana Feofanova  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anna Rogowska  Poland
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The women's pole vault competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 21–24 August.[1] The winning margin was 16cm.

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. Athletes start with a qualifying round. Jumping in turn, each athlete attempts to achieve the qualifying height. If they fail at three jumps in a row, they are eliminated. After a successful jump, they receive three more attempts to achieve the next height. Once all jumps have been completed, all athletes who have achieved the qualifying height go through to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieve the qualifying standard, the best 12 athletes go through. Cleared heights reset for the final, which followed the same format until all athletes fail three consecutive jumps.[2]

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 21 August 2004 19:00 Qualification
Tuesday, 24 August 2004 20:55 Final

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) 4.90 m London, United Kingdom 30 July 2004
Olympic record  Stacy Dragila (USA) 4.60 m Sydney, Australia 25 September 2000

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Result Record
24 August Final Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia 4.91 m WR

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

Rule: Qualifying standard 4.45 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank Group Name Nationality 3.80 4.00 4.15 4.30 4.40 4.45 Result Notes
1 A Monika Pyrek  Poland - - o o x- o 4.45 Q
2 A Pavla Hamáčková  Czech Republic - - o xxo - xo 4.45 Q, SB
3 B Anna Rogowska  Poland - - xo o - xxo 4.45 Q
4 A Svetlana Feofanova  Russia - - - - o - 4.40 q
4 B Kateřina Baďurová  Czech Republic - o o o o - 4.40 q
4 B Dana Cervantes  Spain - - o o o - 4.40 q
4 B Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia - - - - o - 4.40 q
8 A Naroa Agirre  Spain - o xo o o - 4.40 q
8 B Dana Ellis  Canada - - o xo o - 4.40 q
10 B Þórey Edda Elísdóttir  Iceland - - xo xxo o - 4.40 q
11 B Vanessa Boslak  France - - o o xo - 4.40 q
12 B Alejandra García  Argentina - xo o o xo - 4.40 q
13 A Anzhela Balakhonova  Ukraine - - - o xxo - 4.40 q
14 A Stephanie McCann  Canada - - o xo xxo - 4.40 q, =SB
15 B Silke Spiegelburg  Germany xo xo o o xxo - 4.40 q
16 B Kym Howe  Australia - o o o xxx 4.30
17 B Jillian Schwartz  United States - - xxo o xxx 4.30
18 A Anastasiya Ivanova  Russia - - o xo xx 4.30
19 A Stacy Dragila  United States - - - xo xxx 4.30
19 A Krisztina Molnár  Hungary - o o xo xxx 4.30
19 A Yeoryia Tsiliggiri  Greece - o o xo xxx 4.30
22 B Carolin Hingst  Germany - - o xxo xxx 4.30
23 A Zhao Yingying  China - o xo xxo xxx 4.30
24 A Melina Hamilton  New Zealand - o o xxx 4.15
24 A Floé Kühnert  Germany - o o xxx 4.15
24 A Teja Melink  Slovenia o o o xxx 4.15
24 A Tanya Stefanova  Bulgaria - o o xxx 4.15
24 A Kellie Suttle  United States - - o xxx 4.15
24 B Anna Fitidou  Cyprus o o o xxx 4.15
24 B Nadine Rohr  Switzerland - o o xxx 4.15
24 B Gao Shuying  China - o o xxx 4.15
32 B Takayo Kondo  Japan - o xxo xxx 4.15
33 A Carolina Torres  Chile - xo xxx 4.00 =SB
34 A Marie Poissonnier  France - xxo xxx 4.00
B Afroditi Skafida  Greece xxx NM

Final

Rank Name Nationality 4.00 4.20 4.40 4.55 4.65 4.70 4.75 4.80 4.85 4.90 4.91 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia - - o o o x- x- o o - o 4.91 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Svetlana Feofanova  Russia - - o o o o xo x- x- x 4.75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anna Rogowska  Poland - o o xxo o o xxx 4.70
4 Monika Pyrek  Poland - o o o xxx 4.55
5 Þórey Edda Elísdóttir  Iceland - o xxo xo xx- x 4.55
6 Vanessa Boslak  France - o o xxx 4.40
6 Naroa Agirre  Spain o o o xxx 4.40
6 Dana Ellis  Canada - o o xxx 4.40
6 Anzhela Balakhonova  Ukraine - o o xxx 4.40
10 Stephanie McCann  Canada - xo o xxx 4.40 =SB
11 Pavla Hamáčková  Czech Republic o o xxo xxx 4.40
12 Kateřina Baďurová  Czech Republic o xo xxx 4.20
13 Silke Spiegelburg  Germany o xxo xxx 4.20
13 Alejandra García  Argentina o xxo xxx 4.20
Dana Cervantes  Spain - xxx NM

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Athletics at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Women's Pole Vault". Athens 2004. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2015.